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Apr. 11th, 2008 @ 07:10 am apply joy
*

she asked
how do I survive this suffering

and the answer came

as it always does

a thousand different ways

by also surviving the joys.
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Feb. 10th, 2008 @ 06:57 pm Sophisticated Audience
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We all know
candy that is shaped like berries are symbolic toxins. Our children ingest them cause we can't afford the country and school at the same time
We all know
what commercials are doing when they display for us: a cute kid, dancing bear and person who is celebrated for pretending really well
We all know
when we are being lied to, as animals we have instincts
as humans we begin to rationalize or go into denial
One can say they did something for this or that reason, wrap it up all diplomatic
the truth aches to get out
in the case of visions being shot down, no reasons make sense
We all know
the Truth aches to get out
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Apr. 20th, 2007 @ 09:29 am Altars and Talismans
no need for bells and whistles anymore

letting that go
 is
making room for something else

something on a grander scale that
bells and whistles only eluded to
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Apr. 14th, 2007 @ 08:40 am thank you Mr. Imus




Exacto Blade

her neck stiffens and lengthens
chest contracts and lifts from the sternum slightly
Chin remains
up
breathing extends in duration
in and out
as if it is dancing to booming static
rage
becomes
acceptance
finally
forgiveness

Witnessing  my sisters response
as blatant bigotry is aimed at her
beautiful skin
shot directly toward her ever changing hair
missing her heart
her grace
In those moments
her Intelligence masquerades as patience
during  questioning
her
laughter releases the absurdity of it

she shrugs off any remains of  the horror
as an ancient swelling within
directs thee
letting go

Thomai 07
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Mar. 30th, 2007 @ 06:26 am wisdom eventually
that layer of adolescence- the unsteady beat and wispy air of it-
 rather than disappear
instead becomes a hidden layer to indulge in
once
in a while
our youthful wonder grows within each layer
wisdom eventually accepts all layers of growth into the fold

inspired by the young poet
airlungs journal
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Sep. 16th, 2006 @ 09:54 pm commodious cuddle
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I have a chair that i can curl up into
and a floor I love to sprawl out onto
and hours pass
I miss you like I miss the South
not just any South, my home
maybe more
My heart broke
tore out my chest
tossed to the sky
brought down
smashed into smithereens
the parts were gathered and set to fire
the ashes
spread
in the wind they howl

and you hear them

what will become of the essence of us
beyond remains

as my heart
~crawls up into
spreads out onto~
fills the universe
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Sep. 7th, 2006 @ 05:20 pm Raise
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I wonder if I can trust you to understand my calling
better yet  trust myself to sustain misunderstandings, mis interpretations and
the likes
and dislikes of those
Who?
the shoulders I stand on know
evoking lifetimes
pass into this realm
raise of
light
multi color
dancing on
in to it/intuit
tables
topple
as i
slip into
another realm

Thomai 06
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Sep. 6th, 2006 @ 08:01 am
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the task
a common stone or the rarest diamond
as you wash
toss
hold on to it
is the same
Thomai ‘02
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Aug. 10th, 2006 @ 05:14 pm
Welcome,
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While you're here reading & hopefully enjoying, you are welcome to comment (pleasantly i hope) and feel free to ask questions. This is my home/ journal behave as your mother taught you to while visiting in someones home please.
blessings and grace,
Thomai
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Apr. 20th, 2006 @ 02:25 pm Alithea's Prayer
I am Love

I trust the universe and myself fully.
My truth
is Universal truth.
I care for myself
and caring for others happens naturally.
I forgive myself as I forgive others.
Embracing darkness
as light emanates from my be-ing,
I am a unique emanation.
I am whole.
I feel, sing, dance, learn, teach, (add an acknowledgement from the day) and breathe in all colors vibrantly…
(deep breath in and out)
I see you
me us we,
Forever Spirits,
ALL ONE
in Love and
Grace with Ease,
Amen

Written while Thomai, Alithea’s Godmother was meditating on Ancestors, Nov. 1st, 2004
Rewritten as a nightly meditation for Alithea April 20th, 2006

