Mark Hastings

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Hi there! I’m Mark Hastings! I’m afraid I am not someone who plays an instrument, or sings; however, what I am, what I love, and what I one day hope to be, is a poet and dreamer who can move the world with his poetry. I haven’t always been a poet, and while growing up I was not much of a writer; however, I was always a boy that saw the world to be that much brighter; I always looked upon friends more optimistically than they saw themselves; and when I dreamed I dreamed of starships, far-off worlds, and elves; I watched TV, listened to music, and read the great works of the best- Star Trek, John Lennon, Shakespeare, Tolkien- with enraptured interest. While growing up I loved to draw, paint, and I loved to use vibrant colours; I loved works of art that resonanted and harmonized with what naturally occurs; however, when it came to rhymes, poets, poems, and poetry, I always fell-short- I suppose, in retropsect, it was a fear of misunderstanding that I could not thwart. However, cometh the muse, cometh the inspiration, cometh the poetry, cometh the poet- and when you are blessed with a such a gift you never fail to feel, love, and know it.

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My Poem: ‘Hello, beautiful’

Call it fate, call it destiny, call it divine-intervention, call it a sign-
since the moment you smiled at me, thousands of miles away,
the world has become more beautiful everyday since,
and even now your beauty continues to occupy my mind.

Our remarkable world changes everyday,
but what makes me feel alive, what thrives,
and what only intensifies, every second and in every way,
is my love for you, my smile for you, what I feel about you,
the hope, the poetry, and the happiness, in my heart that never goes away.

If all the world could only feel how I feel,
I believe everyone would choose to live in peace;
if all the world were to know you, to see you, to be inspired by you,
I believe everyone would instantly fall in love with you,
and all fighting on Earth would forever cease.

I cannot help but be inspired by you,
I cannot help but want to reach out to you,
and to emphasize to you in no false tongue,
and in no word of a lie,
that you are more to me than amazing,
that you are more to me than a flash of light that appears in someones eye-
you mean more to the worlds song than can ever be imagined or envisioned,
you are the personification of Earths phenomenal and natural,
awe-inspiring, perfection, and the reason why when I look at you
I am constantly stunned.

When I tell you that you are beautiful,
believe me when I say that I have seen unbelievable sights,
and acts of extraordinary beauty, in my life that I will never forget,
and for which I will always feel blissful;
but, to me, beauty is more than a word,
beauty is more than something that can be seen, heard, felt, and expressed-
to me, beauty is You, and only You,
and I just wanted to say to you:
hello, beautiful!

(Source: poetauniversalis.wordpress.com)

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