Things i adore

Sunlight streaming into a room
Friendship
A good bear hug
A star-filled sky
Cuddling up on a rainy day
Soft kisses
Laughter
R 'n' B slow jams
Beauty
The knowledge of being loved
Doing the right thing
Order
A much needed cold coke
Knowledge & wisdom
Kindness & gentleness
Mind sharpening conversation
Purple
Mischief
"Chemistry"
Quietness
Accomplishment
Efficiency
The smell of dust & talc
A full moon
Washing my hair
Freshly laundered sheets
A clean bathroom
Wide spaces
Words
Being at peace with my world
Walking barefoot
Holidays
Nice tasting toothpaste
Projects & more projects
Liberty & the freedom to be
Ice cream
Going out on a date in a musical environment
Movies
Jim Henson's Muppets
Purpose & direction
Birthdays (but only when friends are around)
Celebrations
New experiences
Committed & reliable people
Clean hands
My shorts
Cake I can sink my teeth into (no raisins please)
Chin-chin
Being talked or read to sleep
Someone gently pulling at the little curls at the back of my head
A good head & foot massage
Real people
Sincerity
Guys who are secure
Fresh tomatoes and pepper
Good service
Music and more music
Easy to use gadgets
Living
Resolution
When God is near
When troubles are finally over and done with
Killing, annihilating & squashing anything with six legs
Justice
Mercy
Completion
Interesting questionnaires
The smell of rain
Avenues
Newly sprung grass
Board games
New music
24 hr services and stores
When people tell it like it really is
When I have 3 hours more & the fun has just begun
Helping people actualise their dreams
Watches that have 'everything" - date, day etc.
The guitar & trumpet
Coming home to my favourite meal - rice

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In rage I bellow at the elements by which I am proscribed
I spit in the face of the inevitables and unmovables
I rant, rave and curse the invisibles that mock my pain
And I puff in puerile futility at the internal inferno that consumes me

In relief I embrace the kisses of the morning
I revel in accomplishments old & new
I rediscover old forgotten consorts
And accept life’s gifts with grudging acknowledgment

In sadness, I ponder missed opportunities
Goals unattained
Mistakes unforgiven
And consider unremarkable chapters of an incidental past

I wonder, is joy to be found in deep reflection and intellectual pursuits?
And peace within the regimented life of a disciple?
Does happiness accompany self-correction & self-righteousness?
Is laughter friend to resolute will and determination?

I think not
For surely laughter is for fools
And levity for the simple and childlike
They bear no burdens, ask nothing and understand little
Troubling not fate, they are seldom tasked by Life

Reaching for nothing; gaining naught
Existing; failing to live
Plodding in soldierly fashion; constituting the plebeian rank & file

Little wonder then at my desperate flight, reach & aspiration
The profligate spending of soul and sweat currency
My bold Archillean quest for immortality
And my liberal use of the crimson ink of legacy

For I reach for glory, remembrance & permanence
And ruthlessly disown my twin brothers of fear and uncertainty