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Dec. 14th, 2005 @ 10:17 am will you continue to be hoodwinked and bamboozled
RACE IS A CULTURAL CONCEPT race is a cultural construct XENOPHOBIA IS A CULTURAL CONCEPT race is a cultural construct WE ARE ALL ONE race is a cultural concept RACE IS A CULTURAL CONCEPT "Momma do all white people burn crosses on lawns and hurt people?" race is a cultural concept RACE IS A CULTURAL CONSTRUCT I am not Arabic so i don't look Arabic, race is a cultural concept, I am not Lebanese or Australian race is a cultural concept I am not Morroccan French being beaten in a riot race is a cultural construct I don't look like it because I am not Persian, I am not Iraqi, RACE IS A CULTURAL CONSTRUCT I am not a terrorist like the Klu Klucks Klansmen race is a cultural concept or the Taliban RACE IS A CULTURAL CONSTRUCT it's main function is OPRESSION. race is a cultural construct competitions of "my ancestors harsher experiences than your ancestors" ancestors simply want you to thrive no matter what they survived race is a cultural construct race is a cultural concept you have been hoodwinked and bamboozled race is a cultural concept Race is a CULTURAL concept/ tool for oppression/ injustice/ ugliness of the soul. RACE IS A CULTURAL CONSTRUCT my own fear of anglos, white people with blonde hair and blue eyes. race is a cultural construct Pitting liberals against eachother, divisions based on SHADES OF SKIN? I am so oh tired of this race is a culutural concept WE ARE ALL ONE BIG DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY OF LUNATICS race is a cultural concept WE ARE ALL ONE is a scientifically proven spiritual concept I choose to construct

American Anthropological Association
Statement on "Race" and Intelligence


AAPA Statement on Biological Aspects of Race

American Anthropological Association Statement on the Misuse of "Scientific Findings" to Promote Bigotry and Racial and Ethnic Hatred and Discrimination
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Nov. 1st, 2005 @ 06:33 am We can see you can you see us?
On this and every all SOULS all SAINTS and ANCESTORS day

My prayer of love and peace for you:

May you care so well for yourself, that caring for others will occur naturally.
May you forgive yourself so that you may forgive others.
May you trust yourself and the universe fully,
knowing your truth.
May your truth be universal truth.
May you embrace the dark
so that the light may emanate from your be-ing.
May you sense, dance, breathe in all colors vibrantly.
May YOU be ME US WE
May we re-member our Forever Spirits as One
in Love and
Grace with Ease
,
Thomai T. Hatsios
Written while meditiating on my Ancestors, Nov. 1st, 2004
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Oct. 31st, 2005 @ 07:17 am
Everyday is (w)Holy, every breath a new life, I am my ancestors, The veil was never thick to begin with.
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Sep. 30th, 2005 @ 11:40 am gospel truth for the grandchildren to come
you'll know the truth because it will feel like a gentle, cool breeze on the hottest day...
....Alithia is Eleftheria (Truth is Freedom)


Grace is seeing the divine in all of it.
Faith is accepting death.
Hope is embracing life.


(re-worded with help from the linguistically gifted Fork She suggested divine instead of good- i agree)

a note to anyone thinking, "But, sometimes the truth hurts."
I looked at that from a different perspective, from my third eye and that universal space where birth and death occur and know this- whole truth feels like a cool breeze, anything else is a fraction of the truth.


sharing this from Aarchaela's Live journal:
Paraphrased from memory from the Project Gutenberg newsletter:

A Lakota medicine man explains to his son, "Inside each of us are two wolves fighting for possession of our souls. One wolf is evil, characterized by jealousy, greed, violence, and hatred. The other wolf is good, characterized by generosity, helpfulness, love, and tolerance."

The boy asks, "Which wolf wins?"

And the medicine man answers, "The wolf you feed."


