All of Me—Reprised (Find Your Self Suite)

On 21st September 2020, Shadow Spark Publishing published the last part of my six-volume poetry series, All of Me. All of Me was the very first poem I wrote, after learning of their intention to release my works. All of Me—Reprised is its companion piece and was featured in the final volume, to bookend the series. You can purchase that, or any of the other five volumes, on both paperback or kindle editions, here.

Listen to All of Me—Reprised by Richard Charles Stevens (Find Your Self Suite)

Listen to Find Your Self by SizzleBird

All you’ve seen is all of me
.
Once upon a time I felt inclined to fade away
Prior to acquiring the required faith to make a play to stake a claim on famed terrain and find the range evading me
Take the reins insatiably and savour that once claimed to be outrageously courageous in conviction
Find the fact in fractured figments of a mind inclined to fiction
Yet denied the predilection to delight such contradiction
Find reprised affection for the art of flight ascension
Free the bind of nervous tension
Bid preserve the glide direction of a soul paroled from open roads foreclosed until I broke the mould
.
Ventured boldly into dream
And set a scene to all of me
Ventured boldly into dream
And set a scene to all of me
.
All you’ve seen is all of me
Not a heartbeat incomplete
Every artery redeemed
All you’ve ever seen is all of me
All you’ve ever seen is all of me
.
All you’ve seen is all of me
Not a heartbeat incomplete
Every artery redeemed
All you’ve ever seen is all of me
All you’ve ever seen is all of me
.
Every day I take to the most public of domains
Reconfirm belief that we can firmly change the game
Feed desire to reach the spire
Aspire to go one better
Maybe start a fire or two
And please feel free to quote me to the letter
.
Every angel tends to fall
(Every angel tends to fall)
Sprawled out in remorse
(Sprawled out in remorse)
Every phoenix seeks to rise
(Every phoenix seeks to rise)
When embers lend endorsement
(When embers lend endorsement)
Pay no mind to spent endorphins
(Pay no mind to spent endorphins)
Trial suspension
Test the torsion
(Trial suspension
Test the torsion)
Venture not with disproportion
(Venture not with disproportion)
Toss the wind a length of caution
(Toss the wind a length of caution)
Put the old you up for auction
(Put the old you up for auction)
Make a good view bloody awesome
(Make a good view bloody awesome)
.
(Bloody awesome)
.
Metaphor need never one time settle for detention
Should we care to mention that with madness comes a method
Testifying death-defying enterprise and verve
Specifying every line intensifying curve
Swerving slips and trips and falls
Nerves equipped to twitch for cause
Bow for keen devout as you deserve a shout to milk applause
.
Venture boldly into dream
And set a scene to all of me
Venture boldly into dream
And set a scene to all of me
(Bloody awesome)
.
All I see are seasons to renew
Reasons to believe each seed we reap will shoot to bloom
All I ever wish to see is all of you exceeding beacons reached
To teach the art of passing through
(Bloom)
(Bloom)
All I ever wish to see is all of you exceeding beacons reached
To teach the art of passing through
(Bloom)
(Bloom)
(Bloom)
(Bloom)
(Bloom)
(Bloom)
(Bloom)
(Bloom)
(Bloom)
(Bloom)
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All you’ve seen is all of me
All you’ve seen is all of me
All you’ve seen is all of me
Venture boldly into dream
Set a scene to all of me
Venture boldly into dream
Set a scene to all of me
Set a scene to all of me
.