WARNING: I drop the F-Bomb in some of my writing. I believe in free speech, if this will offend you, please move along.
Dain Brammage
Art, Poetry and Spoken Word
Art feeds the soul, not only for the artist, but for the patron as well. Please browse around and see what has been on my menu. Comments are always appreciated. ~Love, db
There is Hope
Yet, deep within me
Resides a place of great light
Balancing darkness
Tags: Autobiographic, Belief, Growth, Haiku, Human Condition, Poetry
My Sun is Setting
A brilliant light
Blinds my eyes
But warms my decaying soul
I am dying
I do not ask for redemption
I have lived a just life
I have not repented for my sins
There are no such things
I have answered to myself, always
I have forgiven myself, daily
If there is a God that lives within me
Then I have done right in this world
And if there is not
Then no amount of last-minute gestures
Will help me pass or ease my pain
I cross-over with peace in my heart
Ready to live and love again
Tags: Autobiographic, Belief, Growth, Human Condition, Poetry, Reincarnation
Growing Up
For years my mind ruled me
Kept itself busy with thought
Ran wild with what ifs, if onlys,
Should haves
Unchecked
I could spend hours sitting and thinking
About a single situation
That had not yet occurred
Obsessing
Carrying on conversations
With someone who was not with me
Present
Angry about what they might say
Arguing
I am in the process of putting that person away
The brain is not as smart as it thinks it is
Living a conscience life begets wisdom
And that resides in the heart
Tags: Autobiographic, Growth, Poetry
Soul Searching
Who are you?
Do you know?
Have you looked inside
To see if you can see?
Who you are is there
You are not what you show
To the World through your skin
Nor are you who your ego tells you to be
You can see your spirit within
If you are brave enough to look
The idea scares you
You have so much tucked away
You keep yourself hidden
Not from others
Not from the ones you love
But from yourself
Your spirit leaks into the world
And reveals your nature, your truth
Many others see this around you, diluted
You can see it in full vibrancy when you look inside
Look first to your heart
It has something to say
Hear it speak to you
Receive its message
Look next to the brain
Find the contradictions
Note them, they are the fallacies
Let them drop away
Now who are you?
Are you who you thought you were?
Tags: Autobiographic, Growth, Human Condition, Poetry
Long Time Coming
I am changing
I used to be like a patio umbrella
Left open in high winds
Rigid and stretched thin
Reacting violently to outside forces
I have recently remembered
To close that umbrella
When I am not using it
Or when a storm is coming in
I now let the wind flow around me
Leaving little for it catch and pull
Because I have finally realized
I cannot stop the wind from blowing
I am changing
Tags: Autobiographic, Depression, Growth, Poetry
A Lesson for my Children
I want to impart to you
What others see you do
Will be applied to there own values
To create a perceived identity
I need to instill in you
The importance of being true
And manifesting your personal view
Within your own reality
Tags: Autobiographic, Growth, Poetry
Mother Natures Muse
Rust
Peeling paint
Weathered wood
And moss,
Oh how I love a mossed rock or old rusted horseshoe
I have always loved decay
It is nature’s art left there for folks like me
Many say they bring to mind
The things that time’s forgotten
But I see it the other way
The opposite
For every visit to a favorite piece
Brings a new work of art
Mother Nature does not forget
The things that we have discarded
She incorporates them into her muse
And works on them constantly
We should look at ourselves the same way
Every wrinkle that appears on our face
Is another brushstroke on
The canvas of our soul
– The image above is titled Decaying Classics I by LogicalX. His work can be seen in his gallery at deviant art.
Tags: Channeled, Growth, Nature, Social Commentary
Existential Longings
I long to lose the linear logos
The trappings of time
Cause and effect
To affect the cause
Because there is more to life
Than we perceive
I want to go forward
Go backwards
Go from side-to-side
But all at once
In one single instant
And to do it again
At my own will
My reality is shifting
I am expanding
I am learning
To drop the three-dimensions
That which have me trapped
You are most likely trapped too
Can you see a possibility?
Are you ready to stretch
The fundamentals of human existence?
To live in the past, present and future
All at the same time.
Tags: Growth, Human Condition, Nature, Poetry
Musings on Life
When I draw my last breath
And my lungs subsequently collapse
As my brain stops directing
The electricity that keeps me here
I will become an ethereal being
And my electricity will continue to be
But elsewhere
Could this be my soul?
I believe that I will return to die again
And this cycle will continue
Until I have gotten it right,
Learned what I need to know
But I will not return as a blank slate
I in fact will be living in the
Presence of the past
I will learn to call that instinct
Tags: Autobiographic, Growth, Human Condition, Nature, Poetry
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New Outlook
I would rather create
An understanding than
Destroy a friendship
Tags: Growth, Haiku, Human Condition, Poetry, Social Commentary