Birth is as random as anything else.

Crazy man, I was jailed into myself

Into my own head

I thought I was 'deep in thought'

The sentence was given to me by myself

Life-As-Jobe… with no parole

Oh, hell

But don't worry, I busted out of my cell

One night when the guard was sleeping

Foolish guard, that was me too

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A word after silence; let it be peace

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There is no future written

In the palm of a hand or in tea leaves

Tarot cards are nothing more than cards

Interesting, sure, but they're just cards

Scorpio? Virgo? No, sorry

Birth is as random as anything else

There is no fate or destiny to be found or fulfilled

And no yesterday that can held forever

Or even held accountable

That said, isn't this moment lovely enough

Draw your breath in, let it out

Ah, life

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Even now, as ashes in a container

My son casts a large shadow across my life

It is as if it always late afternoon between us

And his shadow stretches from west to east

Across this broken thing, this lump

That I once called my heart

James Lee Jobe

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If every day you practice walking and sitting meditation and generate the energy of mindfulness and concentration and peace, you are a cell in the body of the new Buddha. This is not a dream but is possible today and tomorrow. 

-Thich Nhat Hanh

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When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

-Victor Hugo

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Try being completely sincere. Say what you truly believe. Don't compromise yourself to be liked or affirmed.

-James Lee Jobe 

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The paradox of impatience is that, in trying to hurry toward enjoyment, we hurry past it. 

-Dean Sluyter

Ledge, a poem by Kevin Young 

Dawn Will Usher Me, a poem by Juan Felipe Herrera 

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James