I still write poetry
but rarely
I even thought that i don’t have it in me
anymore
that my muse may be
gone
But then, sometimes she comes back
and kisses me
again
; )
~~~
Now / Here
The birds they sing
At the break of day
“Start again”
I hear them say
“Don’t dwell
On what has passed away
And what has yet to be”
Yes, all those howler monkeys
And the birds and the whales
The dolphins too
They all sing songs about the Now
About the Here
“No need for The News”
They say
No need for all the crazy things
The interesting things
I read each day
Sometimes I would love to be like them
Those dolphin brothers
Whale sisters
Just be
Cruising
The depths of Space
~~~
A song, music
Sometimes
a song comes to my mind
from some time
long ago
and I don’t know why
It just appears
Sometimes I hear a melody
a composition or just a song
and it really strikes a cord
somewhere deep inside me
Thinking stops
Feelings come
Tears
I love those moments!
Music really can transport me into mystical realms
Different from the mundane world of me and men
It reaches deep into my soul
I can not produce such moments
But they do happen
And I am grateful
~~~
Like the womb
maybe not everybody,
but a lot of folks enjoy to walk along a river
or a creek
or by a lake or ocean shore
many people, I reckon
like to hear the sound of flowing water’s murmuring
or the crashing of waves on a shore
maybe not everyone is delighted by such things
but I am
I even love to dive into the waters
immerse myself
swim and dive and float
or just be still
let myself sink
water
like consciousness
endless
mysterious
deep
fluid
like the womb
~~~
There’s a lot to love
I love to walk in the warm rain
barefoot on dirt roads
I love to come home to my house
and crawl into my hammock
I love to walk a jungle road on a hot day
under the canopy of trees
sun rays filtering thru the green
i love many things and sights
i thing there is a lot to love
about life
~~~
we live on
i know, we have to live
like all is well
we live on
i know, we have to!
we live on
day by day
doin’ what we do
not really
thinking it thru
we live on
babies are born
every day we grow
in numbers and in confusions
about what else to do
than livin’ on!
we do our best
i know, some of us do
but the rest
simply lives on
~~~
Stillness
Be still my mind
be still
why do you want to chatter all day long
Be still
like the trees
they only whisper
when the wind moves thru
Be still
mind be still
then the world will hear
when the Spirit moves thru you
Be still my mind
and know
the I AM
God
~~~
What’s a haiku got to do with anything?
i like a good haiku
every now and then
but it should be delivered
like a surprise kiss
then it is powerful
and can blow my mind
otherwise its too constricting
at least for my taste
almost like a mannerism
i like the minimalist way of life
but i am not a Japan-ese
and Zen can be a real hard trip sometimes
(i tried, but no, but thank you!)
I rather prefer “the river approach”
here I AM
the river runs thru here
whatever it brings
whatever the form
it just runs thru I AM
stream of consciousness
if you know what i mean
but back to the haiku
in case you know how to make sweet little ones
and i am happy if you blow some in my direction
~~~
I write, erase, rewrite
Erase again, and then
A white lily blooms.
~~~
love between us is
speech and breath and looks.
loving you is
a long river running.
~~~
Wishes
How to deal with your wishes:
(it works for me)
Ask for what you want
but don’t demand it
Accept what ever happens
for now
Turn up your love
even if you don’t get what you want
That’s a very practical approach
(and it works for me ; )
~~~
My own little wish list to God
Oh God, you who are almighty, please grant me a wish
Please God, wipe away from the face of the earth
all those egotistical, self-obsessed politicians who do just about anything to stay in power.
Please God, take away from us all those persons who do not have compassion, who have no empathy and heart, who use other people for personal gain or pleasure, who suppress, manipulate, abuse, terrorize, brutalize, torture and kill others for whatever reason.
Please God, remove from the face of the earth those who are corrupt and use their position to suppress others, who bully and terrorize others, who extort and exploit and suck out everything possible for helpless victims.
Please dear God, take away from us the liars, the cheaters, the wife-beaters, the manipulators and snake-oil-salesmen, the serial seducers and rapists, the abusers, misusers and brutes, the insensitive and heartless, the careless and the brutalists, the torturers and the sadists and the killers, the merciless and the cruel.
Please God, wipe away from this earth the military machinery, the whole military-industrial-complex. Take all the weaponry, all the nuclear warheads and rockets and fighter planes and cannons, all those M-16 machine guns and all the other deadly things that shoot, all the nerve gas and biologic and cyber weapons, take away the whole chain of command, war rooms, generals and obedient soldiers who are ready follow any cruel command without a thought.
Please God, take from us the money machine, the stock markets and the big banks, the obscene bonuses and salaries of CEOs, the sport bets and horse race bets and all other schemes to make money from nothing.
Maybe my dear God you could even take away the money game altogether, so we may just share our skills and expertise for free. This would be so cool : )
My God, could you maybe make another beautiful Earth and transfer lets say 3.5 billion people over there, so we have enough place here and enough place there and will not die from overpopulation.
God, i have just a few more little things to ask you now.
Please reset the nature kingdoms to the state of 1750, to the state before the Industrial Revolution.
Please restore the Great Barrier Reef and the Amazon Jungle and the Ice Sheets of the Antarctic and the Glaciers of Greenland and re-instate all the beautiful species of fauna and flora that have gone extinct since then, all the animals that have been killed for consumption and financial gain.
Dear God, if you could also increase and upgrade the consciousness of the Earth’s population by quite a bit so we are not any more have to stumble around like sleepwalkers, that we not any more have only trial-and-error to understand how life works, that we are not cut off from hearing the still small voice of the soul in our heart, that we are not blind anymore!
My dearest God, i realize all that is a lot to ask from you.
But you are almighty, i know you can do it.
And it would really mean a lot to a lot of us humans here.
Thank you God for listening & i hope to hear from you soon.
Amen
ps: Well, obviously i do not really believe in the Almighty Father-god up there with the beard who can be petitioned with all kinds of requests and who then proves his might and delivers what has been asked.
But … sometimes it is nice and healthy to voice your wishes, sometime it is necessary to let the burdened heart talk & lighten its load.
