Infinity calling

Awake in an oblivion, a master to myself, a creative compass i need little else, but to see with the eyes, that can pierce through glass, move with abundance of moses staff, a mind that transcends moon sun and sky, a mind as a weapon a tool to fly, for when the world saunters to embrace what cannot be kept, i am way beyond your common sense, whats catered in boxes , or nursed with a smile, it may take me a while, it may take me a while, but i am infinity.

Of Loving and living

Come on i encouraged, i was lost in a distant oblivion trying to build myself up torn between old fears and a thirst for a new reality. It can happen to anyone that is caught between old pain and a thirst for a new reality , a new beginning. We find ourselves eager to find our victories so quickly , and by god you will find your victory, in so many strengths. So many of your glories. I have a saying, walk into your glory. It is a saying i have which translates to learn to love yourself, we are consistently growing as a self, evolving as a self, and we become abundant within ourselves. Whatever you accomplish, you succeed by accomplishing it with all the different layers of self, and a deeper understanding of love.

Countering the Fear

We dissolve ambition when we use fear words. Words such as can't, impossible, or when we engage our highest self with a mediocre mind. If it was easy everybody would be doing it,but it can be broken down with bitesized challenges. You can face the fear with fight, strategy and execution. It is a game of mind over matter, you must allow yourself to fail, lose, time again, allow yourself to make sacrifices, to experience the sadness of not fitting in because you want something different because you are different now. You are birthing a new dream. You are layering a path for yourself with positive affirmations, a plan, and the belief that you can, and you will.

Life's Ring

Ive heard people say to each other " the struggle is real," so is the fight. Warrior, lionness, champion and braveheart. Life will push you till your at full tilt, it will carve a self that you may not recognise in your reflection. It was a self in the shadows all along. When your in a real fight you know your stance, your head is high, shoulders up, fists prepped, you have your dignity to think about after all there is a world watching. Life has put you in the ring, old fears and anxieties lurk like wolves hunting for a carcass, but they wont be feeding today. Today you have a gameplan, today you have a strategy, you must prepare to execute it at will.

Splendour in the war

There is a splendour of words used to isolate the dreamer. Others will laugh some will crucify you for daring to believe you could be more. You should want more, you could have more. It is a conversation in your head and in your heart, you are investing in your future and in the paths of the generations that come after you when you resist the decadent musings of others. The need to conform to others stereotypes and invisible rules, to be a self that suits everyone else but you. Whatever the mind can concieve, it can achieve, with plans in place. Goals a strategy, and consistency. Do not assassinate your dreams with the fear of others. Those who can't, will tell you it's impossible because they let fear feed them foibles from its table. Crumbs of a life, they were told would satisfy them, and when you open your mouth to speak, they find themselves wanting.  To rebirth a dream from the plain of unfamiliar things, let it command with lions gait, and sit upon a throne of jewels, you must remember that you are the captain of your ship. You must steer your ship into the right course,it's fuel must be consistency with words and actions.

Goals and gravitas

Breathe.just.Breathe I mentally pace myself each morning before I face a goal, knowing that nuggets of fear turn into procrastination. I am my own worst enemy at times, yet I am also my greatest strength. During times of dire need, you must remember the words you used to propel yourself forward before. Pace yourself, understanding that although every action has a ripple of consequences, the right choices consistently will carry you upon a tide of glory. Believe that when you fail, you are learning, allow yourself the chance to be taught by Life.

Life is a ruthless teacher, she is stubborn in her classroom, diligent, and thorough. Although the strife may slice through you like a blade, comb through you as though you are strands of loose hair, you must understand that every lesson comes with trials. Tests of your character. How much are you willing to invest in yourself, how much gravitas do your words have?

Impossible is nothing

Impossible is the biggest lie under the sun. From the cars, the homes, the architecture, the workplace, and even the lifestyle. Once upon man would merely hunt for food after stepping beyond the sanctuary of his cave, now there is a structure to our days. Now there is capital, transactions, bankers, the digital world, and a constantly shifting and evolving society. No two seconds are the same. We barely ponder this as we disappear into routine after routine, for some schedules that define the future that we will have. What is my statement here? That there will be a time where the things you want to accomplish appear so formidable, they appear to be opposing structures in your mind, you must take heart. Rome was not built in a day. Every journey begins with a nervous step. For the swimmer who basks languidly in a pool of blue, once upon they would paddle flapping their arms with both agitation and fear scared of drowning. There will be risks with every journey, whispers so loud they could make the world deaf, yet you must remember why you started. Who you are, and why you will finish. List your reasons for accomplishing your goals, visualise what it will feel like when you accomplish your goal, and invest your time in putting the work in.

