No
drama
Quiet, peaceful
glide
Forward [this morn]
[this night]
each moment
alive
Habitual
thoughts
screensavers
for emergent ideas
to replace.
All we have to make
sense of
(the human need for
meaning)
to deal with the
tragedies, comedies,
ironies,
catastrophes, savage families
is art.
With grace, with
art, we can dance
soulfully
in the warm,
beatific rain,
distract enough from
the pain.
Ideas belong to all
minds
who they
engage
We each may choose
to agree
disagree
change to make more
agreeable
No longer giving
permission for disrespect.
"we the people" is
not a creature
it is an
affirmation, a call to our better selves, an aspiration, a rallying cry, a way
of thinking of ourselves as we as people as power
we often get so
caught up in the dramas, the pain, the work of living that we deny ourselves the
simple joys
when we see those
pictures of "poor but loving" families people extol, what are these loving,
happy though poor, people doing? Dancing, singing, laughing, working together
on creative projects to make their meager resources do more, hugging, smiling
with encouragement, what else?
I am not
addicted
apparently I do not
have an addictive personality, too adaptable to attach to habit
though I enjoy my
habits while they last
I enjoy social media
as a distraction from real life
irritations, and as
a place to show my work, my thoughts,
to share what I find
that may interest those farflung others as well
and to be inspired
by what those others share
even when
irritating
because irritation
is part of the process
of turning grit to
pearl
12/17/19-1/2/20
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