Ignition Soul

04/16/2026

What It Was and What It Shall Be
As I am aware—not what I will behold—
Here and now, someday I won’t be present.
A quiet voice somewhere within me,
It calls your name; it says, "Come find me."
The shadows fall.
The darkness constrains me,
And what it was
Creeps up behind me.
It says what it was, not what it should be,
And now you know: it lies within me.
A quiet word that says,
"Come find me."
James Mark Shelby

04/12/2026

08/29/2025

Deep down in your heart, you feel something more.
So when you get ready and want to explore,
you’ll find me adrift, just like before,
awaiting our adventure.
Each path is unique, and that much is true,
but magic happens when I’m next to you.
Our dreams become one vision.
The sky is the limit, just like before;
we’ll break out the windows and knock open doors,
then sail mystic waters into distant shores,
and reach a new horizon.
A place where the lost won’t feel all alone,
a place where your heart will always be home.
And if by chance, or out of the blue,
we reach a place we just can’t get through...
We’ll just go around it; what else would we do?
In search of something more.
JMS

08/27/2025

I see your edge is something I won’t believe in.
There is a finish line which leads another way.
You held my hand and still my heart is reeling.
From time to time, I wish the feeling went away.
It doesn’t matter what I say; it’s what you take from it.
No one can steal your heart once you give it away.
Under the same blue moon, I might as well love it;
It’s as close as I’ll get to you anyway.
Some people just say, “I guess that’s that then.”
Some people just can’t move in that same way.
It doesn’t matter what I think of it.
What some call love is not okay.
If I knew the truth, would I run from it,
Or is a day with you worth all the other days?
I could never answer that, even if I wanted to.
I could never give you back what you took away.
Someday when you’re very old, and if you think of it,
I hope you knew the man you threw away.
There’s nothing left to do except die from it.
That seems to be the truth anyway.
I said with all my heart, and I still stand by that:
The love that’s in my heart only knows one way.
I guess it takes something I can’t believe in,
And I don’t want to trade my love for all your pain.
It doesn’t seem to matter much more anyway,
And from where I’m standing now, it’s all the same.
JMS

08/25/2025

You can only get kissed like this just once in a lifetime.
After a kiss like this, all the rest are gonna miss every time.
If you get this kiss, you will always be in bliss for a lifetime.
Without that kiss, I guess I don’t know what I’d miss. Suppose I’d be fine.
But because of this, now I’m perma-kissed and I have to make you mine,
’Cause I want you all the time and I’ll love you till the end of time.
And then I’ll want you even more.
And if I didn’t know before, I sure do know it right now,
and it all comes down to this,
and it starts with a kiss.
JMS

08/24/2025

Hello beautiful, here are five simple truths that you outta know.
1. The second time you have to say something is the first time you should have written it down.
2. The expert in the room is the guy asking the most questions.
3. Progress is more important than perfection.
4. Having a title doesn’t mean you’re a leader.
5. You can’t steer a ship that isn’t moving. So there it is beautiful, five more simple truths that you outta know. I hope you have a wonderful day today and a better day tomorrow.

08/22/2025

We all wear different masks. Usually one’s work persona will be very different from the at home persona. It is also possible that we are very different depending on the person or people around us. Different cultures and different personalities as well as different environments can all contribute to the way we interact and feel. The time that we are our most self is when we are alone and that’s a person that no one knows. There are those that simply don’t like being alone and those that prefer it. My question is that with so many different masks and so many different personas, do we really know ourselves?

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