#Triggered #poetry #God #regeneration #childhood #bullies #assault #sin #anger #fight #flight #SachaRiley #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinCoverup

Ripping off scar tissue,
far deeper than Band-Aids,
Layer upon layer,
cut through like butter,
to the kernel of grit inside,
the center of my pain struggle…
 
Triggered in an instant
by the failure of authorities,
those in power, responsible,
to keep each child safe,
to protect the innocent
from the wolves in our midst…
 
An unhealed wound festering,
given oxygen to grow,
feeling vulnerable as before,
the same fight or flight moment,
the cries into my pillow,
the command to fight back…

-----
January 19, 2026
Triggered
 
The Epstein Files and Epstein Coverup
and every act against me, my dignity,
and my sense of self-worth and safety…
January 19, 2026
They did not keep us safe
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/they-did-not-keep-us-safe.html
re:generation, 1^st and 2nd sentence of Groundwork, page 4
Adults at Abner Gibbs Elementary School
1965 - 1971
Edited January 19, 2026
Protect the children – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/protect-children-v2.html
Based on Matthew 18:1-9,
The Epstein Files and Epstein Coverup
January 17, 2026
release me from my response!
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/release-me-from-my-response.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 1, Day 3, “Sober 24 Hours.”
January 17, 2026
free for this day
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/free-for-this-day.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 1, Day 3, “Sober 24 Hours.”
January 15, 2026
mining deeper
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/mining-deeper.html
re:generation, Groundwork, page 4
January 15, 2026
hurt and angry
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/hurt-and-angry.html
re:generation, 1^st and 2nd sentence of Groundwork, page 4
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com 
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, regeneration, childhood, bullies, assault, sin, anger, fight, flight, Sascha Riley, Epstein, Epstein Coverup, Epstein Files,
 
#poetry #God #regeneration #childhood #bullies #assault #sin #anger #fight #flight #SachaRiley #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinCoverup 

They did not keep us safe #poetry #God #regeneration #childhood #bullies #assault #sin #anger #fight #flight

They did not keep us safe
on the playground,
in that asphalt jungle…
We were at the mercy of them,
the bullies, our tormentors…
 
They failed all of us,
all the children in their care…
Our only choice to fight back
to stand up to the bullies,
the instruction of our parents…
 
Anger and scar tissue,
over the hurt unanswered,
unaddressed in healthy ways…
Limiting my vision, safety,
the struggle of fight or flight…

-----
January 19, 2026
They did not keep us safe
 
Adults at Abner Gibbs Elementary School
1965 - 1971
January 19, 2026
We are not alone
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/we-are-not-alone-poetry-god-christ.html
Based on Ecclesiastes 4:12
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 1, Day 5, “You Are Not Alone.”
January 19, 2026
remove every barrier
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/remove-every-barrier.html
Based on 1 Peter 5:10
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 1, Day 4, “Keep Coming Back.”
January 17, 2026
a life of freedom
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-life-of-freedom.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 1, Day 3, “Sober 24 Hours.”
January 17, 2026
release me from my response!
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/release-me-from-my-response.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 1, Day 3, “Sober 24 Hours.”
January 17, 2026
free for this day
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/free-for-this-day.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 1, Day 3, “Sober 24 Hours.”
edited January 16, 2026
For just today – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/for-just-today-v4.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 1, Day 3, “Sober 24 Hours.”
edited January 16, 2026
every single good thing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/every-single-good-thing-v2-poetry-god.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 1, Day 2, “God Loves You.”
January 15, 2026
mining deeper
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/mining-deeper.html
re:generation, Groundwork, page 4
January 15, 2026
hurt and angry
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/hurt-and-angry.html
re:generation, 1^st and 2nd sentence of Groundwork, page 4
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com 
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, regeneration, childhood, bullies, assault, sin, anger, fight, flight,
 
#poetry #God #regeneration #childhood #bullies #assault #sin #anger #fight #flight

Unchain me from my body – v4 #poetry #God #Spirit #prayer #love #desire #wife #husband #lovers #dream #flight #flying #fly #TarasShevchenko #Ukraine #diaspora #prison #exile #Ukraina

Lift me from this mortal coil,
This prison that binds that holds me…
Oh Lord, give me wings to fly,
to rise above the earth,
to fly to my homeland...
 
