 Hate,
For How it burns us, as we hate, as we fear, as we divide, as we break, as we Live to learn, hatred serves us fire, not to warm us but to burn us alive, and to a crisp we harden. We judge, we hate, we forget ourselves, one another, and how these diversities could connect us. Hate is heavily dark & twisted, And serves us many lessons, it teaches us a lot of ourselves And one another, be stronger than hate, Be wiser than its charms, And though it tempts us everyday to fall, Choose to rise above, Choose compassion, Choose love, Choose to learn, Choose to not be disposable, Choose to not be divided or weakened, Choose to illuminate not die burning ourselves while we are so very much alive and can change... Collaboration with John Edgerton © Melissa Palmer © Evolving Mirror2021
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this is my sunshine finger, declaring happily, I am my own person, I am who I think I am, I am who I choose to be, I am passionately true to my heart, my truth, my path, my life with all I have to give... Sometimes the best thing I can do, is light up my sunshine finger, as to empower myself, my direction, my choices, my light, my way, and with a grin, May we all stand strong, May we all face life the way we choose to, May we be brave enough to honor ourselves with boundaries, and shine that magical finger to all those haters, naysayers, with love, with peace, and with a kind smile, as we walk forward in our own direction, Not egging them on, Respecting ourselves, To do our own thing Always and no matter what! Melissa Palmer © Evolving Mirror Feisty Independence, Dancing & marching to my own tune, This will always be the way I am, Faithful to my heart, my soul, my body & my mind, I choose to invest into my life, I choose to be dedicated, No BS, No Drama, No copycat...  Changed I am, Through experiences I sought for, Through experiences I didn’t ever want to come to know, Through experiences I came and went to and from, Through experiences I fought for, I am changed because of… Every thought I had, Every action I did, Every word I spoke, Every conversation I heard, Every appetite I tasted, Every bouquet I smelled, Every perception I saw, Inside of me, Outside of me. I absorbed, I enmeshed, I observed, I cultivated, I acquired, I chose, I directed myself into or out of, And through myself, through another, Schooled me, Changed me. I am a ever evolving result of all my befores, Meanwhile still changing who I am, Because as we live so do we change, Because time offers us these blessings. And making the most of our time here, Teaches us this, Through every choice, every decision, Every which way we pave, Through our senses, coming to our senses, Becoming aware, growing, allowing, disconnecting, Purging, speaking, feeling, smelling, tasting, hearing, seeing, doing, Changes us, Changed me, Changed I am, and to be honest even though the discomforts are never fun, and the comforts we get to have, Encourage us into taking new adventures offshore, Have lists of many pros and cons, I am grateful to not be who I used to be, I am grateful for every experience good, bad, ugly and painful, For who I am now, will change again, Like I did in the past, so will this change presently and in the future, So I will savor everything, with gratitude for what it is, and what it does for me, with me forward, changed I am, almost always in awe No matter where the balance lays… Changed I am and will be. Melissa Palmer © Evolving Mirror Thank you, Universe for all these experiences expanding me. I love Life, like I love me, like I love you, Knowing everything changes, And that is the only certainty I can rely on, Even when I am bewildered to what could be coming, Or leaving me, the lesson reveals itself and I know I will learn, And changed by all of it...  Without judgement
Of my own, of any other, I am therefore I am, Not in a stand still though I feel as I am witnessing all that is here, As if within or in between a pause… I am moving but not so much as We visualize the knowing of physical walking, But more so as I am drifting, Not sinking, not hovering, Yet it could be, Or it may not, Transient I am… Thoroughly being Where I need to be, Without judgement Of my own, of any other, Deeply allowing myself to be guided, By my own sweet intuition, Gravitating towards what is now, what is here, Present in an unabridged presence, I am. Accepting like welcoming, Open & receptive, Allowing, Space to refill or release, To be observed, acknowledged, examined Softly or harshly if needed be, Very aware, liveliness budding, I indulge this, “However,” As it unfolds, Come what may whether I am prepared or not, I will be, here drifting, Until what