When filled with regret
how can we create some space
for love to enter?
~
When your heart’s hard drive
fills with regret and hate,
delete those useless programs.
Month: June 2015
Blurred Vision
Why must we wage wars,
attacking and defending
symbols we imbue with power?
~
Symbols are seen as
sacred or a threat when viewed
through amygdala’s blurred lens.
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A Matter of Perspective
Why do we think we
can achieve long term goals
with short sighted plans?
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Time is relative.
To a germ, all goals are long.
To the sun, all plans are short.
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Freighted
Why must weekdays seem
to travel life by freight train
while weekends ride the TGV?
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Whether days move fast
or days move slow depends on
the load they carry.
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Beneath the Skin
Is there anything
more beautiful than a wise
and forgiving heart?
~
Perceiving beauty
takes an inward journey for
both beholder and beheld.
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Pilgrims’ Progress
Since the road ahead
is shrouded in mystery,
Must we walk that road blindly?
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Step by step we walk,
seeing only as far as
hearts and minds and eyes can see.
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The View from the Road
Why is it only
in retrospect that the path
we trod grows more clear?
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The pathway behind
wears the marks of our passage
while the road ahead is clear.
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Schadenfreude or Schadenersatz
Is it so shallow
to wait in gleeful hope
for that house of cards to fall?
~
We don’t have to plumb
the depths to hope for a house
built on lies to fall.
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This Little Light of Mine
How to shine a light
so bright that the willfully
blind at last can see?
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I fear that, in truth,
any light, sufficiently
bright, would do more harm than good.
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Trumped?
What cosmic message
is conveyed by that turkey
strutting into the roadway?
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Some think they hold cards
enough to trump those cosmic
messages and win the game.
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Illusory Archetype
What might the Source have
been thinking when families
came into being?
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“As with every gem,
perfection should be most rare.
This can be your little flaw?”
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Wherever We Go, There We Are
When emotions run
unfettered through our hearts,
what might they find there?
~
One thing is certain –
what they won’t find there are thought,
balance, and moderation.
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All’s Fair
When emotion takes
over and reason takes flight,
are we in for love or war?
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In both love and war
reason always surrenders
to emotion’s whip.
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Ins And Outs
When, at last, we find
that place in which we find peace,
must we ever venture out?
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Tempting as it is
to settle in, we must take
our leave with the peace we found.
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Calming Waters
When summer heat holds
us in its sweaty grasp, how
can we not lose our cool?
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To retain our cool,
seek the shelter of shady
glades and shadowed pools.
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Acting Out
When we have been booed
and hissed and pelted with fruit,
must the show go on, really?
~
Such a show of crass
disregard is certainly
a real show-stopper.
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Exit Stage Right:
After the final
curtain call, when all clapping
ceases, what remains?
~
Why must we assume
there will be clapping when that
final, heavy, curtain falls?
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Beyond Measure
When seeking pleasure,
will we set measured limits
or else embrace gluttony?
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If we honor our
natural limits, we can take
our pleasure without measure.
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Work at a Play on Words
If all work and no
play makes Jack a dull boy, what
does all play and no work make?
~
Summer vacation?
Excellent video games?
More superhero movies?
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Dream Work
Why must we labor
on endlessly when, in truth,
life is but a dream?
~
If we row our boats
merrily we can sustain
both ourselves and dreams.
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Here and Now
What must we do now
to ease our souls when now has
passed and then is here?
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Some say all there is
is now, and all the rest is
just, simply, dreaming.
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Beyond The Veil
Once that veil is gone,
will we like that magic truth
or crave illusion?
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If we remain true
to the magic we possess
the veil no longer conceals.
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Finding Magic
Can we find magic
when all that held us spellbound
has been swept away?
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One finds true magic
only when all illusions
have been swept away!
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Beyond Grand Plans
Must we adapt to
a lesser lot in life while
greater kami make grand plans?
~
Those of great spirit
in whatever form always
live a lofty life.
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Food on the Family
When you consider
the difference one word can make,
why don’t politicians quake?
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Narcissists all know
their meaning is crystal clear.
So why quibble about words?
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For All We Know
And why act on fear
even though we all know
inaction is the way to go?
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Fear can empower
us to act when inaction
could just be paralysis.
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A Time to Refrain
If we know but do
not act, does that mean we’re wise
or simply afraid?
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If we do not act,
knowing it to be for naught,
it’s wisdom, otherwise, fear.
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But Who’s Counting?
Did you detect it,
the barest little hinting
of sarcasm yesterday?
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Such broad-brushed hints bring
a grin to the constant
war of who does more.
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Another Straw
If time and tide wait
for no man, does this leave one
more thing for women to do?
~
And what, may I ask,
does not already reside
upon that long, self-made, list?
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Why Wait?
When considering,
the coming of tides rising,
will all our boats be lifted?
~
As tides continue
to rise, it might be better
to seek higher ground.
