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What I learned from Snowboarding

28 Wednesday Dec 2022

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ActionSports, Lifewisdom, literature, SirCharlesThePoet, Snowboarding, trust, trustyourself, write, writing

On Christmas Day, for the first time since I started snowboarding a few years ago, I snowboarded down a blue trail without falling. When you’re going down a snow hill on a snowboard, you notice very interesting things happening to your thoughts. It’s very funny and humbling. The biggest, and most important thing, that I learned after this big accomplishment in my life has to do with trust and my relationship with it. 

I didn’t make my way down that mountain because I knew what I was doing. I made my way down because I TRUSTED that I could do it. I trusted that I had what it takes to do it. When you’re moving much faster than you’re used to with many bumps (obstacles) that you’re not used to facing—while knowing that whipping out is an embarrassment—the mind immediately goes into panic mode. It activates fight or flight. ”I CANNOT DO THIS! I CANNOT DO THIS! ABORT THE MISSION! ABORT THE MISSION!” During the whole ride, I found myself fighting with my mind to stay on the snowboard and not give up—DO NOT throw away the whole project (as we all do at times) by purposefully putting your butt on the snowy ground!

Here are a few things that I learned from my experience:

– TRUST YOURSELF! Trust. You have the skills needed to accomplish the task. Trust that you can do it.

– No matter how hectic, unexpected and challenging the external environment gets, remain as CALM as possible on the inside.

– DO NOT let fear take control of your decision making.

– Be aware of whether fear or caution is running the ship! They are very similar, but one makes sure you’re safe WITHIN the situation (caution) while the other tries to get you OUT of the situation (to safety) (fear).

– You do not get better at level 1 by sticking to it until you master it. You get better at level 1 by gaining JUST enough skills (and courage) to attempt level 2. In the process of facing that higher level (failing, hurting yourself—all that good stuff), you will gain mastery of the previous level without even noticing it (it sounds crazy but it works!)

– Keep your eyes on YOUR OWN ROAD (and the goal). Don’t worry about what other people are doing or their skill level! This is a journey by yourself. One where YOU ARE your only opponent. Focus on that opponent.

– Enjoy the ride. Make sure you are having fun. That’s the most important (and memorable) thing when it is all said and done.

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A Friend Named Patience

29 Monday Aug 2022

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creativeliterature, creativewriting, creativity, literature, Patience, personification, poem, poetry, runningoutofpatience, write

Patience is a strange thing
you have to wait.
Cause Patience, is a strange thing

Patience is a strange thing
you remain and,
→ you remain and,
→ you remain and
you wait.

As the world goes by;
possibilities troll away;
chances drift at bay;
what should be, becomes
what would be, turns to
what could be

but you never know.

Patience is a strange thing
as time waits for no man,
men wait for time to bring:
an unknown, claimed to be known
an unknown that only Hope would claim
to know.

As you wait with patience,
it soon takes the city bus
to the sunset…
…until it runs short.

Patience is a strange thing
so coil your body.
Do it!
I know you want to
“something to pass the time”
humans evolved not, to be idle

yet, here you are.

Waiting in this abyss
all the possibilities to miss
ignoring that something’s amiss

Patience is a strange thing
sometimes, I just wanna give in,
go about my way.
Sometimes, I will put an extra second

but then I always see Patience,
a cunning fool just being,
on the train downtown,
on the bus going, and thinning.


I wrote this piece as a class assignment in my final year in University, in 2019. It is both one of my bests and one of my favorite pieces. Reading it always leaves a smirk on my face.

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“Judgment” — “Introspection Resurrection”

09 Tuesday Aug 2022

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judgementfreezone, poems, poetry, poetrycommunity, write

An Incredible piece with a wonderful message!

I used to, on occasion, perceive others’ dark as a mendacious mode of false endearments they could put on a performative spectacle to lure passive onlookers like a siren’s song – I see now I see now peoples’ pain I see now how detractors bathe their reality in shame. – I see now the drugs […]

“Judgment” — “Introspection Resurrection”

Candle Light

01 Monday Aug 2022

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candlelight, Fire, fireoflove, Light, lightoflove, lovepoem, poem, poetry, poetrycommunity, schoolromance, thelightofmylife, write, younglove

You start a small fire in my heart
I protect it though the awaiting pain
I care for it so it would last through.
love is a candle light in constant motion

I wake up in the morning, small fire is in my heart
Too much movement can attract air. So I remain
As my mind is illuminated by many thoughts of you

if I can’t prevent it from dying,
I’ll convince myself to go to class
Where at 1:50 PM, when over 400 young adults
Are pushing their way out of a lecture hall,
I can make my way to you.
It’s not hard to find a flame in a crowd.
Then you’ll smile: igniting a small fire in my heart


It turns out that this girl was gay. I do wish she had told me that after I gave her this poem though…or at any point during the 3 years after I started talking to her, before I learned that very key information.

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Pet of Royalty

07 Monday Mar 2022

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what hangs in the air if the new age is combustion and lack of satisfaction?
everyone takes a piece of me, so i’m left with incoherent parts for the journey

Catastrophe is a normal part of life but did you forget
the times you used to be worshipped? brush shoulders
with royals. no matter how low you stoop, they still
hang prayers in the air; chandeliers in the atmosphere

a Pet of the higher kingdom chained in these polluted
mortal intersections crossing life with death. surprised
by reality—a lit face dimming of its expectations

did you forget?
it’s been a long journey.