Lord, let me rise, let me fly,
from my cell from my bed,
to my mother’s side, to my love…
Unchain me from my body,
Oh God, let me rise, free…
 
I cry in the shadows, bitterly,
in the watches of the night,
to return to my lover…
I need to be beside her…
How I long to take flight…
 
Release me, Lord, I pray,
from chains of my flesh…
Let me soar, let me rise, give me
escape, from my cell, this fortress,
Oh God, let me fly...
 
Unchain me from my body,
Release me from this prison…
Let my spirit rise, may I soar,
over the miles, the many hours,
until I reach her shores…
 
---------
Edited November 30, 2025
Unchain me from my body – v4
 
 
This poem is a summary of many of the poems of Shevchenko when he flies back to Ukraine. I am sure this prayer must have been part of all of the time he was imprisoned, when we was confined away from Ukraine after his release, and even earlier when he struggled, being forced to like apart from his homeland.
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com 
Poetry Where You Live.
 
 
Poetry, God, spirit, prayer, love, desire, wife, husband, dream, flight, flying, fly, lovers, Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine, prison, exile, diaspora, Ukraina,
 
#poetry #God #Spirit #prayer #love #desire #wife #husband #lovers #dream #flight #flying #fly #TarasShevchenko #Ukraine #diaspora #prison #exile #Ukraina

Unchain me from my body – v3 #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #poetry #Ukraine #Ukraina #war

Lift me from this mortal coil,
oh Lord, give me wings to fly,
to rise above the earth,
to fly to my homeland...

Lord, let me rise, let me fly,
from my cell from my bed,
to my mother’s side,
unchain me from my body,
oh God, let me rise…

My cries in the shadows,
In the watches of the night,
wanting to be beside her,
how I long to take flight…
 
Release me, Lord, I pray,
from chains of my flesh,
let me soar, let me rise,
from my cell, this fortress,
oh God, let me fly...
 
Unchain me from my body,
let my spirit rise, may I soar,
over the miles, the many hours,
until I reach her shores…
 
---------
Edited January 9, 2025
Unchain me from my body – v3
 
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com 

Poetry Where You Live.
 
 
Poetry, God, spirit, prayer, love, desire, wife, husband, dream, flight, flying, fly, lovers, Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine, prison, exile, diaspora, Ukraina,
 
#poetry #God #Spirit #prayer #love #desire #wife #husband #lovers #dream #flight #flying #fly #TarasShevchenko #Ukraine #diaspora #prison #exile #Ukraina

Unchain me from my body - v2

Lift me from this mortal coil,

give me wings to fly,

to rise above the earth,

to fly to my homeland...

Lord, let me rise, let me fly,

from my cell from my bed,

to my angel's side,

unchain me from my body,

oh God, let me rise…

My cries in the shadows,

In the watches of the night,

wanting her beside me,

how I long to take flight… 

Release me, Lord, I pray,

from chains of my flesh,

let me soar, let me rise,

from my cell, from my room,

oh God, let me fly...

Unchain me from my body,

let my spirit rise, may I soar,

over the miles, the many hours,

until I reach her shores… 

---------

Edited January 3, 2025
Unchain me from my body – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/unchain-me-from-my-body-v2.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, spirit, prayer, love, desire, wife, husband, dream, flight, flying, fly, lovers, Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine, prison, exile, diaspora, Ukraina,
 
#poetry #God #Spirit #prayer #love #desire #wife #husband #lovers #dream #flight #flying #fly #TarasShevchenko #Ukraine #diaspora #prison #exile #Ukraina

Unchain me from my body #fly #Ukraine #TarasShevchenko

Lord, let me rise, let me fly,
from my bed to her side,
unchain me from my body,
oh God, let me rise…
 
My cries in the shadows,
In the watches of the night,
wanting her beside me,
how I long to take flight…
 
Unchain me from my body,
let my spirit rise, may I soar,
over the miles, the time zones,
until I reach her shores…

---------
January 3, 2025
Unchain me from my body
 
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
 
Poetry, God, spirit, prayer, love, desire, wife, husband, dream, flight, flying, fly, lovers, Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine,
 
#poetry #God #Spirit #prayer #love #desire #wife #husband #lovers #dream #flight #flying #fly #TarasShevchenko #Ukraine

When the Amygdala gets the upper hand – v2

I feel myself turning,
changing in an instant,
fear, anxiety rising,
ready to overflow…
 