Life and your liasons

life will throw some opportunities your way, what you do with those opportunities define the type of individual you become. Change comes. It is a torrent pushing some to the edge ,others will find a stream, a narrowed path and travel through it. The biggest affliction is a mind that cannot succumb to change, it will overwhelm you, you will see boobie traps laiden ahead, mine pits of fear, and you will chorus from a shadow of your own misunderstanding.

Utilise these opportunities that come your way, ask the mind many questions, it will guide you if that is what you want of it. Seeker, empath, guardian, keep a keen eye. You must have your wits about you, you are no passenger in this trial we call life. Listen twice, and observe before taking action.

Rivers of change: Spirit is listening

Real wisdom, intelligence should leave an imprint. When you communicate you want to be remembered for not just how expansive your vocabulary is, but the density of the words impacting the soul of the listener. I was thinking today about greatness and the people we listen too, not the know it all's, but those who have a snippet of our experiences. Those who can connect. Talk is cheap because time is so expensive and yet, it is a priceless thing some conversations. We wish we could rewind back in time and have them all over again, they are like song in our eardrums. We like the company of the person talking and the advice they give. The right conversation can sell a book, a brand, an album, an individual, so speak to yourself. Speak to all the bruised areas of your soul that cannot be cleansed by mild conversation. Talk to self esteem, self love, motivation fighting spirit,challenge denial. Speak to growth, and just keep on talking, spirit is listening, so you must speak. Speak rivers of positive productive change.

Liaising with life

Life is a season of moments,wrapped in a neat cluster for selves to pick it apart. We are not islands, we are characters striving through dastardly seas of change, no helmet on, a whirlwind on our tail. Life is not easy, easy is for the lazy, and lazy people either get eaten by the wolves of their own demons, or remain fat stoic pumpkins that are fresh for mouths, and beyond that...... Here's a reality chewue for those of us to cash, time will change you, yet progress is not guaranteed. We are two sides of a musty coin. Yesterday I got asked a stupid question by someone I despise,today the voice tried to utter another poisonous question to slice at my confidence. Yet I realise I have an answer to all her many scrambling and put downs, it's quite simple. I just keep going. We who choose to explore our strengths are of great minds travel may not be smoothe but vision dedication and commitment will get you through.

Whispers in the daylight

It is Tuesday morning and I'm thinking about the challenge of facing a busy novel with a lot of edits. I realised something as I walked my dog, each day we edit ourselves. The compilation of different selves, becomes a complex individual. With thoughts , dreams and actions. We play a role socially , we play a role with our domestic selves, always the challenge of the public and the private self. For both selves I would argue in order to accomplish your goals in life, you have to know your destination, know what actions you mean to take to steer you into a more comfortable position. Read as many books about your path as possible, and books that will inspire you like Paulo coelho the alchemists, The richest man in Babylon, white orleander and my all time favourite, rich dad poor dad by Robert Kiyosaki. These are great people to model when it comes to the journey of success, challenge yourself to read a book a day as Tai Lopez advised.

It is important that you take time to consume knowledge and wisdom, and you make a point to impact the surroundings and your environment. It is a harsh lesson in life when we trial and don't succeed , yet you must keep going and access all the resources around you.

Daily mind

When you set a great task for yourself. You wonder whether you'll be able to accomplish it. It is important to know, the mind does what it is challenged to do. We are information portals, access moving through time and space, wisdom in experience. A chorus of womb babies eager to triumph in the real world, let your mind take you to a farscape where there are no limitations. Let your passions arise and soar high like lanterns orbing like stars. You are magic in your existence. You are the bold steps you take, the vision you strive towards and the dawning of a new day. Life has its adventures and you have plenty coming your way, folding them away like old calendars or keeping some in the merriment of your heart. Life is priceless, enjoy it, and feed the mind daily.

