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    Back to the Garden
    Back to the Garden
    Back to the Garden
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    Back to the Garden

    By Tyler J. Thompson

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    Back to the Garden is an emotional, spiritual and observational journey through Tyler J. Thompson's mind and heart poured straight out onto the page. Through poetry and free flow, the author vulnerably gives the reader a glimpse into his heart and mind as he speaks of hope and change for the human condition.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTyler J. Thompson
    Release dateNov 11, 2022
    ISBN9798201004446
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      Back to the Garden - Tyler J. Thompson

      FOR MY FELLOW HUMANS. ALL OF THE RARE GEMS THAT I’VE BEEN ABLE TO MEET, AND ALL OF THE MAGNIFICENT STRANGERS THAT I HAVE NOT. WE’RE IN THIS TOGETHER.

      Bare

      If I wrote some words today

      what would people say

      about the things

      that make me feel

      or that make me stray

      If I poured out my heart

      how would people start

      to think of me

      as being real

      or would they all depart

      If I held it all in

      who would be my friend

      to give advice

      about this life

      or try to help me mend

      If I only let it build

      would there be a guild

      to help me through

      this wily world

      or clean the blood that spilled

      If I don't choose to share

      why would people care

      about the things

      that make me me

      or reveal me when I'm bare

      Words

      I let them spew and flow

      always leaving room to grow

      they are never perfect

      but always preface what I show

      and it's something inside me

      insidious to all greed

      I simply choose to give

      in hopes they'll plant a seed

      to see past what we know

      and change the status quo

      the quotations of each other

      that move us to and fro

      Foresight

      I saw you before I ever knew you

      and it was true, this heart attack

      on this path that was yet to even exist

      I couldn't resist for you were heaven sent

      and I was hell bent to go on the pursuit

      I mean, shoot, could anybody blame me

      don't betray me, I said to my little heart

      for this start had started sometime before time

      a straight line that had no choice but to arrive

      as sure as I'm alive, I am able to see

      a great tree that started off as a tiny seed

      my irrational need now became knowledge

      but not college, rather it was to study you

      so I flew on this once in a lifetime high

      the stars aligned to let me meet your soul

      and this hole inside me was finally filled

      so I willed for our lives to fully connect

      because this trek was destiny in the making

      there's no faking, nothing was more real

      and yet still it can never be guaranteed

      so my plea was for this to last forever

      yet, like weather, it couldn't be predicted

      a love restricted by lies and expectation

      then frustration once the path became askew

      now I chew on every thought that arises

      it was priceless but I chose to make a price list

      so my demise is forever my own doing

      stop brewing, I screamed to my thoughts

      insides tied in knots, I lose all vision

      now this division, what is it that we'll be

      selfish greed that snuffs out compromise

      it's all lies, but we prefer to remain blind

      I want rewind 'cuz we're right here on the brink

      of wanting think that we'll be better off apart

      back to the start... I knew you before I ever saw you

      Think Now

      The future so far

      it may not exist

      Act now, act now

      always later we’ll fix

      Feels good in the moment

      so quickly it comes

      Seeking out for atonement

      for feasting on crumbs

      Now wanting to change

      fearing what lies ahead

      Rising not sinking

      partaking in bread

      But so grand are the pleasures

      right now we can feel

      As fickle as weather

      in ignorance we till

      The future creeps up

      and knocks on the door

      Think now, think now

      because we didn’t before

      Sister

      A demeanor so certain

      can take on the world

      but pull back the curtain

      and see a young girl

      It’s okay to be scared

      and not know what’s right

      but if your vision’s impaired

      what good is your sight

      There’s an eye deep within

      that guides us to truth

      that will steer us from sin

      and points that are moot

      It’s one day at a time

      and one moment away

      to see life as sublime

      amidst all that is gray

      Strip away the defense

      for raw is what’s real

      Always recompense

      so a life you don’t steal

      Now, the more you can see

      the more a light shines

      It’s who you show to be

      in both good and bad times

      History Repeats

      What good are these words if they’re proven untrue

      to spoil, to hurt, to bury us too

      a decade to pass in the span of a thought

      so much has changed but always leaving a clue

      Is it good to just hear but not really care

      to fake, to pretend, to not want to share

      an opportunity lost over and over again

      a healable victim trapped by despair

      Can not slowing down ever bring peace

      to be busy, to rush, to not think to cease

      many doors passed without seeing they’re there

      a life that gets folded without leaving a crease

      The Middle

      There’s a place in the middle

      where true life exists

      not in extremes of the rage

      There’s a place in the middle

      where you can be free

      not in captivity of the cage

      There’s a place in the middle

      where you can be true

      not in deceit of the game

      There’s a place in the middle

      where you can be you

      not in the shadows of shame

      There’s a place in the middle

      this much I know

      There’s a place in the middle

      it’s not for show

      There’s a place in the middle

      that we’ll always grow

      The middle, the riddle, the flow

      Time

      What is this thing

      that forces all change

      It passes so quickly

      always seeming so strange

      How is it real

      if it can never be seen

      It causes the storms

      but is disguised as serene

      Who can stop it

      when it keeps rolling on

      It deals to the kings

      as it does to the pawns

      Why do we watch it

      thinking that it will heal

      It wanders on

      for it can never stand still

      Answers

      What is the purpose of this

      The vapor from a floating mist

      When reality seems like a myth

      A movie of ceaseless plot twists

      Why even start with this day

      The methodical motions at bay

      When arriving to show us a way

      A path that’s not easy to stray

      How can I close these eyes

      The brain focused solely on tries

      When truth seems to blend into lies

      A world that wears a disguise

      When will the pain dissipate

      The hurt and the depressing state

      When no one seems to relate

      A greater life must surely await

      There is love

      I see love

      I feel love

      I know love

      Paper Clip

      In and out back and forth

      here we go again

      The irony is too funny

      addicted to the sin

      Carousel spinning ‘round

      up and down and lights

      Joy and glee you and me

      flying with the kites

      The hypocritical paper clip

      decides to let you go

      Get unfolded as you slip

      it’s all just for the show

      This and that, here and there

      never to adjust

      Laugh it off, wear a smile

      addicted to the lust

      Manifested destiny

      it’s all mine by right

      Hopscotching all my islands

      constantly, I might

      The hypocritical paper clip

      decides to let you go

      Get unfolded as you slip

      it’s all just for the show

      No means yes, yes means no

      deceiving with your eyes

      Confuse ‘em all and yourself

      addicted to the lies

      The swinging set, the flying low

      the

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