When all is alive
with the promise of springtime,
why must some embrace darkness?
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Darkness seems to be
the chosen ground for those who
lack a way to grow within.
Mondo
A Matter of Pacing
In this fast-paced world,
what can we do to nurture
those that travel slow?
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Prod them to quicken?
Or step down from the treadmill
and join their leisurely pace.
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Casting About
Since “All the world’s a
stage and people but players,”
in what role have you been cast?
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I often assume
the director’s role even
when I’ve been cast to assist.
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Hidden Treasures
What is discovered
when we leave our maps behind
and just go a wandering?
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A vast and trackless
world filled with treasures; strangers,
wanderers, and chance met friends.
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Gaining Access
Is there a secret
to unlocking the hidden
code of these wild places?
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The code of places,
both wild and tame, is best
accessed with simple presence.
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Heart’s Tongue
What would help us make
joyous laughter the second
language of our land?
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Why just settle for
second place when laughter can
communicate more than words?
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Meaning Enough
What meaning can be
fathomed in the drumming
of the falling rain?
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Why look for meaning
when the simple pleasure of
listening is quite enough?
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Remembering Rabble
In the midst of sun
how might we remember those
in rougher weather?
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With condescension
and disdain, if we divorce
ourselves from humanity.
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Solely for Souls
Is there anything
quite like canine companions
to lavage our souls and soles?
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For therapeutic
washing of the soul, they can’t
be beat, but I’ll pass on feet.
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Negotiable Enlightenment?
How many members
of Congress does it take to
reach enlightenment?
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Enlightenment can’t
Be reached by consensus!
For some, perhaps, hope remains.
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On Pilgrims and Triptakers
Why must some deny
Pilgrims traveled many roads
To reach their destination?
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Short cuts and brief trips
are often preferred by those
who want a quick fix.
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Big Tent Problems
If we invited
everyone to the table
what could we expect?
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Many guests, welcomed
and less so, would attend our
most glorious feast of crows.
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Invitations Unsent
But what, you may ask,
of evil uninvited?
How can we surrender then?
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Is it possible
that it’s the not inviting
that leads to evil?
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Acceptance
With so many ways
to resist how will we find
our way to sweet surrender?
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Embrace the evil
that we invited, and own
sending the invitation
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On Point
Is there even a
hint of a glint of a point
to this mad sprint we call life?
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Looking for a point
can lead to missing the joy
of simply living.
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One Sure Cure
What is the best cure
for adolescent angst and
cocksure ignorance?
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Many lifetimes does
the path to enlightenment
require of our spirit.
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A Broader View
In our frantic rush
to achieve our lofty goals,
what is lost along the way?
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A narrow focus
plus speed may hit the taget
yet still miss the mark.
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Straight and Narrow Ways
On this twisting path
how will we ever get straight
and how will we know it’s true?
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But is the straight way
the true path of truth or is
it just the highway to hell?
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Certainties
When even the good
earth proves unreliable,
can stability exist?
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Nothing stable stays,
except, perhaps, our wish for
such when times seem sweet.
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Lazy Days of Rays
On these sunlit days
when even the grouchiest
smile, what is ours to do?
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We could join them, like
Iguanas, and bask on some
sun warmed stones, leisurely.
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Meaning and Method
Since burdens mask truth,
must we remove mountain tops
to reveal our true meaning?
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Instead of masking
truth, burdens can force us to
climb mountains and find truth there.
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Overburden
Would you say meaning
is something found, created,
or simply not there?
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As artifacts lie
buried beneath ancient dross,
meanings are oft obscured.
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Being Found
Is there limit to
what may be found when seeking
with an open heart?
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When we’re present with
an open heart, there is no
limit to being found.
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A Broader World
When surrounded by
darkness what will help us find
our way back to light?
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Embrace the darkness!
Travel by feeling and smell
until the daylight returns
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About Those Plans
When everything else has
failed, what will be, alas,
our ultimate plan zed?
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That is precisely
when we set aside our plans
and listen for the Divine’s.
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Riding the Tiger
Please tell me a way
to make music when the heart
can not keep its wild beat?
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When the beat, my dear,
fluctuates from bar to bar?
Well now, they call that Ragtime!
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Entwined
We have tried standing
firm like Holly. Is it, now,
Ivy’s time to entwine us?
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Ivy and Holly,
evergreen reminders there’s
always time for both.
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Holly Disapproves
If you could tell me
why the ivy twines, I might
share some secrets too.
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Ancient Druids say
ivy twines like maidens’ hair
green, alive, in winter’s grasp.
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An Open And Shut Case
Why must some people
gather more than they can use
while others give all they get
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Each of us must choose
how widely we will open
our hands and hearts to others.
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Shining Stars
What will help us learn
to sing in chorus as well
as to sing alone?
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To flaming divas,
the task is pointless folly.
To harmonize means sharing!
Mondo Sedoka 