needs be, Either aligns or Affirms my footing… Patience I need, Without resistance, Without feeding my doubts, Without rushing, Without fueling the darkness, Come what may, Come what may not be liked or loved, Being comforted in this discomfort, I am. I will tend, I will lean into, I will act instinctively, I will honor, I will allow, I will let this be, I will let this grow me, I will let this expose me, I will let this unmask itself, I will let this venture be what it is, How it surfaced, and is becoming to be, I will welcome, letting me be nourished, Within all the goodness, Guided by truth, faith, love, light, strength I am. Without judgement Of my own, of any other, I am therefore I am, Drifting through, Gathering all I can from, to, within and around. Allowing all the terrific abundance that is here, Be found, be felt, be cared for, be expressed, Season me, adapt I will.. Flexible I am, To bend, to lean, To glimmer, to wobble, To weather the goods of every storm, every breaking wave or ripple, To explore every ray, path, motion, way, As it is. As I am, In, out, within, outside of, upside down, inside out, Above, below, encompassed, Whichever height, length, depth I find myself in, I choose to will it, further than my knowing, To be welcomed, approached with compassion, Given my whole attendance, Without judgement, here I am. Melissa Palmer © Evolving Mirror Allowing peace to be my anchor & lift, I am. Here is my passage.  Cloaked within myself,
Within the Divine of myself; Of the universe, of humanity, Of the primitive animal world, of nature, of land & seas, Of connections, of all possible & impossible could be’s, Of light, of darkness, of paradise, of adversity, Of frenzy, of dismay, of awe, of esteem, Of diversion, of finding, of searching, Of applying, of wandering, of choosing, Of intending, of assuming, of senses, Cloaked within the Divine. I am, We are, Provided for, Given from, Born to, Shared with, Invested in, To live, to work through, To learn, to perhaps love, cherish, or evade, To kindle, to assemble, To utilize resources, to create, To excavate, to realize, We borrow this shell cloaked in the Divine, Within ourselves and this majestic universe; To have this life, To make a life, To give more life, To share this life, To learn this life, To walk, to crawl, to swim, to fly, To be as we are, To grow into ourselves, Out of ourselves, Made of stars, Made of light, To embody our divine spirit, To flourish, to thrive, To cultivate. To exemplify, Our always wholeness, Our always strong, Our always resilience, Our always ever-changing capacities, Our infinity, our eternal, our Divinity, As each moment comes and goes, We interchange, we interweave, Our coming together, With ourselves our world, Ever connected, No matter the feeling of Disconnecting, We reconnect Always Cloaked, Not as in disguised though that does occur, Cloaked within the divinity of myself & the universe, Every step of the way, Every thought, Every spoken word, Every action, Every breath, All being, All knowing-ness, All unknowing-ness, All processes, All, always whether we choose to understand, Or comprehend, It's always within us, To carry out, Emanating, Resonating, Shifting, Becoming, We always have been, And still are, Made of Stars, Even when they burst, Even when they cannot be seen, Even when we lose faith in ourselves, Other and the world around us, It is there, It is here, It is always within us, It is always with us, It is now, And always will be...Melissa Palmer © Evolving Mirror For this, with everything in me, that I have gathered thus far, I believe...  Losing touch,
Disconnecting from all that ever was, Do I learn to live here, In the now as each wave presses in, Passes through, Cleanses me, Bringing all that is needed seen, heard, felt, Experienced, confronted, overcome, Be as it needs to be, Now… Losing touch not with reality, But choosing to immerse myself wholly, Entirely, into my own life, With all its mountains, valleys, Climbs, caves, cliffs, Secret paths, blazing my own trail, For this travel, This journey, These adventures, I am all here. All aware as it comes, becomes, leaves, I observe, sense, live, figure out, rediscovering each step Of the way, who I am, who I am not, who I need to be, Who I want to be… Losing touch as in, how I define this; Breaking barriers, Breaking stereotypes, Not being so obsessively worried about how I am perceived, Or what people think, or what others may assume I am being, Or I am doing. Changing my focus, Losing touch with the masses, The judgement, the hatred, the fear, The should’s, the could of’s, The unsolicited nit picking shame/blame, The limitations of society standards, or other people