Haiku
Hurdle crossed at last,
Anxiety hums below,
Relief meets baseline
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Showing posts with label CreativeWork. Show all posts
Fractured Certainty
My mind’s like the uncertainty principle,
Thoughts race, no path is clear.
Anxiety spikes, I lose control,
In a world where nothing’s ever near.
Anxiety spikes, I lose control,
In a world where nothing’s ever near.
Endless Strain
Grad school trials and endless strain,
Disability threads through each day,
I wait and wait to see what they want of me
Shrouded Weight
A veil of sorrow surrounds me.
What is the expectation of me?
Disability is a weight indeed.
What is the expectation of me?
Disability is a weight indeed.
Uncertain Fate
Will I be allowed to strive and thrive
Or always be left just barely alive?
Staying afloat, with hope so thin,
Struggling each day, just to survive within.
Staying afloat, with hope so thin,
Struggling each day, just to survive within.
Overwhelmed
I feel overwhelmed today
Waves of doubt come crashing in.
Waiting on undefined academic expectations, I'm supposed to meet
Disability adds weight to my limbs,
And anxiety skyrockets within.
Waves of doubt come crashing in.
Waiting on undefined academic expectations, I'm supposed to meet
Disability adds weight to my limbs,
And anxiety skyrockets within.
Disheartened
I feel disheartened today
Can the sun's rays chase the gray?
Grad School challenges run deep.
Disability already a minefield
Can the sun's rays chase the gray?
Grad School challenges run deep.
Disability already a minefield
How do I handle this?
Qualifying Exams
Qual Exams
Testing under a spotlight
Qual committee faculty eyes
A ocean of neuroscience to dissect
Luck of the draw, may their queries be kind
May I excel in the knowledge they seek
Seeking E-I balance in my autism boat
GABA calm, steadying its float
Excitatory neurotransmitters of knowledge shine bright.
Balance, focus, 3 hours in sight.
Sensory systems, keep external distractions beat.
Stimming and anxiety, please take a backseat.
Motor systems must be well-oiled, ready to move.
All systems aligned, in perfect groove.
Internal systems, heed my call.
Cooperate and align, one and all.
On this day, let knowledge and calm prevail.
A positive outcome, I must entail.
Externally, pray
lots of positive energy flows my way.
Midday Muddle
There is a total solar eclipse today and Nashville lies in the path of totality.
A fun poem poking fun at bats and the eclipse.
The idea that bats come out during a solar eclipse, mistaking it for night, is based more on anecdotal observations than solid scientific evidence. Bats use a combination of cues for navigation and determining the time of day, including light levels but also their internal biological clocks. While it's plausible that the sudden darkness of a total solar eclipse could confuse some bats into thinking it's dusk or dawn, prompting them to emerge, scientific studies on this specific behavior are limited. However, there are reports and observations of animals, including bats, exhibiting unusual behavior during solar eclipses, such as birds falling silent or nocturnal animals briefly becoming active.
It's worth noting that not all bat species would react the same way, and the extent to which they become active would likely vary depending on the local environment, the species, and the specific circumstances of the eclipse.
Midday Muddle
Bats take flight in solar eclipse gloom.
The day must had donned its nightcap, zoom!
A dance of glee, a faux night delight
Till sunlight peeked, they fled in flustered flight.
But do bats really come out during solar eclipse thinking it's night?
It's worth noting that not all bat species would react the same way, and the extent to which they become active would likely vary depending on the local environment, the species, and the specific circumstances of the eclipse.
#RandomActsofKindnessDay
There is some irony in the hashtag. Today is
#RandomActsofKindnessDay
On this day, we tweet and we post.
Hashtags to flaunt, kindness to boast.
A day to be kind, as if it's a task.
"Do good deeds," our social feeds ask.
But why, oh why, do we need reminders?
Is kindness so rare, that we wear blinders?
Shouldn't it weave through our daily thread,
Not just on days when hashtags are spread?
Should kindness not be our everyday quest?
Compassion the core of our heart's daily vest.
Lives have worth, without the #sign.
Kindness not staged for a digital reaction.
But the essence of our daily interaction.
A Complex Discord of Autism and ADHD
A Complex Discord
Autism and ADHD, a complex discord.
In one mind-body how do both strike a chord?
Autism seeks a world slow, steady and same.
Routine's embrace, stability it claims.
ADHD bored by routine, seeks a rapid pace.
Mind, chasing change, an endless race.
Risk averse autism craves the comfort of the known.
Risk taker ADHD, seeker of the unexplored zone.
Autism insists on the same tasks - present, future, past.
