The First Agreement

My submission for Open Link Monday is The First Agreement! For those who don't know, The Four Agreements is a book about personal freedom. It follows Toltec teachings for living a peaceful and mindful life. I would highly recommend checking it out. 

The First Agreement

 

We all have the ability

To cast a magic spell

This spell can send a person

To heaven or hell

Figuratively, of course

But hell is hell

A mental state; that perpetuates

These evil forces

Bringing you down in such a way

You can’t help but enforce it

This magic, this force

We all wield

It is the word

Now the word isn’t simply a symbol

Or sound

Regardless of language

This power is around

Spreading black magic

With the gossip we speak

But there is an alternative

That one can seek

It is impeccability of the word

Speaking like no one has ever heard

But to control this power

One must prepare

Remember the word is God

So handle with care

© 2014 Sean LaSalvia/Poetic Clarity

 

D.D.

I am a huge fan of The Weeknd and he did a cover for Dirty Diana by Michael Jackson. This song is inspired by it. For those interested here is a link to the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3g6rI31Dmk

I’ve been here times before,

But I was too blind to see

Every day’s remorse

Repeated endlessly

Haunted by mistakes

Without learning a thing

My angel’s song has stopped

Now she cannot sing

Timid from the start

Spiral deeper than deep

Unattached from the world

And too tired to sleep

Everyday lingers on

Each worse than the last

Only cure I can see

Is to change the past 

© 2014 Sean LaSalvia/Poetic Clarity

Compliance

 

Time progresses
People age and die
Years are consumed
Yet we're forgotten

A ripple in the pond of existence
Eerily replaced all too often

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Wow I just made the word limit (140 characters) for Words Count with Mama Zen!

 I recently visited the Dali Museum in St. Pete, Florida. It was wonderfully surreal! This poem is inspired by his painting The Persistence of Memory.  Hope you all enjoy :)

© 2014 Sean LaSalvia/Poetic Clarity

Conversation....or lack thereof

I'm happy to be involved in the first Play it Again, Toads! Thanks to imaginary garden with real toads. I decided to go with Archive #1 working conversation into a poem!

Hey what's up?

Not much you?

Nothing really.

Nothing. Really?

Overly exaggerated menial talks

Lead to such insincere formalities 

How's the weather?

Having lost interest in our own words 

We talk as if no one is listening

The most empty of words; small talk

Wasting time and imprisoning

Locked in a vaccuum 

Void of importance

Learning shortcuts

Social avoidance

 

© 2014 Sean LaSalvia/Poetic Clarity