Atlantis (Poetry)

Artwork by: Irene Nowicki

Let's take a trip...

A trip that merges the genres of

Science Fiction,

Fantasy,

And "based on a true story"

A trip that will be

a wonderland of vegetation and waterfalls

when the road transforms into memory lane

Lets take a trip to happiness...

But the maps are conflicting

This lack of direction is restricting

The trip was taken... but it will never end

The biggest trip taken was the one within

Begin...

-Jon Chambers

Ignorant DNA (Poetry)

Artwork by: Corina Chirila

Where am I?

How did I get here?

This is what I would’ve uttered

as a newborn if language

was not yet foreign to me.

For years I asked these questions

For years I received answers

All of a sudden everything clicked

Until the data began to conflict

I was guided by authority’s false sense of leisure

Little did I know that they didn’t know either

-Jon Chambers

The Future Me Part 2 (Poetry)

Artwork by: Giovanni Rapiti

The moments are fleeting.

Everything I’ve ever known is slowly being

dismantled and reconstructed.

But nothing in this life was ever permanent.

The change is welcome.

Fighting it would lead to a war with my future self

which will soon manifest itself in the present.

And I’m an advocate for peace

So me and my future can never compete

-Jon Chambers

Ignorance (Poetry)

Artwork by: Marina Petro

Is ignorance really bliss?

Maybe it's premature primal pleasure

that dies at the site of inevitable injury

Or maybe we have complicated ignorance

Out of jealousy...

Us with our figurative language

Our dictionaries and meaningless searches for meaning

Our fancy clothes to accompany a mouth

that will never again make the shape it once made

when we saw our first flower

-Jon Chambers

My Poetic Truth (Book)

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My Poetic Truth is a journey through the human experience. It is more than a random collection of writings that are placed sporadically without purpose or direction. The poetry is broken down into sections that give the poems context and come together to create a story of growth, awakening, and acceptance. The subjects are common enough to be relatable, while unique enough to offer new perspectives and stretch the boundaries of ordinary perception.

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I Just Want to Create (Poetry)

Artwork by: Leo Strawn Jr

I just want to create

I want to give the world words that are infinitely interpreted

Words of yesterday's memories of tomorrow's regrets

Words that transcend temporal limitations

Words that connect to emotional ecstasy and hedonistic Hell

I just want to create

-Jon Chambers

For the Cause of Religion (Poetry)

Artwork by: Prashil Pazare

Her eyes are windows,

But not to her soul…

Her eyes are windows to her lack of perfection,

For in them I see my own reflection.

I see my own insecure fears

that run from the road like deer.

They run from the road of progression.

They make illegal u-turns through red lights

down one way streets in the opposite direction.

I broke these windows and closed the blinds forever.

Then I closed my own so we could lie together.

-Jon Chambers

Trendy Revolutionaries (Poetry)

Artwork by: Arisa Niwa

Our generation’s revolutions are flawed

We are frauds…

We’re not down for the cause

We’re down so we can receive a round of applause

Our ancestors used to lose sleep

Our ancestors were never discrete

Our ancestors used to march the streets

But we send out a few tweets and retreat

At this rate things will never be fair

But if it’s not affecting us… we never really cared

One day we’ll grow old and say: “look at what we did”

I feel sorry for our kids

-Jon Chambers

Spring (Poetry)

Artwork by: Michele G. Dodds

Spring serenades Mother Earth with early morning bird calls

It sprinkles seeds into her fertile core

It is like a new beginning

It is beautiful.

Its flowers bloom into marvelous visual spectacles,

Representing the preferable half of decay and renewal.

Its days grow longer…

Enlightening us and casting away darkness

Allowing the faith of mustard seeds to harvest

Allowing us to retreat from hibernation…

Step outside… and enjoy God’s marvelous creation

-Jon Chambers

Aloof (Poetry)

Artwork by: Alex Grey

Reminiscing in the darkest alleys under fictitious fortresses

I see the light... but only when my eyes are closed

The colors, the colors... all of the lights

Stuck in my mind... all of the nights

Do the social creatures know a bliss such as this?

Or is it dependent on inconsistent affirmation?

Or perhaps their bliss is pure

Intertwined spirits obeying the intent of the gods

-Jon Chambers

Thank You (Poetry)

Artwork by: Alex Grey

Creating is a wondrous act of spiritual insight

Letting the muses strum tunes in my subconscious

Letting conditioning lie in the morgue next to stubborn beliefs

Letting my inner emotion paint limiting language with infinite interpretation

But will they understand?

Will they condemn the red paint on my creative hands?

