Untouchable Faith

Untouchable Faith

 

Take a leap of faith and find,

Something way beyond the mind.

 

Open up your eyes and see,

The truth that lies untouched beneath.

 

All the glory of love so true,

Interesting feelings that surround you.

 

Hold your head up strong and be,

All your dreams that make you free.

 

Ask yourself the truth of love,

Can you equal the stars above.

 

Open your heart and be sure to care,

Everything that cries is not beyond repair.

 

If then you wish to come to terms,

Everything that haunts you will learn.

 

Wish upon a star and hold,

All the beauty of love so bold.

 

Take a leap of faith and find,

Love as you are one of a kind.

 

In the end your beauty will surely bring,

The song of triumph only your heart can sing.

 

See a dream in a grain of sand,

Watch it grow in the palm of your hand.

 

If in fact you wan’t to feel,

All the beauty of love so real.

 

Make a wish upon a star,

The truth of glory is who you are.

 

Dig deep inside and become whom you want to be,

Make your mark alter that of history.

 

Wish a wish and Dream a dream,

Have faith in all things even those unseen.

 

Feed your faith with love and find,

Inner Peace unto the mind!

 

Written By Ivan Tate

November 17, 2003

Baghdad Iraq

Mystic Vibrations (One of My Favorite Poems)

When we feel compelled to write ideas come freely. This is one of those poems I wrote in Baghdad.  It’s often we allow politics to shape the decisions we make in life….

Mystic Vibrations

 The Heart Speakth the will, through no man’s content can it be placed on the complacency skills of the world.

Man closes thine eyes to the spirit of truth.

In all the ways of society we still learn to love through the eyes of the past,

Thereby dismissing the present and leaving the future to be unseen.

If we as a strong people attend to our aspirations and inner beauty as much as we deny our spiritual voice something great can be achieved.

Glory and honor stand before us wearing the cloak of strain and triumph.

Where the mind fails to travel the heart extends by no bounds.

Dismissing pure faith and replacing true love with societies tainted self-logic ways.

Spirits fly freely over the constant dark burrows of the mind,

Corruption becomes the successor leaving the soul lacking entire fulfillment.

The battle of indecisiveness begins.

Maintaining simple faith in turn becomes mission impossible, retaining focus flees the mind.

Emptiness is but one of the emotions the heart can overcome alone.

Falling to the winds the prey becomes the predator,

No longer fragile by the faults of the mind a new essence is born.

The power of experience is forever bound within.

Deeply inert silent develops, bringing to light a key that you now possess.

The doors of time become narrow but remain open, thereby leaving the apprentice to achieve once underestimated goals.

Visions from within not only seen but most importantly believed.

Breathing with the soul bringeth fulfillment,

Fulfillment taketh control.

Control speaketh the truth,

truth that becomes passion in the heat of all life’s desires.

Only now within are you a changed person,

A free spirit encompassing knowledge to feel with the heart.

Simply by accepting a greatly anticipated gift, to soothe pain for the mind.

With this lesson comes the power to grow internally, and externally disregard societies forever lingering blinds.

Written By Ivan Tate

December 27, 2003

Baghdad Iraq

To The Light

Inspiration becomes my vision,
Standing in the mirrior of life I see truth.
Gazing at what once was thought to be lost
Feeling the fire burn within my veins energizes my soul.
Forgetting about sorrow and pain I cherish the moment.
Free from my own inner cage I basqe in the glory of the sun.
Releasing the hurt sensitive emotions take control.
Why did I believe all was lost.
No more tears filled with what was and why.
Gliding across my fears I smile and continue on my journey to inner peace.
No longer ashamed of my shadow I grace the world with the hope of a new dawn.
Not looking back my spirit leads me chanting “It will Be Okay”.
A new strength emerges with healing powers that proudly stand by my side.
Finally I Have won,
Finally I am Happy,
For the first time I am Free.

Written By Ivan Tate
August 1, 2004
U.S.N.S Antares
Atlantic Ocean