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.
Poetry
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.
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When Joy Comes
So. It’s a new year.
Why does this passage of time
fail to imbue me with joy.
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Joy resists schedules,
specific dates, appointed
times. It visits when it will.
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Evolutions
At this very point,
when the old ends and the new
begins, what should we anoint?
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Anoint newness with hope
as the old evanesces
into historic annals.
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Comings And Goings
Since years always pass,
isn’t it better to note
as they come not when they’re gone?
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While it is good
to note comings and goings,
it’s great to be present now.
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Where Did The Years Go?
What I want to know
is where did the years go and
how can we find them?
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They pass, as always,
at the usual pace.
We must notice them passing.
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If
With the end of all
this holiday hurry and
rush, is NOW the time for peace?
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Ah, if we can but
pause and breathe the mayhem might
be replaced by peace.
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Revelry
Any suggestions
for how best to move into
the new year that lies ahead?
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By celebrating
achievements and forgiving
ourselves for failures.
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Love Beyond Gender
If God so loved
the world that he gave his son,
what became of his daughter?
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A better question
might be, can we all, sons and
daughters, live God’s love on earth?
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All That Remains
If you could unwrap
only one gift for the whole
world, what would it be?
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My gift for the world
must remain encased, always,
safe inside Pandora’s Jar!
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Christmas Tidings
In this festive time,
What message would you send to
Those few souls who find no joy?
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The message brought to
us on that first Christmas Day
was love unconditional.
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Gatherings
What’s with all these twelves –
days of Christmas, number of
apostles, months in a year?
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Busy taking steps!
But twelve is significant
Here too, I gather.
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More Than Meets The Eye?
Would Rudolph enjoy
their green-eyed jealousy
if his belly weren’t yellow?
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Hmm – red, yellow, green –
stop, go, and in between – some
subliminal message here?
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Phymatous Rosacea
If you were going
to make a guess what made
Rudolph’s nose glow red?
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Rudolph, like Hogarth,
the therapist in me says,
likely loved “Christmas Cheer”!
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In The Red
Does the bright red suit
symbolize seasonal joy,
or do the clothes make the man
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A larger question
might be what manner of man
would pick clothes like those.
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To The Nines
Why was ma in her
kerchief and pa in his cap
in the middle of the night?
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Surely you recall
what it’s like to be dressed
up but have no place to go?
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Silent Revels
Can seeking silence
yield a more stunning chorus
than reveling in music?
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Contemplatives say
in seeking silence we may
find a music more sublime.
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A Ho-Ho-Ho Lot More
All those years ago
when you listened for Santa’s
sleigh, what did you hear?
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Myths and legends claim
there should be bells and hoof beats
but I heard Julie Andrews!
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The Colbert Solution
It’s tough not to cry
In the face of Old Nick’s lies.
Is indignation better?
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Don’t let Old Nick snag
you with his lasso of lies.
Tie him in knots with laughter.
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Devil’s Guising Grounds
If angels dance on
the head of a pin, what is
the devil’s venue?
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The Supreme Courthouse?
House of Representatives?
The C.I.A. Headquarters?
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