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Unrequited

23 Thursday Apr 2020

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expression, loose, love, poem, poet, poetry, questions, Romance, thoughts, write

I’m starting to realize that confessing your love is more selfish than effective.
We see someone. We like someone.
Then give them our feelings to deal with.
And then what? What are they to do with it? What do you expect?

Imagine waking up, fresh and well experienced in your young age.
Then, upon stepping outside to in-take a breath of fresh air, you find a baby.
In waiting. In a basket. On your doorstep. What then?
Foster care? Cops? I guess I’m a parent now? Hit up grandma or mom?

It’s not so simple.

@Sircharlesthepoet

Shoes

16 Thursday Apr 2020

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art, culture, hiphop, poem, poetry, racism, shoes, wordplay, write, writing

You speak shame of my shoes
Criticize its components and origins
Yet
You have not walked an inch in em’

Have you worn my skin?
Have you beat under the sun in them?
You shun upon my life for
The struggles you’ve cursed me in
Yet you wear my golds and diamonds,
Treasures
With pride. Mimicking my lustrous hide

Have you what it takes to tie my laces?
Tap along with my dances.
Have you trumpets blasting
The fascinations of a great culture
In your voice?

Do you carry rainbows at your fingertips
To bless each person you meet
With sunshine that never sleeps
From the Motherland?

By which right in this world
Do you take a whiff of my goods
Then claim it as yours?
What fuels your hate?
Are you embarrassed by how I zig
When you expect me to zag?

You think you’re so big
But right along greatness I will tag

Until your tics
Stop forging my tocs
And block my timeless shine,
I will rise with pride!
On currents,
On tempests,
With halos crowning my pupils
And fire to fill my relentlessness.

So no, Kendrick Lamar, I am not gonna be alright!
These chameleons wear my skin,
My hair, my vibes…my culture.
Then get praises

While I,
I get oppressed for wearing my skin,
My hair, my energy, my culture
And commuting with elegance
In my shoes.

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Foreign Soil

13 Friday Dec 2019

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art, creativewriting, culture, foreigner, poem, poet, poetry, write

The other day, I talked to a lady who is from Haiti.

Being Haitian in foreign land, we shared what glued us together.
She told me I left my country too early. So I don’t know anything

I feel cheated each time I remember
She’s right.

Lately, I’ve been feeling like I’ve given up my country for foreign soil
But, how can I lose something that I never had?


Lately, I’ve been struggling and trying to, once again, have a firm grip on my culture–starting with the language. So I’ve been listening to a lot of Haitian music and reaching out to friends and family back in Haiti to practice my Creole. The language has changed a lot, but the worst part is I’ll never know how much it has changed because I was only 11 when I left the country. It’s mighty young and I was pretty oblivious to most.

If any of you are into learning about cultures or are multilingual, you would understand that learning a language is not just about learning grammar rules. It goes as far as having knowledge of the culture, to learn the language. In Haitian Creole, very strong emphasis is put on knowing the culture to fully get the language.

At 11 years old, I barely knew the culture. Yeah, I spoke the language–as far as what was required of me is concerned–and I had lived in the country for 11 years, but as you get older, more sophisticated thoughts and eloquence are required. And I will argue that it’s only then you really get a language.

After being in the states, scrambling to figure out this lifestyle and fit in, for the past 11 years, sometimes it feels like I’m losing my culture. Starting with the language.

Shadows on the Walls

05 Thursday Sep 2019

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angels and demons, art, creative writing, imagination, Light, metaphor, motivation, motivational, poem, poetry, shadows, write, writing

My shadows are smart.
They don’t follow me into the chaos;
Not stepping one foot into the starlessness
Created for me.

More vibrant than the nerdy girl
Is their smile in my light.
It’s their chance
To draw me into plight

Consume the luminous atmosphere
That dares to scrap their walls
Or whistle near their floors
It’s their chance to reign again

Shadows:
Reflections of your darkness,
Your demons striving to retain life
Because demons, used to be angels.


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What Do YOU Like??

16 Friday Aug 2019

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artist, blogger, content creation, creative writing, improvement, likes, poem, poetry, poetry blog, wordpresspoet, write, writing

Hello everyone!

 

If you have been following my blog for a while then you will notice that, lately, I have been much more active on this blog. I have been posting more and interacting with followers, potential followers, and blogs that I follow much more! That is because, as many of you may know, I recently graduated from college. Therefore, I have more time on my hands. So I am using that time to write, be more active on my blog, Instagram page, YouTube page and Facebook page.

Of course, one of the main reasons why I am being more active on these pages is that I want to grow. Unfortunately, I cannot grow without YOU, my followers–new and old–who interact with my content every day. Therefore, I would like to give back to you guys by making sure that I post content that you enjoy (poetry and videos, of course)!

So, please comment below what you would like to read about more, on my page. What you like to read about the most and other topics and type of contents that you want to see more of, on my page. All of that is to help me grow and to make your journey on my blog more enjoyable!

Thank you very much, and please comment!

 

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