Mastery Over Oneself

Don’t Complain About The Snow On Your Neighbors Roof

🔹 Those who personalise the impersonal can’t handle the personal. They have no chance because instead of creating a path for themselves, they are more concerned with what path others are taking. 🔹 These types of people lack the integrity to forgo their own desires and to focus on what they need to do to […]

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away a small stone – Confucius

🔹The largest oak tree had to start from a seed just like anything, or anyone else that’s seen as big. 🔹The process to greatness has always stemmed from massive action. There’s no way around that. 🔹Any other way will pretty much break the laws of nature. 🔹In other words, that’s just how the world works. […]

The Man Who Has No Imagination Has No Wings

🔹 Muhammad Ali has inspired me since the age of nine. 🔹 He almost went to prison for 5 years because he would not back down on his beliefs. Fortunately he was able to avoid prison however, he was banned from boxing for 4 years in the midst of his prime. 🔹 Even though he […]

Those Eyes

All can be resolvedWithin the corridorsOf those eyes,New realms are realizedLike the wings ofButterflies after theFirst communionWith the sky,Those eyes areMy souls allies,My mind elects toRender each eyeContact that herEyes supply,I’m subjected toThe paramount gazeThat she chimes as ifOur mutual planets align,Her gaze is paradise – Nick F. Hawkins

The Rivers

Divine presence is anesthesia forFor my soul,My soul is the river that flows evenIn the cold when it’s 32 below,Below my cerebral roads whereI deplete the voices of my egoI continue to row this mentalSailboat along the tidesAmongst the waters of growth,This river of consciousness keepsMe afloat,Staying afloat is a miracle,A miracle that births hope,Hope […]

Emotions On Mars

I left my emotions on Mars,I can feel us drifting apartThe deeper I float throughThe dark,Deep space seems to be asDeep as these scars,These scars start to makeBreathing a lost art,Gasping for breathAmongst the stars,I left you a map withThe directions to Mars,Just Incase you were lookingFor the place where I placedMy heart – Nick […]

Solitude Is Freedom

Solitude aligned my soul withThe universe as my spirit unwinds,Time pours into my hour glass slowly,Time is my unrefined red wine,Peace within the moment ofSilence spreads the wingsTo my mind,Solitude is blissful,Solitude is divine,Divinity is honorable,Honor is the divine KeyThat unlocks spiritualWealth amidst the coilsOf this precious life,Solitude is beautiful,A complete escape fromThe malign – […]

External Monsters

I found wisdom on the roadOf understanding others,Yet I’ve discovered enlightenmentOn the journey of knowingMy true colors,The self behind the daily maskThat society hands meOnce I arise fromMy routine slumber,I’ve awakened andNow the entireUniverse surrenders,I’ve came,I saw,And I viscously conqueredThe external monsters – Nick F. Hawkins

Lost Art Of Love

Somehow true loveBecame a misplaced art,It comes and goesJust as the sunAnd day departs,What was once theDriving nature ofHuman kind,Slowly shifted intoThe dusty old paintingShoved along the cornerIn the dark,Love isn’t what exhaustThe heart,It’s the lack of faithThat we placed beforeWe gave love a chanceFrom the start – Nick F. Hawkins