or family Try to put on us, or expect of us, I choose to redirect and change my focus, To lose touch with outer dictation, To lose touch with my inner old narrations no longer relevant, No longer serving any good, to realign to what needs healed, Let go of, removed, overcome within me now, to take forward. Aligning with however unconventional pertains to me, Loving where I am , where I want to go, and how I choose to get there… So I lose touch, disengage, disconnect, detach from the chaos, Of doubt, remind myself of my worth, my truths, my experiences, And choose to not repeat, but to be different, to be me. I choose to dissociate with those attempting to put me into molds, brackets. I choose to disconnect from the old patterned narrations within me, Still begging to be my default way of being when I was in survival mode. I choose to reappoint myself as my own leader, to rekindle the relationship with myself, Realize the trust I had in others needs to become full circle, Just as I loved others, first we must give to ourselves, for balance & boundaries to be achieved. I choose now not later to be relying on myself, honoring my heart, my beautiful mind, my intelligent soul, my fabulous body, to care more of what I need to remain strong and healthy. So what, to how anyone else defines this, I choose to refine my own definitions, Through my experiences, Through my own filters, ascensions however I descend, Through my own knowing that I know not everything, Through my sensing, my expansions, my growth, I choose to lose touch with what’s trending/what’s popular, What is socially or privately accepted, Be my own, become my own, Without inner or outer invalidation, Lose touch, To re engage, to re equip, to re open, To redevelop, to re-inspire, to rebirth, However many times I need to, No matter how many directions I may swirl, No matter what, staying true to me every now, Now, this has been my forever calling, Not of status quo, Not of the physical realm, But of the spiritual sense of consciousness, Of being who I choose to be, Of doing what I have sought out to do, Of believing in myself with everything that was, Was for me to become the now me and the later me… Melissa Palmer © Evolving Mirror You may call it differently, as it pertains to you, We all have our diversity, what means something to us, May differ with someone else, this is what losing touch Means to me, nothing to do with crazy or off the rocker, But shedding infinitely as we live this life, Take our journeys, these adventures, Choosing to honor our unlearning, As much as our Learning from everything, So do we live, love, laugh, cry, undo, remake, Construct, transform. Namaste, “To each their own,” As it states. How it resonates, In all it’s truths and applications. How it reverberates, An acceptance of diversity. How it is revealed, Exposed, shown, Allowing people To see as they see, Feel as they feel, Think as they think, Taste as they taste, Hear as they hear, Experience as they experience, Connect as they connect, Be as they choose to be, Embracing them with love and light, As they express themselves as they are, Gives us the freedom to do so too.. To each their own, what works for them, Works for them, what works for me works for me, Allowing all stigma, judgement, to fall away. Allowing to each their own, be as each of us, Need it to be, want it to be, define it to be. May it come from our heart, Without offense or defense, Without pettiness or drama, Standing firmly from within us, leaning out. Give this gift of kindness, To one another, because as we are Figuring things out, so is everyone else. Let us live our lives as we choose, Love who we choose to, Learn as we are ready to, Be as what is necessary for us to become, All better individuals, through this constant Life Cycle of change, we are all coming undone, For more of us to become, To each their own, Is a loving passage, May we tread more gently along our paths, When we merge with others, May we not give unsolicited advice, But show through our example, And let that be enough to shine light for others. May others be as they choose to be, Revealing to us our choices, To judge or to leave be, For we don’t know everything, Even about our journey, So who are we to nit pick, devalue, ridicule, Invalidate, finger point whose to blame with curses of shame, Create a mess that pulls us into fighting drama, May we look on to others as we should be looking at ourselves, May we pick our battles, and may we remember each of us, Are Human, life is our figuring out process, and we are only in charge Of ourselves no one else, To each their own is not being passive, It is allowing others to be themselves and figure their journeys