LIFE AS A TREE:

if i come back as a tree, I will be a Magnolia tree in the south, or a Cottonwood tree wherever they are allowed to grow big n healthy and strong. One is an ancient, prehistoric wonder that fills the world with the cleanest scent, flower petals thick like skin you can drink from with deep dark leaves, roots that break thru cement. The other grows taller, hums and sings as it's leaves swish like hummingbird wings- a dance that creates music...once a year it's grape like seeds open and gently fill the atmosphere with the softest quietly falling cotton snow....
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Jul. 15th, 2005 @ 08:11 am without it, there is more opportunity to be humbled.
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MONEY
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May. 21st, 2005 @ 08:58 am Oh man- another watered down drink!



definition

real; (as defined by a man whose had it easy) telling it like it is. The ability to be a "real asshole", shut off from feelings. This kind of "real" allows one to vaguely speak what most would lie about.
real; (as used by a girl) "real cute", "real hotty", "real good fuck", "real big spender", "real freak", "real pro"
real; (as used by a woman)"this is for real(love)". note; women can also be girls once in awhile, but this gets "real old fast", resulting in "real patience", and "real boundaries". If a woman gets involved with a "real asshole" she must be careful not to become as suppressive -that would be "real fucked up".

Really, as used by Thomais' charming, beautiful, mother. Rolled slowly off the tongue, with a Greek accent. This means I am not as amused by your bull shit as you are, but here we are anyways.

Thomai ‘01




game sheet

when I say
"casual sex is an oxymoron"
introspection hides behind your ego
wrapped in a worn hotel sheet
causes a spontaneous nervous laugh
you spit out
"so your not gettin' any"?
on a dollar or more a minute phone
I think "and you’re not gettin' any better"
but I don't bother to say
cause I only want you
better for me

Thomai '02


Tragically Fascinating

It’s fascinating to think what it feels like to love someone who doesn't love back. The compromises a person allows, the denial. The things that are present in loving are lacking, become like young spirited ghosts, teasing darting in and out of shadows, felt in the corner of an eye. They disappear just before headshakes awake from a tear almost forming. More fascinating is grief. So fascinating there are books, counselors, talk shows on the subject. But, for this case, nothing quite satisfies the researchers hunt. Nothing to change the way it feels to know a choice was poorly made. A woman went against her heart. Someone called witch, by those who respect the term, denied intuition and changed destiny. Now time is expected to repair that. So while waiting for time to work, the ghosts of true love are no longer in hiding, they are out glowing in full view. They are strangers in love, at a restaurant conversing, friends in love cuddling, not paying attention to what’s on the television, their attention is on the speck of color in an eye, the wisp of hair brushed from a brow, the scratching chin while in conversation...then there is the doting daddy at a restaurant, feeding a toddler, pausing to dip into his wife’s eyes and give a quick kiss before lovingly spooning mush to their child. Was that toddler a surprise or a plan? (A layer of grief) the love ghosts show up in a personal way for the subject, as a note from flowers sent long ago, falls from a box being unpacked. And a song plays with another, most fascinating idea of when a man loves a woman. And that’s how the body shut down. As important as sex is for the mind, body, and soul...the fact that women who ejaculate often have ease during menopause, the skin toning, and the joyous outlook...regardless of these benefits.... For someone who has, with one fascinating exception, only made love with men who love her, anything less is tragic.
As for that fascinating exception, He worked quickly then intermittently on the conquest of the subject. She was, of course, not his only conquest, there were many, he was/ is needy. The idea that he is a good man remains a fantasy he shares with his mother. For others, like his children, their mothers, women who love him, it is a wish list written on transparent paper hanging in the mind just barely in front of the image of his physicality, so that it creates a composite of promise. The wish list moves down when he displays his cruel narcissism and back up as time heals cruelty and loving females forgive men easier than they forgive themselves.
Thomai ‘03

span

waiting for my date? to come out of the washroom, 1/4 sip of cold coffee waves back and forth across the mug structure
not warming hands or face tilted against for comfort
mind drifts, creates a late night infomercial bleeping out- "have you been surrounded by altered minds? is it the full time altercation? the level of seratonin got up and now it cant come down- like a reverse pinata- candy bursting out of wrappers and rotting inside a big bull? well, have we got just the thing for you...." this hybrid of my first and second love returns to the table
I get to feel waif-ish in a booth this big
and the relief of acknowledged artistry
and thats enough feeling for now.