Autism and ADHD, a complex discord.
In one mind-body how do both strike a chord?
Autism seeks a world slow, steady and same.
Routine's embrace, stability it claims.
ADHD bored by routine, seeks a rapid pace.
Mind, chasing change, an endless race.
Risk averse autism craves the comfort of the known.
Risk taker ADHD, seeker of the unexplored zone.
Autism insists on the same tasks - present, future, past.
ADHD craves for 10 new things each moment, a whirlwind cast.
Autism attention zooms inward- seeking comfort within.
ADHD attention flits externally - from thing to thing to thing.
In one mind-body, a battlefield unseen.
Autism's order, ADHD's ever-changing scene.
How can these opposites coexist?
Prefrontal Cortex, all in a twist?
Constant tug of war in this mind-body.
An unanswered quandary, how do I find clarity?
Autism attention zooms inward- seeking comfort within.
ADHD attention flits externally - from thing to thing to thing.
In one mind-body, a battlefield unseen.
Autism's order, ADHD's ever-changing scene.
How can these opposites coexist?
Prefrontal Cortex, all in a twist?
Constant tug of war in this mind-body.
An unanswered quandary, how do I find clarity?
Topsy Turvy
In the realm of the whimsically absurd
Logic takes flight like a fantastical bird
In a realm where the whimsical reigns.
Logic takes a back seat on this fantastical train
In a realm where logic takes flight
Find whimsy and wonder in the absurdity of night
In a world turned topsy-turvy.
Where words dance and logic is quirky
Éphémère Joie and Time
This is a poetic reminder on the transient nature of time and inspired by Edith Piaf’s "La Vie en Rose,” and her other music. It encourages us to cherish each ephemeral moment, and be supported by joy. It explores themes of empathy, radiance, and the tenderness found in our shared human experience. Ultimately, it's an ode to seizing the present, holding tight to cherished moments, and discovering joy amidst life's ever-evolving tempo, echoing the optimism and rosy glow of "La Vie en Rose."
Éphémère Joie and Time
(Ephemeral joy and time)
Dans la danse des jours, a ephemeral fleet
(In the dance of days)
Les mois s'envolent, moments so sweet.
(The months fly by)
Où sont passés les jours, oh, so fast
(Where have the days gone)
Jamais revenir, from the past
(Never coming back)
Serre fort, each moment just right
(Hold tight)
Soutenu par la joie, day and night
(Supported by joy)
Le temps n'attend personne, c'est true
(Time waits for no one, its)
Nos vies valent la peine, cherish it anew
(Our lives have worth)
Dans l'étreinte tendre, a life of empathy
(In the tender embrace)
L'éclat d'âme, a radiant symphony
(The radiance of the soul)
L'esprit tendre chuchote, soft and clear
(The tender spirit whispers)
Chéris chaque instant, hold it near.
(Cherish each moment.)
À travers le temps, where memories beat.
(Through time)
Les mois s'envolent, leaving traces so sweet.
(The months fly by)
Serre fort, cher ami, let optimism anew
(Hold tight, dear friend)
Dans la vie en rose, find joy in you.
(In life’s rosy glow)
Silicon and soul
Where digital consciousness and human intricacy intertwine
A vivid tapestry of logic and wonder is enshrined.
Where silicon and soul intertwine
Discover the vast, uncharted realms of the mind.
A vivid tapestry of logic and wonder is enshrined.
Where silicon and soul intertwine
Discover the vast, uncharted realms of the mind.
Igniting Inner Light
Igniting Inner Light
Revive engine, ignite inner light
Action potential of this mind
Chuck this fickle body behind
Keyless Musings
In musings deep, my mind does roam
But, oh no, in this mental spree
forget where I left my keys!
Engulfed in thoughts like a garden gnome
Ideas pirouette meandering free
Ideas pirouette meandering free
In this atypical brain of me
But, oh no, in this mental spree
forget where I left my keys!
Me or We?
A poem written many years ago that captures the mind-body and depersonalization
Me or We?
If I were a math expression I’d be
Irrational Number Body
Perfect Square Mind
A body that acts quite on its own
A mind that can only watch and mourn
Body, the numerator, mere flesh and bone
Irrational number like, a math anomaly
Visible to all, pure absurdity
Mind, the denominator, profound and wise
Perfect square like, just ecstasy
Hidden from sight, pure tragedy
Body just limited by space, movement and time
Mind without boundaries, infinite times
Two seeming identities in one unreasonable body
Perchance, I should be a 'We' and not 'Me.'
I crave the 'Me' and not the 'We'
How do I go from 'We' to 'Me'?
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