With a mind made for motion
And a body built for pride
I’m saddled with guilt
When I sit down for a while
I get so wound up
I have to unwind
A cup of green tea
My cat by my side
Standing on the back porch
Gazing across my slum
Breathing the cool damp air
The ancients weren’t dumb
You can’t live your life
On auto-pilot
Someone
Has to check the fuel levels
Polish her up
Do the maintenance
Make her purr again
That someone is you
Yearly Archives: 2009
The Great Paradox (110/365)
The great paradox
Of human nature
We know that
Nature favors freedom
Yet freedom doesn’t come naturally
The Wake of Ignorance (109/365)
How do we correct what has gone wrong?
Can we stop the ripples from expanding?
Or do we wait until they lose their power?
How do we endure together the foul smell
Of the carnage in the wake?
Or will we do it instinctively,
Knowing that where there is darkness
There will be blood shed.
Getting in Line (108/365)
I want to tear the roof up off this house
I’m feeling claustrophobic
I haven’t seen a star in weeks
It helps me place myself
When I’m swimming with the current
Change in an instant
Avoidance of pain
What used to attract you revolts you
Measure your words
Don’t spill a drop
The vibrations rattle on for eternity
The Price of Doubt (107/365)
The benefit of doubt
Is a huge amount
Even living 30 years
I’m still wrong
Most of the time
There is almost always
A good reason
But almost always
We can’t guess it
Open mouth, insert foot
It never hurts to ask
With an open mind
Welcome Rest (107/365)
My legs are dead weights
I lay immobile
My cat on my chest
My partner and witness
A few easy breaths
From long black bliss
Knowledge
I had a revelation today about sharing knowledge with other people. If what you are saying really is the truth, you don’t have to convince anyone. You are telling them what they already know. The theory is that we all have an innate recognition of truth. You can actually feel this when you read a passage of well-written poetry or literature, or when you listen to a moving speech or a heart-felt song. There is a trend in social media that criticizes people for being generally stupid. It is true that we live in a society that tolerates and even promotes ignorance, but I believe that all people are born with the ability to at least recognize if not tap into absolute truth/knowledge.
What this means is that if what you are saying is truth, it will be recognized as so, and will stand on its own two feet. You don’t have to try so hard.
Assembly and Toil (106/365)
Pulling from all directions
Gathering enough strings
To make a sturdy rope
As I climb the tree
The hard way
I weave them together
Let the scrawny pieces fall
When I get further up
I’ll hang my rope
So others can climb with ease
Meanwhile
I toil on with joy
Bump (105/365)
Light puppets
Gliding over the planet’s streets
Columns of white-gold energy
Walking human corn dogs
A fistfight on the bus
Is rare news and a tragedy
What is there to gain
Being calm as the world
Struggles in ignorance?
Which one of us needs to learn to be quiet?
The Ride of Your Life (104/365)
Continuing to ride the train
Here I wobble, there I wobble
The roller coaster ride of life
One wheel on the tracks
A seatbelt comes loose
I hang on through
Sickness
And exhilaration