When hunger rumbles
deep within our starving souls,
what repast will fill the void?
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When the soul hungers
the divine rejoices to
have a chance to fill the void.
Month: January 2015
Bon Appétit
If you were planning
a menu for a full life,
what would you include?
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A meaty vocation,
an aged vintage romance,
and some salty memories.
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Fulfillment
A warm loaf of bread,
a cool jug of wine and thou…
Did Khayyám miss anything?
~
A bit of heaven
such as this needs only deep
gratitude to be complete.
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All that Glitters
Is there anything
better than a golden end
to a rain soaked day?
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A golden Lager
and tropical cabana
might win by a nose…
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Quality Dining
Considering meals,
is it quality food or
company that makes the day?
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Even quality
food turns to mush when we dine
with company less sublime.
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Edgewise Words
Is it better to
sup with jays or eat crow? – a
major question of our times
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A meal with either;
Heaven for the introvert.
No burdensome social noise!
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Controlling Questions
Why do we struggle
to control actions beyond
us before we leash our own?
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To control or not
to control – what, when and how –
those are the questions.
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Choices
When frustration rules
and patience flees, how can we
regain our own sovereignty ?
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What is sovereignty?
Freedom to choose? Or control?
Control is an illusion!
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Contingencies
Is it a comfort,
when viewing the road ahead,
that we’ve gotten where we are?
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It all depends on
whether we are behind bars
or walking free.
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A Limb and a Prayer
When we so yearn for
solid ground, what will help us
on this uneven terrain?
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For a species born
in trees, unused to ground,
surely comfort can be found.
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Weighing Alternatives
When facing a fight
will weapons and wits win us
wars or weave us worse worries?
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First we must learn what’s
worth fighting for and then do
our best to win without war.
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The Might to Heal
So, all in all what
would you say to those who think
pens are mightier than swords?
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Swords might cut or kill
but mighty pens might heal, which
simple swords might never do.
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What Writing May Do
Writing may help fill
our spiritual void;
what else might it accomplish?
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Writing can also
empty our ego as we
struggle to give the void form.
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Almighty Pen
What more can be said
by orators or poets
that hasn’t been said before?
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As much can be said
as can be seen and be felt.
Thus is poetry’s power.
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First Things First
If we just follow
the faith deep within our hearts,
can we not find paths to peace?
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Ah, but there’s the rub.
We must first find the time to
meet the faith that lies within.
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Faith not Religion
What can the world’s faiths
teach us when they seem at such
odds with each other?
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They may speak their truth,
these Rabbis, Imams and Priests,
but true faith, dwells within.
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No Beyond
And while we’re looking
beyond obvious meanings,
what’s up with the nightly news?
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Whether night or day,
the news, though changing, remains
the same -some good, mostly bad.
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True Motives
Do you really think
Jack and Jill went up that hill
to fetch a pail of water?
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It seems more likely
they struggled up that slope
to flee an older sibling!
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Inside Out
When the road is dark
And the path most unclear,
Where is our guiding beacon?
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When what’s outside can’t
mark the path, we must then turn
to an inner light.
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Finding the Way
Where do we turn when
there’s no where to turn and we’ve
clearly lost our way?
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When we’ve lost our way,
one good turn or another
is as good as going home.
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The Best Of Kin
Is political
apathy a cousin to
compassion fatigue?
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The best of kin learn
to take care of themselves as
well as each other.
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Ultimate Ends
If counting to ten
slows our response, what would
bring us to a complete stop?
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Physicists would say
entropy is the ticket.
But for me, it’s Accounting!
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A Full Embrace
But can we embrace
The light, simply by taking
A moment to see our world?
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By making time to
see what lies before us, we
can embrace both dark and light.
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Running Blind
Why do we hurry
through our days when we know night
will come soon enough?
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Perhaps we distract
ourselves with endless motion
to avoid encroaching dark.
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Lost And Found
Gazing upon blank
Paper, lost in the texture.
With what should I sully it?
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Sometimes the greatest
of bards must wait to see what
comes to fill this space.
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Boating for Bliss
What would you suggest
is important to include
in an anti-despair kit?
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In case of despair
grab a pad, sharpen the pencil,
and write yourself a life raft.
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Beyond Measure
If it’s all about
journey, not destination,
what yardstick measures progress?
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It’s how you get there
that counts, not where you’re headed
or when you arrive.
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Finding the Hidden
If there’s some secret
known only to a few that brings
happiness, what is it?
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The secret is known
to all. But, perhaps, it’s just
well hidden in the darkness.
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To Search Or Not To Search
On discovery:
Of things undiscovered,
What happens to happiness?
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What brings happiness
can lie in plain sight and still
go undiscovered.
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All in Good Time
Now that we’re one day
into the New Year, what else
have you discovered that’s new?
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Discovery will
unfold like origami
cranes, deconstructed by time.