Life and it's cycles

It matters much what you do with your time in this life, because it echoes into eternity. Casting vivid shapes, and lighting the road up with lanterns perfumed with old knowledge. Life is for the living. You are a rider, grab your bike by its horns and shoot off like a rocket into the promise of positive change. It is real to be fearful about life, to be troubled about the threads of chaos which come our way, strands of discontent , molecules dancing in turbines. Yet you must remember you have only one life, only one self, love it, care for it, and make adjustments where you can. Whether it's old pain knitted to your skin, knotted in your hair, curling your lips, release its heavy burden and free your mind. Open it up to the wisdom of the world, you are making an impact, day by day, remember to enjoy the journey.

Famous disabled people

Less of it

Less you
more me
These are the chords
i yearn to see
a conversation
curling beyond neck
Not an empty suitcase
Strewn out
In a room of
hecks
and choices
that sit like cotton buds
brillo pad heart
with no
cushioned love
Spoon full of medicine
sizzling with pain
spitting like cauldron
Me out
in the rain

Otatade Iseghohi Okojie

LIFE

Life

Life should be simple, 
Not complicated, 
Not because I am 
Uneducated, 
Not because, 
I'm too laidback 
Or slack, 
But because, 
Time should let me 
Rest my back 
Or take a pause, 
And draw some air, 
Or rest my neck, 
Even stroke my hair, 
Life, 
Should be simple 
So I can breathe, 
Or wriggle my toes, 
And massage my feet, 
Or close my eyes, 
And even sigh, 
Because life's about me, myself and I, 
But on this subject, 
I never forgot, 
Simple is something 
Life is not.

Written by Otatade Iseghohi Okojie

www.artsetter.com

Masculinity
Soul
He lost himself
Then took control
Fire the canons
Fuel in his head
He'd almost be
Dead
If it wasn't
For
What the old man said
Lectures that pierced
Air
Spitting at him like
Fireworks
A wool.of
Dreams
And the midday Hurst
Watching the moon
With the dew in their eyes
There was trouble
On horizon
Yet no surprise
He'd pick on his tears
Dressed in Apple cake
The old man's knowledge
Would be his escape

Otatade iseghohi-okojie

The foreigners of friendship: getting past loosing a friend

Missing someone can be more than painful, that ache of longing, the conversations you wished you had. Missing your best friend is the strangest thing, their there, but their not still there and if your a sensitive soul you feel their presence everywhere. Last night I had a dream about my best friend I was upstairs and the phone rang, it was the old cream phone we had in the living room. I heard a soft voice down the other end of the line, it was vulnerable and innocent just the way she had been, we talked briefly and made plans to meet up and discu

ss.

The hardest thing in life is letting people go their presence haunts you, you remember stupid things like the way they laughed, the sparkle in their eye, but most of all who you were at about that time. The happy self, an infinite self, a joyous self, but time changes and life changes us.

There will be days when you feel nostalgic, days when you miss them so much it may hurt, but time is a great healer. We move on and allow new people into our lives, and we learn to create our own happiness.

Boy

Here lies the boy
The old lady said
He dreamed too mu\ch
It shattered his head
Brain lays wasted
Pool on the floor
Spit and vomit
Fingers once gnawed
and yet
Legs still jux ta po
sition
wrap pen in feet
and scribble resistance
here lies the boy
The gate keeper said
He sits on the side walk
Fixing his head

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image by aherim

There are warriors in us all;

Lions fight Goliaths

ten foot tall

Though were scared and chomp

at bits

We climb barriers and

out of it

Pure vision lies

with Strength within

A soldier denies

to let light dim

Fight with passion

fight for life

we gasp for Oxygen

to survive

When you fail

Fight to thrive

This is you

upon the edge

Standing near

a jagged ledge

And all those questions

That you ask

Hidden in

Your faded mask

Wipe those tears

beyond glass eyes

For pain is buried

Drilled in deep

It lulls you

when you fall

asleep

Life as punisher

Life as friend

Riddles at the start

and end

Your

precipice

Your recipe

for success within

let glowing lights shine

and beam

Detonate explosions of fear

Hold your head up

for your still here

For your still

The soldier rings

the shrill alarm,

We stand at ease,

and remain calm

snap our fngers

Lick dry lips

Tilt our heads

Prepare for  abyss

it's imagination

station

Be addicted

to your dreams

don't let them fester

let them steam

Heat them up,

Cook and boil

Nails are dirty

Let hands toil 

let the scent travel upon the air

smile at those fuckers

 your already there.

Red Ebony