across good food @ a different place with a different man
I'm playing devils advocate
to his hints of what sex would be like with him
instead of revealing how I like it
"like what?"
I was watching the dance of the wait staff
casting them in better roles
place them like puzzle pieces

while in line
at the grocery store
a good looking 40ish white guy
mentions that women are from Venus, men Mars
"look mister I'm from Detroit- back off"

I'm carrying a bull into the courtship china shop
dropping it and leaving
with out so much as a smirk on my face

I'm not a romantic agnostic
today I'm a romantic fascist
thats a romantic writers way of saying
bitter
not feelin it
ambiguity has got my revolution by the balls

perhaps I outta disguise myself
sit in on
one of the informal group therapy meetings held at the gym
for men who allowed their twisted nerve ganglia
to interrupt
I can see the quest in their eyes, smell their fear
eye try redirecting, warning
useless attempt like the ghetto audience that shouts at the movie screen
these men can't resist that question
of my questionable ethnicity
the imprint on their asses, from my shoe, reads
the date
the flavor of the month went sour
whats my name?
what kind of name is that?
the kind you call out while in bed with your bland life
the name you wish would get you in trouble
you can't even pronounce

Thomai '02


just playin'

it was not you - it was this poem
the playing field was uneven
i have learned
from the start
the reasons changed later
one heart and soul
was closed
without due notification to
the other
heart and soul
has learned
to agree on a set playing field
even and fair
it was not you – it was this lesson

Thomai, 03
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Mar. 3rd, 2005 @ 09:02 am thy will be done- THRIVE!
it was not you - it was this poem

the playing feild was uneven
i have learned
from the start
the reasons changed later
one heart and soul
was closed
without due notification to
the other
heart and soul
has learned
to agree on the whole feild
where
Pain is just one of many coaches
in the midst of
of unconditional love
it was not you – it was this lesson
written sometime between 2000-2005
Thomai


FORK

clearing
life abounds
beckoning
a natural
step
on the path
that is
the space
between the fork in the road

Thomai ‘91



the legend of time

as glass drips
weaves
memories
with
dreams
on the souls mirror

Thomai, '01


the task

whether it be a common stone or the rarest diamond
as you wash
toss
hold on to it
is the same
Thomai ‘02

Humble Bumble

the BEAUTY
at the end of shame
is
PRIDE
the
Grace
at the end of
PRIDE
is
humility

Thomai ‘02



(little pieces)

I of the Storm

eye am the daughter of Oya
woman of wonder
who the Greeks thought came out of Xangos' head
last time they saw her
she was w/ Xango
learning thunder and lightning,
fighting battles side to
side,
birthing twins
oh yeah, must have looked like
she burst
right through his
third eye onto the scene

Thomai '02


EYE
Oyas'
cosmic storm
inspires
intellect
perseverance
within
the bellow
that pivotal push
that breathes
Oya

Thomai '02


HOWL
the last Poets declared
"Revolution will not be televised"
until the
Blue moon
lit
underground
railroad
went public
this hallow day
when the veil is at its thinnest
death becomes
births twin
passage
Thomai ‘01



woman moving towards wisdom in Wonder

I am the woman who danced with spirit and then was
enslaved.
I was burnt at a stake for healing and protecting.
I was tossed from a ship for empowering.
Just last year, I was stoned to death for laughing.
I am that woman of wonder
born and died and reborn in the spiral.
I am that woman
who was honored with the nobel peace prize
who was rewarded with a heartfelt smile and tears and
hugs and
laughter
that shook the house
I took you in
I allowed passage through
I am that woman
Thomai '04


Triggers, 1971-72

I remember the boy with
freckles that fascinated me
told me I had lips too big to look at without yelling obscenities

visiting in Marikas nieghborhood
dancing and double dutch with the sweet girls
who sang shortnin shortnin bread
as they braided my hair
"good hair" they just had to touch

my Barbies died at a war I staged
on my Anglo neighbors picket fence
shaved heads discovered by my red velcro bearded acheologist,   GI Joe
Barbie remains, tagged and wrapped in the
~Hersheys chocolate foil wrapper
the scent of which still triggers memories of a war from some other
lifetime~?

