The Numerical Miracle

Numbers are numb.

Some have succumbed.

Be ONE who won.

1️⃣ Think

1️⃣ Thing

1️⃣ Notion 

1️⃣ Motion 

1️⃣ Fact

1️⃣ Act

1️⃣ Goal

1️⃣ Roll

1️⃣ Focus

1️⃣ Opus

1️⃣ Spark

1️⃣ Start

1️⃣ Beat

1️⃣ Feat

1️⃣ Step

1️⃣ Rep

1️⃣ Bite

1️⃣ Fight

1️⃣ Devil 

1️⃣ Level

1️⃣ Moment

1️⃣ Component 

1️⃣ Day

1️⃣ Play

1️⃣ Phase

1️⃣ Stage

1️⃣ Week

1️⃣ Tweak

1️⃣ Climb

1️⃣ Line

at a time.

©️ Ma++ D=ck=r

Light It Up

On this moonlit night

Emit I my light.

When it’s hard to think

I can always blink.

Streets lit and littered 

With streaks of glitter. 

But that neon

Won’t be on

For eons

(No doubt).

This little light of mine 

The only shine

That won’t flicker

Out.

Down here in the deep

Others struggle to see.

Competitors 

And predators 

Hover over.

So into the black

I react

With color.

Through today’s horror 

And tomorrow’s sorrow

Looms the quiet roar of

A luminous aurora 

And aura.

In my heart

This I know:

It takes the dark

To behold my glow.

©️ Matt Decker 

I'm⚡Electric

I am hurting

As I stand here alone.

Worry grips me.

I feel it in my bones.

Often I wonder

Why this pain I must endure?

Frequently I dream

Of recovery and cure.

But hold everything -

What is this I now feel?

Moving up my leg

Can this really be real?

I have never felt this way

From any pain-relieving pill.

My whole body feels electric.

Suddenly my nerves are chilled.

The ache is no more hectic.

Why, I do believe I'm healed!

I have some things to ask

As tears glide down my cheeks.

What is this experience?

What's happening to me?

I am overtaken by euphoria

Whereas before I was bedeviled.

I feel that I'm soaring up

To a loftier spiritual level.

I don't want this to end.

It's beyond the ken of men.

In a way it is akin

To an energetic wind.

What blessing! What Godsend!

I am beginning to transcend.

What could be the source

Of this paranormal arc?

What is the force

Behind this rapturous spark?

I can feel from whence it starts

Climbing up my left leg

Which bears an outlandish mark -

The residue of an alien encounter

Experienced after dark.

What did "they" do to me?

What is the technology in play?

How can it electrify me

And drive my pain away?

Tho' limited is my perception

Still I have E.S.P.

(E)lectric (S)piritual (P)henomenon

It's as tangibly real as can be.

To this end

I have gone lyrical

To express my discovery -

The universe is spiritual.

©️ Matt Decker 

reVERBerate

breathe \'brēth\ v : brief and deep : it brings relief

concentrate \'kän-sən-trāt\ v : juice to use with your contemplate 

intuit \in-'tü-ət, -'tyü-\ v : before the choice, a voice : tune in to it

start \'stärt\ v 1: to what end? 2: it has to begin

risk \'risk\ v 1: games are played for goals 2: dice are made to roll

fight \'fīt\ v : the fetal position is a futile condition 

expect \ik-'spekt\ v 1: reception begins at conception 2: faith has a due date

learn \'lərn\ v : school's always in session : fools miss the lessons 

give \'giv\ v : only hands outstretched can complete the catch

heal \'hēl\ v : be the change to someone's pain

unite \yů-'nīt\ v : division is not the vision 

©️ Matt Decker 

Fog Light

In the haze of this maze

Dazed and fazed by crazed days 

Through the enshrouding cloud

Cloaked and choked in the crowd

Amidst this mess and mist

A kiss of bliss oft missed 

Beneath these sheets of grief 

Bereaved of all relief 

Behind mind's blinding veil 

Misty eyes tell through scales 

Across that mossy bog

These beat feet slowly slog 

Under thunderous sky 

Wondering why yet I

Focus On God.

©️ Matt Decker 

Tap In

Scattered by matters?

Think About Patterns.

Beasts won't cease?

Think About Peace.

Disturbed and nervous?

Think About Purpose.

News and noise?

Think About Poise.

Coward who cowers?

Think About Power.

Dejection upon reflection?

Think About Perception.

A defective objective?

Think About Perspective.

Regressed from progress?

Think About Process.

Slow to step?

Think About Pep.

Plans in abeyance?

Think About Patience.

Assistance for resistance?

Think About Persistence.

Hexed by inflexibility?

Think About Possibilities.

Proclivity for negativity?

Think About Positivity.

Trend not a

Friend?

Tap the App

Within.

©️ Matt Decker 

The Time Traveler's Lesson

Oh the scenes I've seen...

Through it all I saw

Power sought,

Towers wrought.

Wars were fought.

Spoils caught.

I walked golden halls 

Built by royal laws.

Still behind it all --

A crowned clown,

A human flawed.

And so a kingdom falls.

Bright lights

Dimmed into night.

What now appalls 

Once enthralled.

The dust always settled.

I looked down...

On the ground...

Crushed petals.

Behold the old rusted metal

And medals.

Victory!

Sweet!

But it never beat

History.

After the wins,

A chapter ends.

Days and facts

Faded to black.

It was there

I fell to despair.

But in my somber pall,

My spirit called 

And reminded me to mind the

Timeless truth 

Inside of me.

Hearts beat.

Dark retreats.

Thistles shrivel

And, for a time,

The plot repeats.

Moments! These moments!

They are fragile components

And sometimes opponents.

The superficial 

And artificial --

Not an affordable 

Luxury

Even for one granted 

Immortality.

The forest,

After all,

Lies beyond these

Trees.

©️ Matt Decker