https://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/ "Out of life's school of war: What does not destroy me, makes me stronger." Nietzschenoreply@blogger.com (MJB)Sun, 27 Sep 2026 05:29:40 -0700Blogger http://www.blogger.com2927125http://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/en-usnocreative commons protectedhttps://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/ "Out of life's school of war: What does not destroy me, makes me stronger." Nietzschehttps://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/ "Out of life's school of war: What does not destroy me, makes me stronger." NietzscheMJBnoreply@blogger.comMJBhttp://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-brink.htmlSun, 27 Sep 2026 05:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505660522183465604.post-2457875465575930835sometimes, my soul flickerslike a candle in the breezegrasping at straws to reasonbut in the reasoning creepsstanding at a crossroadwhere hope and reason meetone path will hold victorythe other strong defeatthe echoes of the numbnessfrom silence to extremefrom shadows in the sunlightto a night with no moon beamsthe world that once did prosperso shiny, it did gleamslides down the slippery 0noreply@blogger.com (MJB)http://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/2010/08/lost-from-sight.htmlinspirationalreflectionSun, 27 Sep 2026 04:30:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505660522183465604.post-5116041260771187866I followed the path as if I had a choice I lit the candle and I heard the voice the whisper in silence the taunt in the night the locust of despair the hope lost from sight all of the possibilities that hide in my dreams the wings of the angel her halo that gleams words don't match the lips it is all out of sync like an old B movie pushing me over the brink it doesn't make sense I feel it just 2noreply@blogger.com (MJB)http://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/2009/07/someone-im-not.htmlSun, 27 Sep 2026 04:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505660522183465604.post-4239138580035119835There’s a lot of places To be someone I’m not A façade that I am holding Hoping not to get caught Acting always actinglike I have got it straightIf they knew what’s underneathIt wouldn't be that greatStrong, is all they'll ever seeNo one gets beneathKeeping up appearances A mirror of what they seeKeeping up this misthrow Keeping up the inner hellHow long can I do 1noreply@blogger.com (MJB)http://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/2017/07/more-than-you.htmlThu, 10 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505660522183465604.post-8160267102237413356saddled my horse and spurred him hard I rode fast and I rode far through the plains in dead of night now the mountains at last in sight over my shoulder, vast terrain nothing lost and nothing gained alone again to still my thoughts and all the worries that they've brought many tabs open at the same time what is yours and what is mine separate hearts that beat the same never a winner of this 0noreply@blogger.com (MJB)http://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/2009/12/chapters.htmlreflectionThu, 10 Sep 2026 07:30:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505660522183465604.post-1459916125808183198as I write the pages by dim candlelight the ending maybe a mystery hidden from my sightI jot down all the secrets that I've never told when the day was oh so hot but the wind blows too cold many promises broken angry words that were said in the white heat of anger things I won't confessthese pages thick with love the ink that is still wet from the love that glistensand given without regret the 2noreply@blogger.com (MJB)http://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/2026/09/labor-day.htmlSat, 5 Sep 2026 07:43:45 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505660522183465604.post-2553148915850740579 Poetry by M.J.B. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License 0noreply@blogger.com (MJB)http://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-best-thing.htmlSat, 5 Sep 2026 07:30:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505660522183465604.post-8389506737357890050You were wearing a yellow shirt sit next to me and we start to flirt my favorite bar in my favorite town life was dull before you came around you're the best thing  I've ever done two is better than only just one I guess I knew right from the start you'd be the one to steal my heart my leg accidently touches your knee a current of violent electricity ravages my body and you 0noreply@blogger.com (MJB)http://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/2010/10/blueprint.htmlrelationshipSat, 5 Sep 2026 07:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505660522183465604.post-464506965784531461I thought it was all sorted the truth from just this oneand you know I'm a sleuth when there's work to be done I'm reading between red lineswhere clarity escapesit seems the subjects twisted this saga has some gapes I think that the sweet breeze blowing from mountains north started way before the band ever played our song it doesn't really matter, when fragility's lost its glow &0noreply@blogger.com (MJB)http://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/2009/03/lyrics-of-my-life.htmlSat, 5 Sep 2026 07:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505660522183465604.post-857987343004648581Prose that’s put to music Lyrics of my life Sung in soft and bluesy tones Wonder, loving, strife A melody of amazement A rhapsody of passion A song of aspiration An opera of emotion The chords of deep dissension Played by violins A harp for softer moments A cello for my sins The maestro does conduct it all Standing with baton The symphony well directed As my life plays on0noreply@blogger.com (MJB)http://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/2010/12/next-best-thing.htmlLoveSat, 5 Sep 2026 04:30:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505660522183465604.post-6480040775724266727are we all waiting for the next best thing? while we rest on this plateauis the hidden from sight our active imagination? causing dreams that come at nightare we always looking over our shoulder wondering if it passed us by? was it at that busy intersection? the corner of was and will be where we jay-walked with indiscretion why not slow down and just 1noreply@blogger.com (MJB)http://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/2010/10/shadows-from-moon.htmlreflectionSun, 23 Aug 2026 09:30:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505660522183465604.post-6491823858760768548the moon glows eerily on mountain rangescasting shadows long and strange saguaro standing tall and lean with brush and boulders in between stars don't help or shed some light no settling this disturbance tonight coyote roam and search for prey to keep the rumbling stomachs at bay thoughts cast and fall on desert terrain wondering what'll happen if we meet 3noreply@blogger.com (MJB)http://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/2010/10/like-dream.htmlLoveSun, 23 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505660522183465604.post-8303331370329853039when the dream becomes reality and the reality like a dream when fire catches and ignites but is much more extreme the moon breaks through the scattered clouds the wind pushes colors of fall a galaxy of stars surround as love takes in it all closed eyes open, my heart beats faster it's all in the scheme of things when the dream becomes reality&1noreply@blogger.com (MJB)http://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/2010/07/never.htmllost lovereflectionSun, 23 Aug 2026 06:30:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505660522183465604.post-1212408126035108297I'll never say those words again I'll bite my tongue and hold them in what lays spilled on a sticky floor when it all gushed out that time before I'll never say those words again I'll never feel like that again I'll bury it deep like unforgiven sin what drifts in dreams, forgotten by morn swept up like hair after its been shorn I'll never feel like that again I'll never hope like that again 1noreply@blogger.com (MJB)http://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/2011/03/one-more-time.htmlLoveSun, 16 Aug 2026 06:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505660522183465604.post-3363688591690019056questions burn pages turn still some secrets I must learn behind, our past don't look back nothing there but smoke and ash still, the dreams my mind screams waylaid answers I get it seems in between crisp, fresh sheets love starts over for you and me one more time it's all fine still I wonderwhat's on your mind Poetry by M.J.B. is licensed under a Creative Commons 0noreply@blogger.com (MJB)http://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/2010/09/between-wonder-and-love.htmlrelationshipSun, 16 Aug 2026 05:48:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505660522183465604.post-3899319270358868425they meet in the middle between east and west between sunrise and sunset somewhere between dependence and indifference they meet in the middle between unsure and surreal between unopened and unsealed somewhere between give and take they meet in the middle between rain and sun between ended and just begun somewhere between fact and fiction they meet in the middle between forgiveness and grace 1noreply@blogger.com (MJB)http://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-valley.htmlWed, 5 Aug 2026 07:18:12 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505660522183465604.post-8483364345746551364 Poetry by M.J.B. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License 0noreply@blogger.com (MJB)http://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/2011/07/once-or-twice.htmlWed, 5 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505660522183465604.post-178986272205213096once or twice I thought I saw you where shadows stretch across rock lawn but it was the heat from the sun’s rays a mirage evaporating into evening dust once or twice I thought I heard you drifting silently into a dream when I looked you were not there faceless lessons I finally learned once or twice I thought I smelled ambrosia left from morsels of love it 1noreply@blogger.com (MJB)http://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/2026/08/peace.htmlSun, 2 Aug 2026 07:17:08 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505660522183465604.post-601109859572214191Poetry by M.J.B. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License 0noreply@blogger.com (MJB)http://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/2009/09/to-sleep.htmlWed, 15 Jul 2026 05:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505660522183465604.post-135454643037711559maybe even dreamdream of what it all might meanintent clear at dawnPoetry by M.J.B. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.0noreply@blogger.com (MJB)http://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/2010/10/love-sleeps-soundly.htmlLoveWed, 15 Jul 2026 05:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505660522183465604.post-826322556660937336the sun shines in your smile your eyes the color of blue sky your touch warm like the rays you start my day the moon glows through blinds the stars blanket cool skin your voice the whisper of a mountain breeze when you say "good night baby"love sleeps soundly in your arms Poetry by M.J.B. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No 0noreply@blogger.com (MJB)http://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/2010/07/pirouette.htmlreflectionWed, 15 Jul 2026 05:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505660522183465604.post-4332137370629758833on my toes, but not my game a ballerina's pirouette Louboutin's with a red soul make a pretty silhouette crystal clear the morning lightthe wine a deepest burgundy switching always back and forth bending deeply from my knees sleep, don't sleep dream, don't dream black and white to hazy gray this is how it seems want, don't wantlove, don't 1noreply@blogger.com (MJB)http://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/2010/03/dreams-on-water.htmlinspirationalWed, 15 Jul 2026 04:30:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505660522183465604.post-1783826523457161346hiding behind trees at the lake leaves falling in full moon light trading all we had for something new moonbeams glistening like diamonds sparkling dreams on rippling waterover pebbles straight to the ocean night birds call, gliding, ascending around the corner where the river is bending down the timeless banks of change where sleeplessness awaits 0noreply@blogger.com (MJB)http://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/2010/01/two-shadows.htmlLoveWed, 15 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505660522183465604.post-156399701692530186two shadows meet and fuse into one a mixture, a blending of sorts has begun when darkness falls a new song has been sung when daylight emerges so does a tight bond Poetry by M.J.B. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License3noreply@blogger.com (MJB)http://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/2009/07/indomitable.htmlWed, 15 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505660522183465604.post-2265485178838294827Writing what I feel and think dissatisfaction, dilemmas, disillusion,my soul and spirit in blog. It eases the pain somehowhelps me to come to terms,thinking I am in control when a higher power dictates the past and the future. All that I am and will be, a future mapped out long ago a course that can not be changeddark and light at the same time. Expecting 2noreply@blogger.com (MJB)http://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/2026/07/life-also.htmlSun, 12 Jul 2026 06:27:41 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505660522183465604.post-3766580563130157311 Poetry by M.J.B. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License 0noreply@blogger.com (MJB)