were carefully placed in his Jeep, next to the mummy and scarcophogi

I was the Indian
playing cowboy and Indian tag
I renamed the Anglo kids
after animals
before scalping them
or being burned at the stake if I was captured first 
I often escaped in my red , metal pedal, convertable mustang
or my loud big wheel that felt like a horse would
if you drove it over the curb turning
on foot I would run, jump the fence, climb to the highest spot on the swing
set
say prayers to the birds while catching my breath

6 or 7 yrs. old on the school stage
for my part in the "American Variety Show"
I was dressed in a
red prairie skirt with a
white and blue shirt and a
red doo-rag/bandana
a mop and bucket were my props
swaying as I mopped across the floor
singing
..."swi-ing looow sweeet char-iot
comin fo' to carry me home"


Thomai '03


HIP MOVEMENTS
nothing is ever finished by the grace
of god
the muse
charmed
us
whirling
hurling
a brilliant solution
of taproot and vine dripping dew
at all hours
wile
running
in the streets
dancing
breathing fire
and burning
incense
the never mind
nonsense
of pinched faced women
it is just a shimmy
shake it loose
and smooth
as
you
go!

Thomai, 1994

As an open vessel
Eye the medium
Birthed art thru
Live
emphasis on it’s life as art
And so tribe gathered round
The vision grew as it resonated
many joined to impart the vision
and emanate
from live to recorded to the fine tuning of the edit
let us
enter
tain


Our creator who art in heaven
Hallowed be thy name
Thy sourcedom come thy will be done as with the source so with us
Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses
AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US
lead us in the light
For thine is the source
In the name of all father all mother forever spirit
Amen axe' ayee bo bo
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Nov. 5th, 2004 @ 01:39 pm the only stones are those for the soup
THANK YOU
to all who voted for Kerry, even though they aren't Democrats
To any White, Straight, Male who makes more than $200,000 per year, and still voted against the homophobic, xenophobic, conglomerates who are pretending to be Christian.
To all who are comfortable with who they are, how they love, what they look like, etc.
Thanks to any employer that provides insurance.
Thanks to any employer who realizes the value of every puzzle piece and our interconnectedness.
Thanks to landlords who could make a huge profit and instead charge only enough to maintain the property and make a small profit.
Thanks all ways to the artists who had the strength to actually choose a side and create art that sent an obvious message.
same to the artists who are more subtle about it.
Thanks to the music and art that comes thru all mediums and those who carried it for us.
Thanks to the teachers who continue to educate and slowly change a system of teaching that is just not healthy for anyone.
Thanks to the investigative reporters, lawyers and judges who listen to conscience.
Thanks to all who give care to the environment.
Thanks to all parents, uncles, aunts, and spirit family who understand that it takes a village and participate according to that belief.
Thanks to healers who are eclectic- the wise way- the warrior way- the science way- any way
Thanks to all the witches, priests and priestesses who honor the contract with the universe that states " If I can be of help, I will offer help. If I am not quite qualified for that particular mission, I will refer to someone who is".

Thanks to all those we will forgive and who have forgiven us.
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Nov. 1st, 2004 @ 01:09 pm Ancestors
ON all SOULS all SAINTS and ANCESTORS day

My prayer of love and peace for you:
May you care so well for yourself, that caring for others will occur naturally.
May you forgive yourself so that you may forgive others.
May you trust yourself and the universe fully,
knowing your truth.
May your truth be universal truth.
May you impart the light so that the light may emanate from your be-ing.
May you sense, dance, breathe in all colors vibrantly.
May YOU be ME US WE
May we re-member our Forever Spirits as One
in Love and
Grace with Ease,
Thomai
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Oct. 12th, 2004 @ 07:05 am techni-color and surround sound
onto the next step is a big one
be-ing flexible, strong, positive
allowing the full range of emotions to process
big changes can take a little time
the most challenging aspect of birth: transition
the most challenging aspect of re- birth: transition
some see black (lie) or white(lie) or grey(partial truth)
I see color in the void that is black where all answers are found
I see in color particles reflected, bouncing in white
I see the truth is in color with surround sound hear
this will be a natural birth
I feel it.
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