A life in words, in work,
now manual labor, sweating,
not knowing if this is my place,
where I should be standing…
 
I sense the rise of panic,
unsure of my next steps,
anxious moments evident,
in the sweat on my forehead…
 
----------------
Edited August 19, 2024
When the Amygdala gets the upper hand – v2
 
April 26, 2024
When the Amygdala gets the upper hand
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/when-amygdala-gets-upper-hand.html
&
April 22, 2024
The Id, the Ego
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-id-ego.html
Based on poem, “From “Tempest””
By Roberto Carlos Garcia
and play, “The Tempest”,
by William Shakespeare,
and my 10^th great grandfather,
Stephen Hopkins,
who survived the wreck of the Sea Venture
and sailed to the New World on the Mayflower
&
edited August 10, 2019
Arguing the Essential Nature – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/08/arguing-essential-nature-v2.html
July 23, 2006 14:06
Arguing the Essential Nature
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/07/arguing-essential-nature.html
Arguing the carnal nature of man –
Humanities Class, 1977
Stevens High School, Claremont, NH
&
edited August 10, 2019
the beast comes from within – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-beast-comes-from-within-v3.html
edited July 28, 2018
negotiating with the Beast – v12
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/negotiating-with-beast-v12.html
edited June 13, 2018
edited July 28, 2018
a tear in the fabric – v9
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-tear-in-fabric-v9.html
&
edited June 13, 2018
negotiating with the Beast – v11
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/06/negotiating-with-beast-v11.html
(editing version 9)
edited June 13, 2018
The beast came – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-beast-came-v2.html
edited June 6, 2018
bade the beast welcome – v5
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/06/bade-beast-welcome-v5.html
&
February 28, 2022
the Fool
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-fool.html
Watching the play “King Lear” at
American Shakespeare Theatre
Stratford, CT
ca 1968-1970
Lear was most likely played by Morris Carnovsky
&
Trinculo in “The Tempest”
(I descend from Stephen Hopkins, the supposed model
for Stephano)
&
after listening to On Being Project interview with Kevin Kling
February 10, 2012
King Lear fool -
“listen to, vote for, the Fool, not the Clown”
George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert,
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
family law, law, advocate, attorney, beast, practice, brain, science, snake, mammal, human, Maslow, fight, flight, amygdala hijack, divorce, betrayal, abuser, power, fear,
 
#law #brain #science #neuroscience #reptilian #limbic #neocortex #familylaw #family #fight #flight #divorce #betrayal #abuser #power
-----------
poetry, Shakespeare, fool, King Lear, tragedy, compassion, wit, wisdom, humor, truth,
 
#poetry #Shakespeare #fool #KingLear #tragedy #compassion #wit #wisdom #humor #truth
 
=================================
America, beast, control, creator, Faith, Family, God, hands, heart, hope, human, life, love, Nature, Poetry Where You Live, schools, teacher, truth, humanities, carnal, noble,
 
#America #beast #control #creator #Faith #Family #God #hands #heart #hope #human #life #love #Nature #schools #teacher #truth # humanities #carnal #noble
 
--------
poetry, God, creation, man, Id, Ego, Superego, Caliban, Stephano, Trinculo, Shakespeare, The Tempest, lust, primal, base, earth, Roberto Carlos Garcia
 
#poetry #God #creation #man #Id #Ego #Superego #Caliban #Stephano #Trinculo #Shakespeare #TheTempest #lust #primal #base #earth #RobertoCarlosGarcia
 
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Poetry, beast, brain, science, snake, mammal, human, Maslow, fight, flight, amygdala hijack, divorce, betrayal, power, fear,
 
#poetry #law #brain #science #neuroscience #reptilian #limbic #neocortex #family #fight #flight #divorce #betrayal #power

When the #Amygdala gets the upper hand

I feel myself turning,
Changing in an instant,
Fear, anxiety rise,
Ready to overflow…
 
A life in words, in work,
Now manual labor,
Not knowing if this is my place,
Where I should be standing…
 
I sense the rise of panic,
Unsure of my next steps,
Anxious moments evident,
In the sweat on my brow…
 
