Dreamcatcher by Valerie Parente
To catch a dream
you must live with the thought
as if your dream
is already caught.
All you found in your sleep
cannot be lost
just write it down
to manifest the plot.
You’ve seen if before
you will see it again
this time, awake
the way you imagined.
Your dreams are manifestations of your mind.
Your mind is a manifestation of the universe.
Your universe is a manifestation of your dreams.
Creation never ends, it only morphs.
– Valerie Parente (1-4-2025)
Alchemy by Valerie Parente
Art
is just alchemy to the 5 senses
transforming the “pain in here”
into something beautiful in the atmosphere.
The Artist
can disturb or it can delight
evoking a feeling from the reeling
of their individual healing.
– Valerie Parente (11-24-2024)
Dear Darkling by Valerie Parente
You are the symbol of pain becoming beauty
featherless wings
hope withstanding mood swings
sprouting from a spine
where stance is a nuisance
so you arch your back
like the moon and its exuberance
and though you come from the aether
your experience is human;
so fear not, dear darkling
you have become the blueprint
of finding beauty in darkness
now the teacher, once the student.
As above, you knew your worth
so below, you went and proved it.
– Valerie Parente (10-26-2024)
The Timing of The Stars by Valerie Parente
The light from a star has been conspiring
to make its way to you in due time;
traveling through the cosmos
to reach your eyes.
The constellations give you exactly what you need
at the perfectly right time;
whether you are ready or not
is just a state of mind.
Looking back on the past
everything always makes sense
so why not put your faith
in the future past, called present?
– Valerie Parente (3-8-2024)
The Originator of Matter by Valerie Parente
The Originator of Matter
is she who can manifest
any object of her desire
using the heart in her chest.
She teaches her disciples
how to hone this skill
able to materialize objects
out of nothing but will.
“The key is not imagining the object existing
it is imagining how it will feel when it exists,
live as the impact is already real
and you will create your every wish.
The power of your will
is not through thought
the power of your will
is a feeling through the heart.
You must take on the feeling
as if you already have what you covet
because there is a future version of you
that already knows you’ve won it.”
– Valerie Parente (3-1-2024)
Starry Eyed by Valerie Parente
Stardust on my eyes
pretend I am surprised
by the darkness of the night
when you know damn well I’m starry eyed.
I would never see
the constellations and their beauty
without the contrast of the night
black like the pupils in my eyes.
Rejoice my friend
this is all our eyes’ reflection
light and dark are the same principle
and from here on out you are invincible.
– Valerie Parente (7-30-2022)
Beyond Time by Valerie Parente
They say time isn’t real
but if that’s true
why does time heal?
Maybe in our soul
we’re already whole,
so resilient by design
beyond the concept of time.
– Valerie Parente (7-8-2022)
Poetic Justice by Valerie Parente
Is it sick to say
the pain enriches my life
or am I fooling myself
with another literary device
the irony of my disorder
the alliteration of my confines
the tendency to poetic justice
for the fear of all randomized.
Pain must have meaning
it must have meaning, otherwise
all love does not extend
past the time of my demise.
Yes it must be full of meaning
at the other end there is a light
and if it weren’t for the darkness
love could not be recognized.
– Valerie Parente (4-29-2022)
This Body by Valerie Parente
This body is nothing
without me
and that’s how I know
I have meaning.
– Valerie Parente (12-30-2021)
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