Wednesday, September 25, 2013

what the heck?

what were you thinking
     old man...
trying to start a fight
     at your age

ok
you grew up in
back woods
and were taught to
treat women
cruelly

no excuse
to be saying
what you're saying
and acting
like you are

Thank God and Goddesses
for these United States
(even though sometimes it does
the strangest stuff)
still
I have the right-
not to be owned
by you
not to be controlled
by you
and guess what
I- (little female that I am)
have every right to
search in the purse,
find the cell phone
amongst all that stuff
and call the boys in blue
-the Police- to you-
and they
will take you
away
and I
will press whatever charges
I can
because I
have a
Right to-
I don't have to
put up with
the likes
of you

and you know this too
so as I search
in my purse
you walk away
-but not before-

-there can be
no going back
from here-

so don't
turn on the charm
don't offer me your arm
-I won't take it-
it may break my heart but
never again
will I dance a dance
with you


the List

sitting in the garden 
     of the Buddhist Temple- 

the sound of water 
     soothing 
the soft clanging of 
     wind chimes 
     in the wind 
The giant pine- 
     dancing branches 
     in the wind 

My Center 
     has been- 
In the wind 
     for days- 

Now KuanYin Statue 
     says- 

Stand on 
     the clouds- 
pour out blessings 
     from your vessel- 

Center 
     and have a 
          soft smile 

On your face 

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * 

This is one of my 
     errands- 

Stopping here 

Put it on My List- 
     Bullet Point! 
     Underline! 

The days flow by- 

I haven't that
     much time 
           left

And I enjoy 
     the center of things 
          -undisturbed- 

A little peaceful garden 
     in a city-large- 
          and getting 
               larger 

-Reminds me 
     that centering, 
          stopping, 
               watching-

looking at a Buddha 
     carved in stone- 

Takes my heart 
     of stone 
And lets it melt- 

Lets it be one 
     with the wind 

I must remember 
     to do this again 

To put it on my 
     List 

On the top 
     of my List...