round the eclipsed moon

I could not win the competition of brilliants,
so I strove toward a different point of view.
I had no mark to make with greater knowledge --
but I could perceive a less common scene,
a focal skew.
Silent in the cacophony of what everybody knows
-- why bother to be part of that din?
Here I so clearly see what the crowd seems
not to get, and thus feel compelled to speak,
give voice to a broader context.


History spirals and rhymes
Same DNA, different times
How can we learn to survive as rational actors,
our direction round beyond round?
What is there to find we’ve not already found
and sold?


I am so sick of this rash waste of energy
blaring blame on particular thems for our sins.


Freedom is never free.
There is always a cost – or where’s the value?


7/29/18





going live


live
look for answers when that feels like free entertainment
look for questions when those answers fail to thrill
look for special secret sparkling rays of mystery
or study history
or learn the ways of wizardry
dance, sing, get into the swing of days and nights,
human rights, and the lessons of mistakes,
or just embrace each moment, then let go
It's not about what you know, but what you feel;
nothing's real -- enjoy the show


7/26/18



The conflict implied in competition


7/19


Pervasive negativity
Mewling, screaming, nattering, complaining
Chaos of clutter and mess
noxious scent
cringe of continuous expectation
of ever greater disrespect
Demands so sweet, but cruel
from one who won’t deign to do
effort of self-responsibility

7/22


Why do I need someone else
to tell that it hurts,
or that it is wonderful?
Why does it matter to me to share
these small everyday profundities
of subjective experience?


7/27