where we came from
it’s as much an “and” as an “or”
the opening and closing the door
and it’s a “letting go” for sure
I sound as though I’ve been there
we fell a long way
from “being”
to comprehensions
(and it’s awfully confusing
this comprehending,
this trying to understand)
but they tell me “knowing”
is where we’re going
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Posted in poetry, psychology on Apr 16th, 2010
I’ve made a few minor changes to this poem:
I quite like it…
a could not: (an ugly piece)
I came here like a falling star
but could not mend a broken heart
I was caught within a fairytale
enthralled by hope
and wound around me like a shroud
the me to which I’m bound
was a string of mixed metaphors
mixed and empty
I leave [...]
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I was telling Tee that I needed a simple text, an “Enlightenment for Dummies”, and she replied that finally there is no guide… you have to go the last step alone, uncharted… ultimately all the Gurus will tell you that for the finally step there is no path, no bridge. You have to jump… and [...]
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Posted in poetry, psychology on May 24th, 2009
Wistfully wasteful
what were the things
I tried not to say
what were the thoughts
that died every day
words like maybe and perhaps
and what does that mean
were painted impasto
to cover the scene
define your terms
mind your terms
put ‘em out of your head
hide and seek
ride and peek
and put truth to bed
I was wistful and wasteful
and spermed life away
I was wistful and [...]
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video of a poem
i am his own devil
one day I found myself with a nasty ugly thought,
and caught myself (for once), and explored it…
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In my last post I talked about evidence of spirit and the divine coming out of synchronicity which implies an intellegent design, a patterner. Meanwhile, personally, I have not seen evidience, directly, of a corresponding malevenlent grand entity. There may well be one, a Lucifer, a Devil, but our stupidity, in itself, can explain much of the evil [...]
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