Main Blog and Poetry posts by Ryan Ranney
Do No Harm
We cannot put away the beast
Unless the beast is first set free
Those who war and those who rage
Are those afraid to see what lies
Beneath the glare in their eyes
Rules give way to […]
Main Blog and Poetry posts by Ryan Ranney
We cannot put away the beast
Unless the beast is first set free
Those who war and those who rage
Are those afraid to see what lies
Beneath the glare in their eyes
Rules give way to […]
I shall not succumb to the lesson of your disgrace
nor shall my flesh worship you any longer
nor shall my heart be within your grasp
nor shall my mind be open to you
nor […]
The greatest knowledge in all this world
can be found in the heart of the peacemakers
who know more of war than any warrior
The greatest mystery in all this world
can be found in the […]
There are those who want to help our souls
and there are those who want to be seen helping our souls
and there are those who want to be glorified by helping souls
and there […]
I drink the ash from the remnants of this delusion
always returned to that which outlived
everyone
in the end
as the beginning
What is it that this man would think?
What matter would course the […]
The Seven Levels of Deception
I cannot know
They cannot know
I should not know
They should not know
I don’t want to know
I don’t want them to know
Nobody knows
Each one upon the other
Some […]
I think we have all seen it far too many times. We got therapists, preachers, social workers, ministers, psychologist, psychiatrists, counselors, self appointed healers, self appointed experts, self appointed relationship guides and directors, government run […]
Life for me is not a mystery
It is not a joke
It is not a riddle
Of ancient lost articles
When I embrace blessings
They can often direct me
Away from the truth
When I embrace […]
How long does one walk
Down the darkened path
Of world discovery
Of self discovery
Of the discovery of mankind?
We set ourselves above the land
Though the land does not lie
We set ourselves above […]
The Trouble with Artists.
“No Great Mind exists
Without a touch of Madness.”
{Aristotle}
The hand of Perfection
Works through the lost heart
Of the artist.
None can create beautiful art
Without knowing horrible ugliness
None can create perfect […]
Would it be that we live in caves?
Yet the caves were life, safety, warmth, home.
Would it be that we live in lean-to tents?
Yet the tents were private, mobile and given to status.
Would it […]
Awaken me from silent sleep
of wanted dreams
and dithered destiny
Strip away the tarnish
of subtle notion
bound beyond the tether
Wipe tear from eye
of all i’ve seen
before the play of mankind
Was it not […]
See the shadow that time forgot
Lurking behind the veil
Ugly and twisted and loathed
That there is none to embrace such a thing
Is said to be good
That there is none to tame such […]
It changes
The damned thing
Changes
Is it such a great thing
To live once
And remember always
The life before
To live again?
Is it such a wonderful thing
Watching them grow
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