Will I give my all and be left exposed?

Stripped down to my roots while they torture my soul?

Then somebody tells me that they can relate

Then somebody tells me that this is my fate

This is the reason I continue to create

Thank You.

-Jon Chambers

Come One, Come All (Announcement)

Outer Space (Poetry)

Artwork by: Eugene Von Bruenchenhein

On the third planet from the sun I'm out of place

I belong in outer space

I belong in the limitless galaxy without form

I belong on a planet without norms

Take me where judgment is foreign and oneness is instinct

Welcome to the sanctuary

Where we submit to the Christ

Welcome to the third dimension

Where we don't understand life

All we know is that we're here for a reason

Or maybe not

Maybe God knows all

But maybe he forgot

All I know is that I'm out of place

I belong in outer space

-Jon Chambers

The Future Me Part 1 (Poetry)

Artwork by: Rich Pellegrino

I hate the future me

I can't control him

I can't alter his thought pattern

I can't infiltrate his mind with motives from the past

I can't predict his madness

His motives...

I can't carry his baggage

-Jon Chambers

180 (Poetry)

Artwork by: Vanessa Garcia

Puzzle pieces morphing with time

I thought our destiny was divine

Conflicting desires… both clearly devoted

Actions with misunderstood motives

Silent screams… broken hearts

Nothing can rekindle the flame from the start

Helplessness…

Good intentions with corrupt thoughts

Bad karma with good motives

Hopeful beginnings transformed into probable endings

Unlikely mending

-Jon Chambers

Poem About Nothing (Poetry)

Artwork by: Robert Panzullo

Onions in the sky… don’t touch the vibe

Non-permanent patterns and basking in the present

Lilies are blowing in the winds of change

But I’m at peace.

Peace…

War…

Insecurities leading to premature deaths

But the insecurities survive

Love is blind

Happiness is in your own mind

Nobody can define

-Jon Chambers

Limits (Poetry)

Artwork by: Minnie Evans

Countless lives

Countless worlds

Solitary distinctive lessons

I envy the omnipresent

This life is so restricting

There’s so much to see

There’s so much to feel

But only one person I can be

-Jon Chambers

Dreaming to Death (Poetry)

Artwork by: Markovski Artem

Chasing dreams through the dark alleys of danger

Surrounded with black cats

Sorry Madre... I'm stepping on cracks

I await that same fate, the world’s weight is on my back

And it's intertwined with knives

Thanks to a smile induced by no real emotion

Thanks to villains and vultures under the moonlight

Thanks to my heartlessness that needed retaliation

Chasing dreams through the dark alleys of death

I wonder what's next

-Jon Chambers

After Defeat (Poetry)

Artwork by: Todd Marinovich

There's a downpour in the windows to my soul
In my hand is a gun...
The bullets pierce deep into my confidence
These toxins are altering my consciousness

Will I ever know success?
Hopefully we meet before I get to know death
None of your words will numb this pain
None of your uplifting speeches will rekindle my flame
The fictitious flattery does nothing for my tortured soul

The despair is transformed into anger
Transformed into blame
I was so committed...
So I'll blame my failure on conspiracies and critics
Maybe I'll just curl up and die
Or maybe I'll convince myself I never really tried

-Jon Chambers

Depression (Poetry)

Artwork by: Mark Sharer

My mind whispers tales of contradiction
My body begs for sedatives and toxins
My heart yearns for the love I lack within
My soul is lonely...
It travels aimlessly through abstract realities
It guides me with an intangible map
My negligent ego denies the existence

Overridden with emotion
Insecurities intertwine with fear
Unaligned chakras and tattooed tears

Unsure of my direction
Waiting on depression
She intrudes into my residence
She kidnaps my joy and harasses my destiny
She hides my love and kills my gratitude
She worships my fear and pays tithes to toxins

When I feel I have nowhere to turn
Depression sets a fire within my heart…
And lets it burn

-Jon Chambers

My First Book (Announcement)

My first book entitled My Poetic Truth is reaching its final stages of completion. It should be available for purchase on my blog and hopefully Amazon.com within the next month. You may be wondering as to why you should purchase a book of my poems when I already make a lot my poems available for reading via the internet. The fact of the matter is that this thought almost stopped me from publishing. I wanted to give the public more than just poetry that is already easily accessible. As I began putting my book together at the beginning of last summer, I started to see that my poetry was telling a story. It was telling my story. In turn, this book is actually a story of my psychological and emotional journeys that happen to be accompanied by poetry that reflects a particular part of my story and conscious awakening.

