There are but #nine
things I must remember today:
To be kind
To share joy
To show compassion
To be aware
To listen with openness
To have empathy
To consider your point of view
To lend a hand
To give love
#vss365
Groowth
Dream of Life
Bad dreams are just that,
bad dreams
In some cases
they can be good.
Like when you can’t remember
any of your dreams,
then any dream is welcome.
Or,
without bad dreams
we won’t know good dreams.
It’s hard to
Put your #finger on it.
I want to
“Dream
Of
Life.”
#vss365
Who Are We
Who we are
Is
We are who
We were raised to be
Mostly
With added learning you see
To become you, to become me
Life lessons
Start with Mom and dad
Then broaden from
Relationships we add
Learning what to keep
What to add
And
What to throw on the heap
Undoing Tedium
In the face of boredom
Create, you’ll get more done
When struck with idleness
Think of how to do more, not less
Wish to be without ennui
Seek to explore new territory
Suffering with lassitude
Take a meditation interlude
Feeling in a state of languor
Knock to open some new doors
“No More Separation.”
“No more separation.”
Yes some reparation
Can help heal this nation
Improve the station
Of those held back
By the institutional lack
Of freedoms we (read those mostly white, who hide behind it like night)
Hold dear, but that others fear
Policies and laws make clear
Storms are gathering near
Where exponential change
Will no longer be a strange
Concept whereby
We build allies
Who will rise
Above
And grow deep
Abiding love
For the creation
Of
“No more separation.”
This was inspired by a video of a preacher who kept exhorting, “No more separation.” I like that idea.
Destination Is In Our Heart
Touch hearts
Pierce them if you must
But not with violent projectiles
Instead with sacred trust
Show your vulnerability
Be open to be changed
Not with others’ insistence
But by expanding conscience range
We must learn to love more
Expand our empathy
Recognize how we’re alike
It’s our destiny
Poem 041718
Hard to believe
That what you receive
You must be open to first
Don’t be deceived
Rather, relieved
You’re not living under a curse
Be open to thoughts
Broader than oughts
That widen all your horizons
For what your mind has caught
Is collated and brought
Forward from a wise one
You Dig What To Do?
How do we uplift?
Create the shift?
Not be miffed?
Prevent the rift
From ever- expanding,
Giving short shrift,
Drop this gift,
To get the lift.
Sift with thrift,
Thought your mind.
Give of your time.
Connect to the divine.
Be inclined
To align,
Leave a sign that shines,
And intertwines,
With fellow humans being
Into seeing how to stop the
Fleeing
By freeing
Others’ well-being
April 4, 2018
Fifty years ago tomorrow
The world experienced such sorrow
Tremendous hope was taken away
When Martin Luther King, Jr was slain
Let us forever remember his words and deeds
They inspire us still as seeds
Growing strong roots it seems
So we can live”I have a dream”
Future Opportunity Now
The future holds
Not for the meek
But for the bold
Inbound opportunity
Possibility
Responsibility
To reshape compassion
Across humanity
Far away from profanity
Inanity
Depravity
And Into amity
Avoiding the calamities
Fomented by those sullied by
Profit and power
This is your hour
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