view2022/10/12 #poetry
Does the sigh dislodge the impediment?
The spiderweb or cellophane or whatever between you and the work
Does the sigh disperse it, cut through it, dissolve it?
Perhaps it packs it away, leapfrogging over it
leaving it aside to deal with later
Does the sigh lift you up?
Enlarge you?
Make you bigger than the issue, momentarily
so you can start, ignoring it for a while?
Does the sigh energize you?
Focus your mind?
Steel you?
Ferry you past on a raft of pleasure?
Does the sigh clear your mind?
Does it work?
Do you like it?
view2022/10/11 #poetry
Get to the water
stare out over the waves
see the sun reflecting
see the sun reflecting
the sun
is reflecting
on the water
in front of you
your eyes
see the water
the light
the motion
you are here
not apart
you are here
not apart
view2022/10/10 #poetry
After the meal I felt so well
the food had been good and had a wonderful smell
forcing the habit will not lead to nice rest
but a nap after eating oftentimes is the best
no time to worry about what needs to get done
why even live if you aren't having fun?
view2022/10/9 #poetry
Every day
Every day
don't ever miss
it's not ok
your progress will
be flushed away
if you don't do it
every day
Alright, maybe it's not
quite so severe
if you miss a day
here or there
it's not the end
don't shed a tear
you can go on
so have no fear
Just make sure
what you accumulate
adds up
and you don't replicate
those skips
until they overtake
your dids
that would be a mistake
view2022/10/8 #poetry
Honest in the morning
with everything fresh
if you took care of yourself yesterday
and everything a mess
if you let things get out of hand
it's easy to feel that now is more important
rarely is it so
take your rest
let the inertia go
view2022/10/7 #poetry
Today someone I know will leave
perhaps they will remain a friend
but if not that is ok
all relationships will end
Each interaction takes some time
each day only has so much
even if it's sad
you get more space when you loose touch
If you can't make the effort
don't push or try to force
sometimes it makes more sense
to let things take their course
It's nice to live with people
even if they come and go
what we get out of being with others
is something we don't outgrow
view2022/10/6 #poetry
The excitement from things certainly wears off quick
novelty is so important
because excitement is important
doesn't have to be dramatic
could be routine
favorite meal once a month
plenty of excitement
no explosions
but that is even more fleeting than a new thing
so you repeat again and again
can't repeat with the same thing
it's still there
so, many people go for new things
again and again
and end up with a mess
new experiences
creativity
better ways to spend your time
view2022/10/5 #poetry
I think the biggest jerk is the one that does what they don't want to do
you cause everyone to suffer that way, including yourself
if you do something that you want to do that causes suffering to others at least you got something out of it
if you go to a job you don't like and perform actions you would rather not for the sake of 'needing to work'
well, you're an imbecile
now the other people in the world have not the chance to do what they want to do
you ruined it all
perhaps you are a cleaner
you personally don't like doing it but you know what?
if you weren't filling that position with your grumbling inept self
someone who does want to do it could have that job
you shouldn't have applied and blocked them in the first place
and if you do like cleaning but the working conditions make your experience unlivable
you should make sure that everyone knows why you quit and that company should go out of business
your persistence through hardship makes it so the trap stays set for others to fall into
you say you would be a better boss but you continue to enable the one you despise
Think that the army isn't for you,
aren't ecstatic about being conscripted?
You might be afraid for your life but everyone around you is most likely in the same boat
all of you are agreeing to remain complicit and reinforcing your own plights
next, you kill for the sake of not being imprisoned or killed or tortured by your own country
how is that fair to anyone?
You should be fighting them instead
Don't like the way the airport security treats people?
refuse to participate
don't like the terms of service for the website that you are expected to use
don't sign up
don't like the fact that you aren't welcome in certain areas
go there anyway
if you and all the rest of the tenants in your building continue to give money to someone who doesn't keep up their side of the bargain who is doing wrong?
You all are
you can't excuse your behavior by appeal to authority
that makes the world a worse place overall
you need to take your own responsibility to make moral decisions that enhance your and everyone else's lives
when you give in to doing something that you know is wrong because you can't figure out a better way
it makes you the culprit in all that isn't right everywhere
view2022/10/4 #poetry
You have enough food?
You have enough heat?
Clean enough clothes?
Shoes that fit your feet?
Is the situation calm?
Is the unrest still far away?
Can you do the same thing
day after day?
Are your deepest discomforts
going on in your head?
Is your life pretty good
but you wish you were
someone else instead?
Do you ever think about
those who wish they were you?
Perhaps it doesn't help
but I often do.
With all of the ease
and advantage you live
what else does the world
even have to give?
If you use your time
to make others feel great
it can put you in quite
a beatific state.
The positive buzz
from beneficent acts,
for those that are well,
have the greatest paybacks.
view2022/10/3 #poetry
Even if I did begin
starting with today
it would take so very long
and never really pay
there's only so much out there
but it's way more than one can chew
you have to pick quite carefully
when choosing what to do
each path takes time
and as you know
you only have so much
some things are really wonderful
but put you out of touch
As life moves on
you find that things
that seemed important wane
if you had dumped more energy in
what would you have gained?
It isn't that you can't do
anything you really want
but that you can't devote yourself
due to getting caught
with every choice you weave a web
that can easily ensnare
so as you travel along your way
pause to orient and beware