----------------
April 26, 2024
When the Amygdala gets the upper hand
 
&
April 22, 2024
The Id, the Ego
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-id-ego.html
Based on poem, “From “Tempest””
By Roberto Carlos Garcia
and play, “The Tempest”,
by William Shakespeare,
and my 10^th great grandfather,
Stephen Hopkins,
who survived the wreck of the Sea Venture
and sailed to the New World on the Mayflower
&
edited August 10, 2019
Arguing the Essential Nature – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/08/arguing-essential-nature-v2.html
July 23, 2006 14:06
Arguing the Essential Nature
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/07/arguing-essential-nature.html
Arguing the carnal nature of man –
Humanities Class, 1977
Stevens High School, Claremont, NH
&
edited August 10, 2019
the beast comes from within – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-beast-comes-from-within-v3.html
edited July 28, 2018
negotiating with the Beast – v12
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/negotiating-with-beast-v12.html
edited June 13, 2018
edited July 28, 2018
a tear in the fabric – v9
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-tear-in-fabric-v9.html
&
edited June 13, 2018
negotiating with the Beast – v11
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/06/negotiating-with-beast-v11.html
(editing version 9)
edited June 13, 2018
The beast came – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-beast-came-v2.html
edited June 6, 2018
bade the beast welcome – v5
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/06/bade-beast-welcome-v5.html
&
February 28, 2022
the Fool
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-fool.html
Watching the play “King Lear” at
American Shakespeare Theatre
Stratford, CT
ca 1968-1970
Lear was most likely played by Morris Carnovsky
&
Trinculo in “The Tempest”
(I descend from Stephen Hopkins, the supposed model
for Stephano)
&
after listening to On Being Project interview with Kevin Kling
February 10, 2012
King Lear fool -
“listen to, vote for, the Fool, not the Clown”
George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert,
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
family law, law, advocate, attorney, beast, practice, brain, science, snake, mammal, human, Maslow, fight, flight, amygdala hijack, divorce, betrayal, abuser, power, fear,
 
#law #brain #science #neuroscience #reptilian #limbic #neocortex #familylaw #family #fight #flight #divorce #betrayal #abuser #power
-----------
poetry, Shakespeare, fool, King Lear, tragedy, compassion, wit, wisdom, humor, truth,
 
#poetry #Shakespeare #fool #KingLear #tragedy #compassion #wit #wisdom #humor #truth
 
=================================
America, beast, control, creator, Faith, Family, God, hands, heart, hope, human, life, love, Nature, Poetry Where You Live, schools, teacher, truth, humanities, carnal, noble,
 
#America #beast #control #creator #Faith #Family #God #hands #heart #hope #human #life #love #Nature #schools #teacher #truth # humanities #carnal #noble
 
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poetry, God, creation, man, Id, Ego, Superego, Caliban, Stephano, Trinculo, Shakespeare, The Tempest, lust, primal, base, earth, Roberto Carlos Garcia
 
#poetry #God #creation #man #Id #Ego #Superego #Caliban #Stephano #Trinculo #Shakespeare #TheTempest #lust #primal #base #earth #RobertoCarlosGarcia
 
------
 
Poetry, beast, brain, science, snake, mammal, human, Maslow, fight, flight, amygdala hijack, divorce, betrayal, power, fear,
 
#poetry #law #brain #science #neuroscience #reptilian #limbic #neocortex #family #fight #flight #divorce #betrayal #power

Amygdala hijack – v4

His words incoherent, gibberish,
her face beet red, sweating,
decibels rising, quickly,
shouting, unrelenting panic,
a baby’s tiny, clenched fists…
 
Amygdala hijack, chaos,
in full flower, erupting,
no chance at compromise,
no possibility for agreement,
for another two hours, at least…
 
---------------
Edited March 28, 2024
Amygdala hijack – v4

June 15, 2012
Amygdala hijack
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/06/amygdala-hijack.html
&
Edited March 28, 2024
Snake Brains on the Courthouse Steps – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/snake-brains-on-courthouse-steps-v3.html
June 14, 2012
Snake Brains on the Courthouse Steps
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/06/snake-brains-on-courthouse-steps.html
&
Edited September 1, 2013
“Memory is a fiction – v5”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/memory-is-fiction-v5.html
June 20, 2012
“Memory is a fiction”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/06/memory-is-fiction.html
see
Chapter Two of book ,
A General Theory of Love
entitled “Kits, Cats, Sacks, and Uncertainty”
with Gene Wolfe quote
&
NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar
“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”
Where Divorce Practice, Neuroscience, and Legal
Conflict Resolution Intersect
with Pauline H. Tesler
June 14, 2012
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, NH, family law, collaborative law, advocate, attorney, law, practice, brain, science, neuro-literacy, snake, mammal, human, Maslow, Amygdala hijack, fight, flight,
 
