Jigsaw
by James Blake Beene
(Originally written in teen years ’95-01) You were puzzled over pieces to this jigsaw we call life Your plans were not that simple, and your hopes were way too high Your heart was labeled fragile Often filled with foolish pride Your heart was labeled fragile We still wonder how it died You were puzzled over […] “read more…”
Stitched in Time
by James Blake Beene
(Originally written in teen years ’95-01) Stitched in stressful, scornful sorrow Threads may hold til it be ‘morrow Frayed knots entrap the endless pain So that I may remain contained But slowly as my fear unravels Depressing thoughts begin to travel Yet as I fight off the constant strain Faith and love I shall maintain “read more…”
Fading Away
by James Blake Beene
(Originally published in America at the Millenium: The Best Poems and Poets of the 20th Century, edited by Howard Ely, The International Library of Poetry, 2000, pp. 191.) I approached her as she lay there, So fragile and so frail. Her eyes appeared so dreamy, And her clothes, they smelled so stale. Her lips, they […] “read more…”
Glass Hearts
by James Blake Beene
(Originally written in teen years ’95-01) Their tender hearts were made of glass ‘Til love cast its precious stone The shallow ones just let them pass So they crept through life alone At times in life they’d find a shard Of the hearts they once displayed And tiny crushes they would discard For their true […] “read more…”
Remember Me
by James Blake Beene
(Originally written in teen years ’95-01) Remember me this Christmas As you share with those that you hold dear The gifts of faith and love And the coming of New Year And in those special moments I’ll be thinking of you too For in my heart Where you will stay I will share them all […] “read more…”
Divine Pattern
by James Blake Beene
Like waves of the ocean, everything has a pattern. The divine pattern cannot be interpreted from a finite lens. As the waves move forward and then pull back, we, too, can take action and relax, like the push-pull of a workout. We are just a tiny piece of God with both free will AND destiny. […] “read more…”
I Just Don’t Understand
by James Blake Beene
Today, we enter a new era into the dumbing down of an already dumbed-down America. LGBTQ+ books being read to your children was the least of your problems. Prepare for the indoctrination of your children into a new regime of authoritarian government propaganda, starting with the Christian Nationalist Trump Bible in combination with the banning […] “read more…”
Clean Lips
by James Blake Beene
(originally posted May 27, 2013) So the other night after I wrote a truly tormented blog, I prayed, and the still small voice in my head said “You have to give it away in order to keep it.” This I knew to be in reference to my serenity. Then, I opened up the bible to […] “read more…”
Staying Present
by James Blake Beene
(originally posted May 24, 2013) Staying present has been an extremely difficult task for me, as I have this sense of impending doom hanging over my head. My fear of future consequences and regret over decisions of my past keep flooding through my thoughts. I have periods of optimism followed by periods of depression. I […] “read more…”
Learning to Set Myself Free
by James Blake Beene
(originally posted May 20, 2013) Today was a day I’ve heard coined before as a blah blah day. In a day like this, when I get a case of the blahs, I have a tendency to reflect on my past and go into a depression. Fortunately I have a spiritual adviser that was able to […] “read more…”
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