out Just as we are… There’s a time for everything, Our processes, Our programming, Our receiving, Our perceptions, Our growth, Our working through, Our stances, Our healing, Our forgiving, Our paths, Our choices, Our own-ness, Unraveling to us, as we live, laugh, mourn, let go, learn, forgive, Move forward, to each their own. So we do, so we go, so can we send everyone much more light, Much more love, allowing ourselves to focus on our path, Instead of filling this world with more hate, more judgement, More fear, more of what there’s already enough of. May we exude love, welcome, compassion, truths, With acceptance, with an open mind/open heart, With gratitude for all the blessed diversity, No matter how much we want to nit pick. Lean in, lean forward, nit pick our own reflections, Rather than add more hurt, more wounds, More infliction's that damage, the toll is already too high. May we come from love, live our light, Emanate peace, love, and our humanity, As each of us, to each their own, must be allowed, For us all to become.. May we stand if needed be, May we sit if needed be, May we dress as we want, May we love who we want, May we think how we want, May we be who we want, May we live our lives as we want, Unconditionally, without comparisons & bullying. Melissa Palmer © Evolving Mirror Let us each day, Choose to not repeat history, But redefine what each now presents, May we choose to strive to thrive, In all our magnificence & diversity. May we be well, May they be well, May we all be well. Namaste.   Within the vastness grief imposes,
allowing compassion/gratitude for what we get, disposes the weight of carrying it as a burden, bringing the light back in, allowing once again to be guided by love, even if it has felt lost, it was within grief, we become found again. Sending everyone much love and light, because we all weather many storms, and within these storms though we feel dimmed, though we feel lost at times, we are never alone, each of us shine bright, like a candle rekindling another, like a star hung in the velvet blue above, when the darkness comes, even the smallest light, can be seen, can be heard, can moves us, can be touched, can be loved, can be there or here, a blink or heartbeat away. Blessings can be found everywhere… As I close this day, and as I begin my day, with wholehearted gratitude, giving myself compassion no matter where I am in the moment, as time marches on.... Melissa Palmer © Evolving Mirror Emerging now, Into the antithesis I remember, Provided with enough proof, Embodied those memories, Feeling the peaceful winds pull me, back up. Devoting myself the time to heal, Knowing stumbling will still happen, I open myself to be more receptive, For all the climbs to come, For all the hurdles that I may just Jump or smash through, Provided proof being my own Resilience. Allowing myself when needed be to descend or ascend, To be as invested in my joy as much as Allowing my sadness the same attention, The same savoring love and light, Encourages and empowers me To truly grow, honoring my growth, To take me either direction. Knowing that when I choose to offer whole awareness, I learn, I unlearn, I relearn, I heal, All that variety no matter how extreme it is, Comes and goes. Within healing, so do we immensely grow, Even though at times, I question how much I can endure, During these pitfalls, these storms, I am slowly coming to… Nearing a new normalcy for me, Being established, Investing into the imminent now, Into the new as it evolves me. I allow all I thought going in, Meanwhile and coming through, Be as it was meant for. A realization of change afoot, Transforming my own becoming, To be transmuted from fear & challenge, Into love, into compassion, into nutrition, Providing me more Strength, courage, honesty and awareness, Helping me to hone who I am to become. So into my heart, my soul, my path I invest, Dedicated to all I have been through, Dedicated to all that is here, And coming, no matter the diversity. Every experience I have had taught And will still teach me what resilience is, No matter how many times I learn That I have I will utilize, Redefining what that will mean for me, Going in, emerging out of each and every storm, Though I may feel broken, I have been provided proof, That I will always get through, So I am, now and will again.. Emerging now, Into the antithesis I remember, Provided with enough proof, Resilience will always be within me, To take forward, and forward we will Go together... Melissa Palmer © Evolving Mirror Even when I feel defeated, I know I am not, I will re-emerge different yes, Always, I will pull through..  |
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