#poetry #law #brain #science #memory #neuroliteracy #snake #mammalian #human #collaborative #familylaw #family #Maslow #amygdalahijack #fight #flight #neuroscience #reptilian #limbic #neocortex
 

Snake Brains on the Courthouse Steps – v3

Ancient response, predictive,
learned behavior, automatic,
more instinctive, without thinking…
 
Fear, panic, amygdala hijack,
reason dissolving, anxious, impatient,
wanting to run, to flee in terror…
 
Seeking compromise, a solution,
reason, decision, impossible, devolving,
to the primitive, in the grip of the snake…
 
-----------------
Edited March 28, 2024
Snake Brains on the Courthouse Steps – v3
 
June 14, 2012
Snake Brains on the Courthouse Steps – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/06/snake-brains-on-courthouse-steps-v2.html
June 14, 2012
Snake Brains on the Courthouse Steps
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/06/snake-brains-on-courthouse-steps.html
written while attending
NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar
http://www.legalspan.com/nhbar/catalog.asp?ItemID=20120327-414189-71832
“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”
Where Divorce Practice,
Neuroscience, and Legal
Conflict Resolution Intersect
with Pauline H. Tesler
http://www.lawtsf.com/teslerpro.html
http://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487529449708253
http://www.collaborativepractice.com/_t.asp?T=TrainersDir&M=8&MS=7&S=VIEW&ID=1849091615
June 14, 2012
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, NH, family law, collaborative law, advocate, attorney, Poetry Where You Live, Raymond A. Foss, law, practice, brain, science, neuro-literacy, snake, mammal, human, Maslow, Amygdala hijack, fight, flight,
 
#poetry #law #brain #science #memory #neuroliteracy #snake #mammalian #human #collaborative #familylaw #family #Maslow #amygdalahijack #fight #flight

Writing in cursive – v8

Telephone lines, power lines
straight lines, dotted lines, staccato,
the spaces in between them,
Creating writing templates
a second-grade worksheet
of yellow lined paper
Hung on the clear blue sky...
 
A seagull appearing, dancing,
soaring, climbing beside me driving,
rising, falling, tracing, drawing,
Writing in cursive, longhand script,
Flying between the curved lines
words forming, some in upper-case,
some in lower-case letters...
 
The flick of its wings, its feathers
Carving a line, flared, elongated,
like a quill pen writing, in even strokes,
words, a masterpiece, elegant,
Drawing Japanese characters
rising through the divided lines
Climbing, soaring, ever higher, higher.
 
------
Edited January 7, 2024
Writing in cursive – v8
 
Edited January 7, 2024
Writing in cursive – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/writing-in-cursive-v7.html
Edited January 7, 2024
writing in cursive – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/writing-in-cursive-v6.html
Edited January 1, 2024
writing in cursive – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/writing-in-cursive-v5.html
edited December 28, 2023
writing in cursive – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/writing-in-cursive-v3.html
(editing version 2)
edited February 25, 2022
writing in cursive – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/writing-in-cursive-v3.html
edited December 28, 2021
writing in cursive – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/writing-in-cursive-v2.html
December 28, 2021
writing in cursive
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/writing-in-cursive.html
Route 312 Anastasia Island,
St. Augustine, FL
&
December 26, 2021
Soaring as they were climbing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/soaring-as-they-were-climbing.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, God, gifts, writer, talents, calling, purpose, prayer, seagull, writing, cursive, flight, flying, poet, writing community, poetry community, poetry twitter,
 
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Writing in cursive – v7

Telephone lines, power lines
straight lines, dotted lines, staccato,
The spaces in between them,
Creating writing blotters
a second-grade sheet
of yellow lined paper
Hung on the clear blue sky...
 
A seagull appearing, dancing,
soaring, climbing beside me driving,
rising, falling, drawing,
Writing in cursive,
Flying between the lines
some in upper-case,
some in lower-case letters...
 
The flick of its wings, its feathers
Carving a line, flared, elongated,
like a quill writing, in even strokes,
words, a masterpiece, elegant,
Drawing Japanese characters
rising through the divided lines
Climbing, soaring, ever higher, higher.
 

