Category Archives: Fear
Doors
A poem from
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Doors
Ever notice when you take
Your friends on your house tour
There’s usually one room that gets
Passed by with a detour?
“That room’s messy!” you say in terror
“Don’t need to go in there!”
What would people think of you
If they were made aware?
Of what’s behind the door that’s closed
The room not up to par
Would they think that much less of you
If that door was ajar?
Here’s two points to think about
Next time your tour is given
The goal by which the journey through
Your dwelling should be driven
Number one, to open up
To let people inside
To show them who the real you is
And have nothing to hide
It’s not about your showing off
All of the stuff you’ve got
Letting yourself be defined
By all the things you’ve bought
It’s all about what’s in that room
That you don’t want exposed
The room that will define you best
Is one that you keep closed
The second reason to reveal
That isolated place
Is to see if your guests will
Rebuff it or embrace
By opening up to your friends
They’ll open up to you
To get their honest reaction
Give them your complete view
You may not like what they may think
If they in fact rebuff
But at least you’ve learned about
The image that they bluff
‘Cause anyone who judges others
In an adverse way
Based on what’s behind that door
Should their own room display
And on the other side of things
You might just realize
Despite all your embarrassment
Most people won’t chastise
‘Cause every dwelling has a room
That’s messy, odd or weird
People who open those doors
Are ones to be revered
Because they say, “This room is me!
So what if I’m a slob?
I’d rather throw my underwear
On floors than be a snob!
I’d rather fill a room with merch
From things that give me zeal
Than be the type of person who
Condemns for being real!”
So hats off to the folks that open
All of their closed doors
And hopefully they will inspire
You to open yours
~Miro
Inner Truths
Acuity: My first feature film
Greetings all and happy weekend!
As some of you may know, I’ve dabbled in the film industry under the stage name “Michael Mercy.” A few years ago I wrote, directed and co-starred in an inspirational film called “Acuity,” a term you may have seen pop up in some of my writings.
After many requests from viewers of my online movie discussion show, Armchair Directors, I’ve decided to break it out of the vault, dust if off, and put it up on our Youtube channel for all the world to see.
Many of the themes of my writings are present in the film, so I think readers here will enjoy it. Themes of courage, gratitude, living in the moment and not allowing others to influence our emotions.
Thanks for watching, enjoy the show and by all means share the link with your friends and family if you feel the message will have meaning for them as well.
You can watch Acuity online here.
Notice the little things,
Miro (Michael Mercy)
The Essence of Manhood
One Little Feat…
Uncommon Sense
“Common sense is not so common.”― Voltaire
Uncommon Sense
Common sense should be renamed
Because it is so rare
“Common’s” not a word I’d use
‘Cause many do not care
“Sense” in this case is used to
Describe a person’s grasp
On simple truths but most folks simply
Scoff or whine or gasp
It makes “sense” to not poison your
Body with chemicals
And yet there’s many with no sense
When the nicotine pulls
It makes “sense” to not get upset
Over things that don’t matter
And yet there are so many who
Allow their peace to shatter
It makes “sense” to push our bodies
To their physical verge
And yet there there are so many who
Go to buffets and splurge
And consume countless calories
Without the sense they can’t
Possibly use them all up
Instead, on couch they plant
Their lazy butts and watch TV
Consume, consume, consume
And never have the sense to see
Creation’s how you bloom
Creating healthy body, mind
Creating iron will
Doing work required and
Employing sense and skill
Common sense does not exist
This I know for a fact
If it did, I’d have more mentors
Who’ve had great impact
Instead I just have a handful
Who have uncommon sense
Their influence on me has been
Uncommon and immense
Resulting in the warrior poet
That you see now
1-in-100 who always
Keeps his intense vow
To not be influenced by weak
And selfish cowards who
Allow their “common sense” to blind them
From all that is true
From all that’s challenging, invigorating
And unique
It’s these difficult things that lead
To strong mind and physique
~Miro
Life Advice from an Old Warrior Poet
The Hotter the Forge, The Stronger the Sword
The Hotter the Forge, The Stronger the Sword
The sword’s a symbol of great strength
As well as elegance
The blade can withstand great duress
If its metal is dense
Although the final sword is sleek
And smooth with mirror shine
It wasn’t always free of dents
Or a perfect straight line
The steel within its blade was not
Always so strong and stout
The path that the sword must take is
Not the most pleasant route
The raw, weak metal’s placed inside
A forge of blazing heat
And if that wasn’t bad enough
The swordsmith starts to beat
Upon the raw material
With hammer, unrelenting
Battering and pummeling
And shaping, reinventing
Stoking fire even hotter
Making the steel glow
Into the reinforced blade
That we have come to know
Every time its folded and
Is hammered out once more
Makes the blade even stronger
Down to its deepest core
Every centigrade of heat
That the forge does increase
Unlocks dormant potential
And more strength does release
We all are blades within the forge
And life is our swordsmith
Strength without an intense heat
Is no more than a myth
Just like the blade, you cannot form
Unless the fire’s stoked
Unless the hammer’s brought down hard
And your true strength’s evoked
~Miro
A Warrior’s Definition of Fear
