Antibiotics and steroids
This is my routine
October day near eighty
Not for me
Take the dogs for a walk
See my skin revolt
Feel my mind shrivel
Lump in my throat
I love the fall
It’s usually for me
My energy returns
Not this year
Poetry for the Soul
08 Oct 2010 6 Comments
in Misc, Nature, poetry, Uncategorized Tags: autumn, fall, health, life, nature, walk
Antibiotics and steroids
This is my routine
October day near eighty
Not for me
Take the dogs for a walk
See my skin revolt
Feel my mind shrivel
Lump in my throat
I love the fall
It’s usually for me
My energy returns
Not this year
07 Oct 2010 9 Comments
in Inspirational, Misc, poetry, Spiritual Tags: Eastern, growth, isolated, lonely, Pema Chodron, personal growth, to be, Western
Is it Easier….
One long cold winter,
I learned about loneliness
How to be with loneliness.
A Buddhist Nun’s wise words
taught me to sit and be with
loneliness and I will learn.
I’ll tell ya did I learn
about myself,
my baby,
relationships,
society,
Earth,
the World.
It was one long winter.
Me, my baby, and my old big dog.
My perspective was forever changed.
Of course, I only remember about half
the knowledge or the exact words.
It is inside me, deeply rooted and
takes over when needed like an auto-pilot,
slowly steering me along.
Is it depressing to be in a lonely state? or
Is it a part of living and growing as a person?
Western philosophy, my society, teaches
loneliness is a negative state to be.
You need to avoid or quickly replace
It is not good to be lonely.
Eastern philosophy teaches loneliness
is a state of being.
An opportune time to reflect inward.
Stay and face the feeling,
take it for what it is
There are many different reasons
someone might feel lonely: a child at recess,
lost teenager, someone missing someone, a
woman eating alone, an old man sitting on a
bench, a woman that’s been married five years.
Is it easier to be lonely single or attached?
What do you think?
* Buddhist Nun- Pema Chodron
07 Oct 2010 5 Comments
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That song I love is ours.
Can I have it back?
or Is it lost to me like you?
07 Oct 2010 2 Comments
in Just for fun, Misc, poetry, Uncategorized
Stick to the plan, Stan.
No. Stay flexible, man.
So, what do you want?
04 Oct 2010 8 Comments
4 E l e m e n t s
Eagle flies with the wind holding a precious gift
Lifting higher to the north and turning to the
East facing the sun rising full flaming red
Mother knows he comes baring an
Essential element of life
Needed to sustain
Tomorrows
Sip
Earth Water Fire Air
I have wanted to do this style for awhile. It seemed very fitting with the poem for the potluck.
*for prompt Jingles Monday Potluck
03 Oct 2010 3 Comments
in haiku
Cultures are ever changing
time ticks by
written word stays the same.