view2022/6/14 #poetry
Away from the noise.
Just not too far.
Sometimes I want to make noise too,
be a part of it.
Not always; I don't want to live in it.
I like quiet.
To appreciate subtler sounds.
view2022/6/13 #poetry
Is the story true? The one you tell yourself every day? The one you're telling yourself now? As you run it through your mind, are you aware of the dichotomy between your present reality and the unfolding story?
Is this constant commentary necessary? Is it really so hard to drop? How does the story about that go? Is it true?
view2022/6/12 #poetry
Maybe, with some more work, things won't be as tough. That is the promise after all, that hard work eventually pays off. Most people of course only ever have the promise of hard work. The harder the work, the lower the reward.
Toward a goal, in the service of a good plan, consistent hard work can increase your probability of success. Then, so long as things line up, maybe.
view2022/6/11 #poetry
Give me peace
All these needs
The myriad distractions
Torrents of endless desires
disturb me so
The balance between boredom and interest and needfulness is so difficult to stabilize
comfort with discomfort is a skill
but requires discomfort to build
view2022/6/10 #poetry
Send your dreams to the stars. Let them fly off to those farthest worlds. Not such a long journey for a dream, not even touching time. Self creative & self exploring. Giving to you whole other ways to exist. Taking only your tiredness.
view2022/6/9 #poetry
The uncertain future makes for such discomfort.
What could mollify this fear? If these unmet needs had some baseline guarantee? If the expectation was of fulfillment? If the current circumstance were acceptable?
If I didn't care. Detachment.
view2022/6/8 #poetry
Enjoying the lake? I must be. A lack of generally positive feelings doesn't mean a lack of enjoyment. I notice the details that delight with subtlety. Wind moving the reeds, gliding birds, the wind, again, on the water. As well as the larger picture, delighting with its grandiosity. The imposing panoramic wall of trees above the water sparkling in the sun.
Things would certainly be even harder if I wasn't enjoying the lake.
view2022/6/7 #poetry
Yes, I had dreams, visions when I closed my eyes, but I couldn't catch them. They all escaped from memory so I couldn't record them, or use them as inspiration. With some practice, surely, it would become easy. For now I'll just head back into the dreams.
view2022/6/6
You don't know until you go.
You can't know unless you try.
We do create virtual models
to refine our expectations
but even when they are accurate
they can never confer the experience
view2022/6/5 #poetry
When you get the chance you shouldn't consider it a choice. You should only give yourself one option, to take it. You should be prepared to avail yourself of the opportunity. Don't trick yourself into thinking it will come up again.