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    <title>StreamOfConsciousness — The Poet Sky</title>
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    <description>Poetry for people who could use a little kindness</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2026 05:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>StreamOfConsciousness — The Poet Sky</title>
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      <title>Looking out the Window</title>
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      <description>Looking out the window&#xA;There&#39;s life, moving, whirling about&#xA;A never ending motion&#xA;Like a kaleidoscope always turning&#xA;Changing the world in small ways&#xA;People come, people go&#xA;Nothing stays the same for long&#xA;Not even a microsecond</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Looking out the window
There&#39;s life, moving, whirling about
A never ending motion
Like a kaleidoscope always turning
Changing the world in small ways
People come, people go
Nothing stays the same for long
Not even a microsecond
Something is always different
One moment to the next
Bringing infinite possibilities
Fear could be lurking around the corner
But so could happiness, peace, or love
That&#39;s what it means to hope
To see the next corner, or down a long corridor
And believe that the best is waiting
There&#39;s no way to know for sure
It takes courage to go forward
To take the next step towards a brighter future
To move the kaleidoscope along with everyone else
Changing it for yourself, or your friends
Only together can we make it brighter than yesterday
Even when it turns dark, together we can keep going
It won&#39;t stay that way forever
True, it might get worse
When it is, we must be honest about it
We must look at it with the wisdom and strength to know
that things have turned bad
For only when we accept the disease
Can we find the cure</p>

<p><a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:Poetry" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:Hope" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Hope</span></a> <a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:Love" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Love</span></a> <a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:Community" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Community</span></a> <a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:Unity" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Unity</span></a> <a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:Justice" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Justice</span></a> <a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:StreamOfConsciousness" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">StreamOfConsciousness</span></a></p>

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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>My Stories</title>
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      <description>Alarms sound and I snap awake&#xA;my head fills with ideas ready to make&#xA;their way into words on a page&#xA;they flow freely out of their cage&#xA;oh, the worlds I see&#xA;distant lands that could never be&#xA;waiting to make the journey&#xA;from thoughts to a tale to a story</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alarms sound and I snap awake
my head fills with ideas ready to make
their way into words on a page
they flow freely out of their cage
oh, the worlds I see
distant lands that could never be
waiting to make the journey
from thoughts to a tale to a story

An idea in sight
I start to write
Of ancient fights
and long dark nights
and kids with kites
and wise old knights
that see the plights
of a boy at night
who longs to take flight
away from a fight
with an evil might
that sets its sights
on a world in strife</p>

<p>Of men with hoods
and stolen goods
in an ancient woods
defended by a being
that won&#39;t be seen
until it rains
and all that remains
of the thieves is their screams and the pieces of the recesses that ceases to be.</p>

<p>Of each idea I&#39;m proud
Even if they&#39;re not accepted by the crowd
They can hate them, they&#39;re allowed
but I can&#39;t hear them from the cloud
on which I write, on which I stand
I don&#39;t care if they don&#39;t understand
I said it before: I&#39;m proud
Am I talking too loud?</p>

<p>I can&#39;t get the ideas out fast enough
I can never craft enough
Worlds or stories or tales or times
Legends or fables or scenes or rhymes
They rush out in a torrent of rage
All fighting their own fight to reach the page
Some see the light of day
Others only ever see the grave
How do I choose which make it?  yup!
You guessed it!  I make it up!
These ideas are mine and mine alone
and for that, I shall never atone
For in this world of endless uncertainty
My stories are the one thing you can never take from me</p>

<p><a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:Poetry" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:Writing" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Writing</span></a> <a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:Excitement" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Excitement</span></a> <a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:StreamOfConsciousness" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">StreamOfConsciousness</span></a></p>

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      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2020 01:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Anxiety</title>
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      <description>Every night I can feel it&#xA;Like some evil spirit&#xA;Watching me in the dark&#xA;Waiting for the spark&#xA;Of fear that will breathe life&#xA;into its world and intensify the strife&#xA;That I feel every hour&#xA;to remind me I have no power</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every night I can feel it
Like some evil spirit
Watching me in the dark
Waiting for the spark
Of fear that will breathe life
into its world and intensify the strife
That I feel every hour
to remind me I have no power
in the storm of the world that I
try to live in, try to survive
But there&#39;s no port in this storm
Only voices demanding that I conform
To the accepted standard and way
That everyone else lives, to stay
quote “normal”, to never speak
of the storm inside that seeks to wreak
havoc on my person, on my world
It&#39;s so much easier to remain curled
Up inside, never risking the chaos outside
Is it real?  Is it fake?  I can&#39;t decide.
So I look out, and the room is completely quiet
But in my head, it&#39;s a riot
Of thoughts and emotions whirling and stumbling
And it all keeps jumbling
How I feel inside, who I am
All I want is to understand
This world, this storm, this panic, this fear
To know why it must always draw near.
Why can&#39;t it stay away?  Why won&#39;t it leave?
All I want is for it to relieve
me of its terror and give me some peace
All I want is for the storm to cease
All I want is for it to stop</p>

<p><a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:Poetry" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:Anxiety" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Anxiety</span></a> <a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:MentalHealth" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:StreamOfConsciousness" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">StreamOfConsciousness</span></a></p>

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      <guid>https://thepoetsky.com/anxiety</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2019 13:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
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