Poems

Love, Love, Love…

Posted on by Jen Hoeft
Let me love like Stevie’s muse.
Full of joy… Full of clues…
To a life of living, giving, and being…
Let me love like Stevie’s muse.
Let me love like Ray Charles’ blues.
All deep and drugged, colorful and true.
Ain’t nothin’ like the way you make me move…
Let me love like Ray Charles’ blues.
Let me love like Otis sings…
Fierce abandon… oh, the fire he brings!
Wild, raw… no heart he can’t thaw…
Let me love like Otis sings.
Let me love without precaution,
With guards down… with pure emotion.
Let me love with all I’ve got.
All fear, all reservation… all forgotten.
Let me love leaving nothing behind,
but the echo of a memory…
Stevie, Ray, Otis…
thanks… you set me free.

 

 

 

 

 

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Freedom…

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Freedom…

A right?

A privilege?

A desire?

A demand?

Freedom…

An idea?

A theory?

A wish?

A command?

Freedom…

An illusion?

A passion?

A story?

A distraction?

Freedom…

An emblem?

An honor?

A hope?

A justification?

 

May your soul experience true freedom by

awakening into what you believe, what youwant, and what your purpose is.

True freedom is inside.

 

Jen of the Sun…:)

 

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Change is Inevitable…

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Change is inevitable.

Growth is not.
Challenges are inevitable.
Suffering is not.
Sunrise…inevitable.
Beholding the wonder… not.
Death is inevitable.
A joyful, compassionate, purposeful, present Life…
is not.
We get to choose, most of the time…
How to be most present.
How to accept what is, while expecting miracles.
How to love more, from the bird’s eye view.
How tobe true to your heart.
How to react from a place of compassion.
How to be most kind to yourself and the world.
and…
How to hold yourself and the world, through the changes, through the challenges,
in the light and the dark, until the end…
May your journey be bold, rollercoastery, dynamic, and full of huge rainbows….
Jen of the Sun…:)
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Angels

Posted on by Jen Hoeft
A cardboard angel
In a world on fire.
The truth is buried
Under desire…
To soothe,
To please,
To calm,
To ease…
Cardboard angel
In a thunderstorm.
The truth is present
It doesn’t conform…
Nursing scars
Long since healed,
Flinching from habits
Long ago concealed.
Scared of pain
Not yet felt,
Shivering from blows
Not yet dealt.
I’m a cardboard angel
Now awake and aware…
Stepping into my power,
Stepping out of my lair…
To soothe
To please,
To calm,
To ease…
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Discover yourself…

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If you want to be discovered…
discover yourself.
If you want to be loved…
then love.
If you want to be joyful…
bring your joy to the world
from the love you’ve discovered within.
If you want to be rich…
be rich in spirit.
If you want to be respected,
respect yourself.
If you want to be real…
bring the richness of your spirit
and bow before the wonders of the world.
You are love,
You are joy,
You are rich,
You are real.

We are hidden,

We are searching,

There is much,
To be revealed…
May your journey be humble and complete.
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It’s up to you.

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Take it easy, but take it…
The moment is calling.
Go gently,
but go…
The ride has begun.
Say it softly,
but say it…
Your truth is your knowing.
Hold on, but let go…
This is supposed to be fun.
Fun because we choose it.
Funny because it chooses us.
Fun because we are healing,
Fun as it heals everyone.
PS. The FUN-Factor is completely up to you…:)
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It’s okay.

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It’s okay not to know…
It’s okay not to share.
The moment holds all possibilities,
Life… fair and unfair.
It’s okay not to smile…
It’s okay not to forgive.
The moment holds all choices,
It’s your life to live.
It’s okay to take chances…
It’s okay to play it cool.
The moment holds all options,
You make the rules.
It’s okay to disconnect.
It’s okay to be a live wire.
The moment holds everything,
Choose who you truly are.
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Grow…

Posted on by Jen Hoeft
When I was 9
I asked my Mom,
“What should I Be
When I am older?
A doctor, a teacher,
A scientist, a preacher?
There are so many choices, I love…”
I told her.
She smiled, ever knowing…
Took a breath,
Then released…
Her thoughts eased my doubts,
Her words brought me Peace…
Be Kind
Be Curious
Be Grateful
Be Bold.
Be Present.
Be Happy
Be Real.
Grow Old.
Thanks Mom…
Jen
PS. She didn’t really SAY that… She lives it…:)

 

 

 

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