My Poetic Truth is a journey through the human experience. It is more than a random collection of writings that are placed sporadically without purpose or direction. The poetry is broken down into sections that give the poems context and come together to create a story of growth, awakening, and acceptance. The subjects are common enough to be relatable, while unique enough to offer new perspectives and stretch the boundaries of ordinary perception.

I will offer more details as they become available.

-Jon Chambers

Resistance (Poetry)

Artwork by: Karen Musick

Uncertainty undermines the devotion
Fear of inability silences the stuttering Moses
The red sea closes...

Traveling against grains of opinions
Minuscule grains of unimportance and fictitious dominion
Professing to be wise men bearing gifts
Walking down the isle getting married to a myth

Their myths won't deceive me
Faith won't leave me
I just hope destiny receives me

So many paths... I just need the right one
So many history books... I just need to write one
I just hope I can plant my flag
Before I'm forced to wave a white one

-Jon Chambers

Game Over (Poetry)

Artwork by: Ione Citrin

Skating on the thin ice of karma's overstepped boundaries
Swimming underneath are sharks...
Sharks and judges waiting on my morals to sever
Waiting to cast stones at my scarlet letters
Praying I collapse so I can lie with the lepers

Drowning in the cold December streams
Life flashes before me, remembering my dreams
Dreams submerged and deferred

Maybe next lifetime

-Jon Chambers

Social Networks (Poetry)

Stop it...
You keep detaching me from my reality
Feeding the mouth of my resistance
Entertaining my sheepskin covered with this pigmented flesh
Boredom sends you invitations unconsciously
Making time advance at record speeds
Procrastination loves you
My problems are momentarily sentenced to death
But they always survive...

Alternate worlds and infinite falsifications
All in search of gratification
I need to resist this temptation

Social networks...
Connected to everybody else
Disconnected from myself

Everything Was One (Poetry)

Artwork by: Sarah Lowe

Everything was one
Before everything begun
I was you
You were me
Everything was how it was supposed to be

We have fooled ourselves...
Fooled ourselves into thinking outside forces control us
Thinking they close doors to ultimate perception
Thinking they paint shut the windows of hope
Denied freedom cries force us into blame

Everything is one
The stars, the moon, the sun
I am you
You are me
Everything is how it's supposed to be

-Jon Chambers

Exorcize Me (Poetry)

Artwork by: Francisco Goya

I need the best religion
I need an exorcism

These forces disconnect me from myself
At least the self I thought I was
The self I told people I was

Who are you?
What have you done with me?
Or maybe you're a part of me...
The part I buried alive
You have risen to haunt me
You have risen to taunt me
Showing me who I really am

Helping my psychological see
This isn't possession...
This is just me

-Jon Chambers

Psychological Nomad (Poetry)

Artwork by: Mimi Knoop

My attic has the thoughts of an addict
Never stagnant… psychologically nomadic
Passive passion and violent crimes
A killer is locked away in the corridors of my mind
Christ is in a tomb in the chambers of my heart
Tempted by a serpent slithering through the night
Dwelling in my shadows… we’ll never be apart
Bringing the fear of death to the tree of life
A suffering savage withholding truth
An elder with fruit withheld from the youth

Every time I’m on edge I’m afraid to jump
Afraid of the potential karmic debt
Afraid of the demons that I thought I suppressed
Afraid of losing this pedestal that I deny
My attic has the thoughts of an addict
Never stagnant… psychologically nomadic

-Jon Chambers

Empty Empathy (Poetry)

Artwork by: Sophie Tarantino

Repressed regrets denied for years
Given new life… baptized with tears
Fear… pride… empathy dies
Hopelessly resurrected on the fourth day
The stone was rolled away… but the witnesses have left
Did the empathy ever truly transcend death?

It’s alive…
But its invisibility leaves its recipient deprived
Left to force and falsify forgiveness

It’s alive
But it’s like the fallen tree in the forest
Lacking importance
Sorry is too late in the face of abortion

-Jon Chambers

Chames featuring Nate Ellis - "Contradictions" (Music)

Conflicted (Poetry)

Artwork by: State of Grace Graphics

Conflicted between confidence and resistance
Between conformity and proper petition
Between an eternal ecstasy promised by the priest
And the hedonistic greed on the hands of the thief
The conscious compete, while the prideful retreat
Conflicted between Constitution and compromise
Prophesized through conscious eyes

Conflicted between self-fulfilling prophecy and destiny
Between harmony and supremacy
Between war and serenity
Scribed in the myths as the demonic and the heavenly

-Jon Chambers