Another Poem About Positivity and the Cosmos

from The Dao of Woodworking by Charles Dalton Telschow

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lyrics

I'm not the best I'm gonna be.
Not yet.
But I'm the best I've ever been.
Lotus flower blooming with mathematic grace.
I am a ship constantly setting sail to someday, shadows cast on my past as I chase the sun, always arriving at
Now.
The future has never looked brighter, but then again I said that yesterday, and look how much more shimmer it got since I finished this sentence.
But sometimes I enjoy polishing the sides of my head with my fingers, waxing them with anxious worry, I like to think the paranoia is just keeping me alert.
I forget to untie the knots of my being and allow myself to unwind to singular wave.
I get bound by traffic and deadlines and forget my surroundings.

I have begun dabbling in the language of aether
It's mostly silence

I am relearning the language of myself every day. I am a song that keeps changing time and key, I am a ballad that I, the universe, is singing to itself, and dammit if I'm not seducing myself with my story.
I'm curbstomping my ego whenever it gets too close to my tongue, letting love steer this ship instead of licking currents all the way to Lost.

I will sail these currents until I find myself in them.

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from The Dao of Woodworking, released July 6, 2017

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Charles Dalton Telschow Denver, Colorado

Charles Dalton Telschow is a 23 year old Denver poet and musician. He has competed in the city poetry circuit for several years, traveled to Congress to perform poetry, and was formerly in a metal band. He now finds refuge in writing, playing guitar, and singing. ... more