------  

Edited January 7, 2024

Writing in cursive – v7

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/writing-in-cursive-v7.html

Edited January 7, 2024

writing in cursive – v6

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/writing-in-cursive-v6.html

Edited January 1, 2024

writing in cursive – v5

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/writing-in-cursive-v5.html

edited December 28, 2023

writing in cursive – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/writing-in-cursive-v3.html

(editing version 2)

edited February 25, 2022

writing in cursive – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/writing-in-cursive-v3.html

edited December 28, 2021

writing in cursive – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/writing-in-cursive-v2.html

December 28, 2021

writing in cursive

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/writing-in-cursive.html

Route 312 Anastasia Island,
St. Augustine, FL
&
December 26, 2021
Soaring as they were climbing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/soaring-as-they-were-climbing.html
 
poetry, God, gifts, writer, talents, calling, purpose, prayer, seagull, writing, cursive, flight, flying, poet, writing community,
 
#poetry #God #gifts #writer #talents #calling #purpose #prayer #writing #cursive #flight #flying #poet #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #poetrytwitter
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

writing in cursive – v6

Telephone lines, power lines
straight lines, dotted lines, staccato,
The spaces in between them,
creating writing blotters
a second-grade sheet
of yellow lined paper
hung on the clear blue sky...
 
A seagull appearing, dancing,
soaring, climbing beside me driving,
rising, falling, drawing,
writing in cursive,
flying between the lines
some in upper-case,
some in lower-case letters...
 
The flick of its wings, its feathers
Carving a line, flared, elongated,
like a quill writing, in even strokes,
words, a masterpiece, elegant,
drawing Japanese characters
rising through the divided lines
ever higher, higher.

------  

Edited January 7, 2024

Writing in cursive – v7

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/writing-in-cursive-v7.html

Edited January 7, 2024

writing in cursive – v6

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/writing-in-cursive-v6.html

Edited January 1, 2024

writing in cursive – v5

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/writing-in-cursive-v5.html

edited December 28, 2023

writing in cursive – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/writing-in-cursive-v3.html

(editing version 2)

edited February 25, 2022

writing in cursive – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/writing-in-cursive-v3.html

edited December 28, 2021

writing in cursive – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/writing-in-cursive-v2.html

December 28, 2021

writing in cursive

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/writing-in-cursive.html

Route 312 Anastasia Island,
St. Augustine, FL
&
December 26, 2021
Soaring as they were climbing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/soaring-as-they-were-climbing.html
 
poetry, God, gifts, writer, talents, calling, purpose, prayer, seagull, writing, cursive, flight, flying, poet, writing community,
 
#poetry #God #gifts #writer #talents #calling #purpose #prayer #writing #cursive #flight #flying #poet #writingcommunity
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Writing in cursive - v5

Telephone/power lines
straight lines, staccato,
The spaces in between,
creating writing blotters
a second-grade sheet
of yellow lined paper
hung on the sky...
 
A seagull dancing,
soaring, climbing,
rising, falling, drawing,
writing in cursive,
flying between the lines
some in upper-case,
some in lower-case letters...
 
The flick of its feathers
Carving a line, flared, elongated,
like a quill writing, in even strokes,
words, a masterpiece, elegant,
drawing Japanese characters
rising through the lines
ever higher, higher.
 
------

Edited January 7, 2024

Writing in cursive – v7

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/writing-in-cursive-v7.html

Edited January 7, 2024

writing in cursive – v6

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/writing-in-cursive-v6.html

Edited January 1, 2024

writing in cursive – v5

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/writing-in-cursive-v5.html

edited December 28, 2023

writing in cursive – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/writing-in-cursive-v3.html

(editing version 2)

edited February 25, 2022

writing in cursive – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/writing-in-cursive-v3.html

edited December 28, 2021

writing in cursive – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/writing-in-cursive-v2.html

December 28, 2021

writing in cursive

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/writing-in-cursive.html

Route 312 Anastasia Island,
St. Augustine, FL
&
December 26, 2021
Soaring as they were climbing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/soaring-as-they-were-climbing.html
 
poetry, God, gifts, writer, talents, calling, purpose, prayer, seagull, writing, cursive, flight, flying, poet, writing community,
 
#poetry #God #gifts #writer #talents #calling #purpose #prayer #writing #cursive #flight #flying #poet #writingcommunity
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.