Sunday, March 20, 2016

Dragons and Unicorns

Reading the bible 
Again,
With a more adult curiousity,
I find -
Dragons and 
Unicorns mentioned 
Many times !

Water being turned to wine 
And multiplying loaves and fishes 
Is mentioned with much more 
Amazement 
Than the common everyday occurrence 
Of dragons and 
Unicorns 

What am I to make of this -
Seriously !
The blind can see 
The lame can walk 
And dragons and 
Unicorns lounge around 
In the public square 
Causing no great calamity

The Roman solders must have had 
Special divisions 
To fight them 
Or catch them 
Or deal with them 
     Somehow 
Special nets 
For unicorns
(Pet them) 
Special harnesses for dragons 
(Ride them) 

It is in a book 
Which some say I must believe in 
Literally !
- some say 
It is open to interpretation -
Some hardly look at it 
At all 

God is love 
And light -
To be sought 
Within

And there are dragons 
And unicorns 

But -
Loving "my" neighbors 
Is not so easy 





Thursday, March 17, 2016

Ploughing

Trying to find some 
Time away 
Seems a bit like 
Ploughing 
     A field 
Everyone wants 
     Something -
There are horses 
To harness 
And bargains to be 
     Made 
There is money to be 
     Set aside 
 Now -
     With everything costing 
More and more -

I still want to see 
The sky 
And have some 
Quiet time -
Some time among 
The trees

No one seems to understand 
This 
The Taoist Hemit 
Within 
Needs a bit of 
Expression
Now and then 

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Donation Button!!

Just in case 
You might have 
Lots of money
And would like to be 
"A patron of the arts"

I have 
(With help)
And much pondering 
And 
Poking of buttons 
And 
Reading of unintelligible 
     Instructions

- Two hours it took us -
There has been installed 
(With much hopeful wishing 
And imagination) 
A donation button 
On this blog 

The dream is 
That just a few millionaires 
- From somewhere on earth -
Would like to donate 
     To the cause of 
My continued 
     Survival 
(Not that I will perish 
Without them)
But 
It would be sooooo cool 
To have a stash $$
To be able to prop up this old house 
To shop 
     At more 
Than the dollar store 

- Just sayin -



Friday, February 26, 2016

brilliance


Brilliance

Going through 
Old papers 
Containing -
Brilliant thoughts and 
     Ideas 
And plans 

- filled up a whole sack 
Of that -
For trash
- can't have too much 
Brilliance
- don't have 
Room

Every day in 
Every way 
Throw something 
Out !

Go through old stuff 
And sift
And sort 

Different things are 
Important now 
The time is running 
Out 

Many things 
would have happened
      by now 
- if they were 
     Going to 

This used to make me sad 
Thinking why not "I"
Why shouldn't I have 
What I think I 
     Should have 
And even better -

     Some wonderful things 
Which haven't even occurred 
To me 
Yet

But now I know 
A brilliant thing -
     - having enough
To eat 
And 
A place to sleep 

Is the best idea 
Yet 




Monday, February 22, 2016

Cease Fire !!!

Cease fire 
Oh 
Thank God !!

Decide not to shoot 
     Each other 
Any more

Just -
Decide that 

Make up your 
Mind 
To it !

And while you're at it 
Don't change your mind 
Again -
Ever !

I've had enough 
I am old enough 
To realize 
That patience 
And tolerance 
Are necessary 
In this life 

In this coffee place 
The baby starts to fuss 
So the mom begins 
To breast feed 
Right here 
Right now 

It's what we all need 

Food 
Shelter 
And some 
     Fun 

Breast feeding in public 
Omg
In my growing up world 
This would NEVER 
have happened! 
We were bottle fed 
On 
Corn syrup
And 
Canned milk 

Omg 

No wonder the older 
Sister died 
     At one year old 
And I have a few problems 
     With health

So now we know 
The baby needs 
That food 

We can change 
We can learn 
We can grow

The world needs 
To stop fighting 
To stop "greeding"
And to make sure 
We all
Have 

Food -
Shelter -
And 
Some 
Fun. 


Saturday, February 13, 2016

Greetings

Peace and hope 
Freedom and wonder 
We have so little time
Left 

Let's not waste it fighting 
Let us realize 
What's important 

Let us 
Take care of 
One another 

No way to do this 
But 
To raise our own 
     Consciousness 
Each and 
     Everyone 

We are the vibe 
We find 
Inside 

Our connection 
With 

For free -
Our own -

Just like everyone dances 
Their own 
Tango 
So 
Do we all know -

We know it when we see it
And feel it 
When 
We meet 
     ourselves 

Within