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#CloserToKindness #KietPoeEhTree

I launched my #CloserToKindness project in October of 2016.  This project explores two of my passions: Photography and Writing.  
I challenged myself to take a picture of anything from my day, bend the perspective, and then write a poem of my thoughts.
Here are some of those pictures and their corresponding poem.  With Love :-)
Picture
"Mommy MOMMY, Look I'm touching the Sun"
Young One, you Are the Sun
And Your Reach, reaches Far And Beyond
Even to this Passerby.
Is that Enough?
You have no idea
But wait, Do I?
I just Hope you Learn before
You Undo it onto your Grown Body
That can leave Scars
Picture
Let us, rest into our journeys
Stop to take moments and
Ask for no apologies
We owe it to ourselves to live
In flaw, in perfection
For blissful seconds acknowledge
That life rests in centers
And doesn't push extremes
It is Present
Picture
1 of 5 
What may seem so far
Is what brings us together
Because regardless of our differences 
I wouldn't have known where
To put down the stones
Of my road
If you all hadn't showed me
Your own, in your own ways

Picture
I stared at the lines
And painted others
How would others see this geometry?
Maybe all that matters
Are the lines we see together?
But then a picture would be worth
999 words
I could get lost
We could get lost
Picture
What I have found so far
We all feel the same
When we hear a melody
We all walk at the same pace
When we move to a beat
We are universal
We all speak this language
Picture
7.5 billion and Counting
Lives intertwining 
The Likelihood of Interaction 
Seems higher than
The Likelihood of Loneliness 
When you Least Expect
You are a piece of Art
A Masterpiece
For Someone Else
7.5 billion and Counting
Chances, Possibilities 
To Make Art
Of Your Own

Picture
the time we Spend
the time we Waste
the time we Make
the time we Take
       the time we Fake
the time we Find
the time we Give
the time we Live
Picture
Who Knew
A crack from two worlds
Collide

Only to reveal that through the lines
​Another World exists
Picture
Crazy
Thoughts & ideas feel burnt to ashes
Crazy
The brain tightening with self-destruction

Crazy
Skin and bones a mirror can't shake
At least the river of blood flows with stillness
We can skip rocks and watch the ripples go
​Crazy

Picture
If my mind is blocked by walls...
I might just break down the shapes
And realize it was my fear the whole time
Shapes you can find in my body
Weaving between organs and veins
Between mountains and rivers
Oh the view...
And my feet on the peaks
Oh the view...
And my feet swishing against streams
And that's what I have to do
To live through.
For walls can look like bricks
Or walls can look like fear
Picture
The mistake we teach and make
Everyday
Is to reach for something that
Isn't there
Rather than hold and nurture
What is...
Under our breath
Picture
The heart rush
Of a Stampede
Flushing through my body
I am not of this Flock
I feel uglier than
Before
If I care about the Thought
The Others silently scream
And the distance from one Footstep
To Another
I Forget my Own
Pace

Picture
Did I look in the Mirror Today?
      This Morning?
Before I stepped Out?
Did I notice the specks of Dust
Everywhere?
      Big. Small. Round. Narrow.
      Hair. Skin. Bone. Blood.
Did I see
Color?
      Creed. Practice. Spirit. Soul.
I saw Myself
      With Lines and Creases.
      With Bumps.  With Bruises.
      With Tears.
And I saw You.
Did You look in the Mirror Today?
      This Morning?
​            Because I wanted to Thank You
Picture
What is wrapped around your
Waist
I could Rip with my Teeth
And Sink my Fingers Around
What was There
I Wish you could Move my Hands
And Use Them
But You want my Control. My Confidence.
I'm not sure
Who Does?
Picture
Daggers
For stabbing
Or for insults
And if the possessor Holds
Power,
Do they acknowledge
The receiving pain
And can you be Careful
With
Daggers


Picture
It was Dark...
      Before I realized
            The world around me
            Had Expectation. Had Premise.
            Had Mis-guidance. Had Selfishness.
            Had Projection. Had Pressure.
            Had Frustration. Had Anger
            Had Anxiety. Had Depression.
      And Now I realized
            My world around me
            With the Grip of a Pen
​            Wringing Out the Ink
​            My Hands Shake...
​            Off the Words
​            To Soothe and Discern the Power of
​            No to You
​            Yes to Me
​            And the Smell of the Pen and Paper
​            Gives me the Breath of Life
​            And Shapes my Self - My Self
​It Was dark
Picture
Call me Dirty
Call me a Jerk.
But
With my Tongue I've Spoken my Peace
With my Pupils I've seen your Perspective
With my Hands I've tried to be Gentle
With my Heart I've been Sincere
My Understanding
My Power
Do you Understand yours...?
I just Hope
We can Talk
With Humor, Humility, and Humbleness
Sincerely yours

   -   Another Human
Picture
They say the Size of your own Fist
Matches the Size of your own Heart
If that's the Case, I won't Clench
I won't squeeze with Fear
 And I will Unfold my Fingers
      And Appreciate when You do the same
 Following the Petals of your Blossomed Hand
      And Appreciate when You do the same
 Learn to Let Go
      And Appreciate when You do the same
 And I Promise I will still
 Appreciate
 When You Don't do the same
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