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The Paradox of Time

You've seen 
what time can do 
     How 
     winds
           carve rock 
and how ancient seas 
  dumped their sediment 
on the ground
     take note 
of the changes 
Proceed cautiously 
     Our eyes have
tasted fire
     our ears have 
seen the progression of time
Let's take joy in 
    nature's dance
   Let the earth 
      take a few more whirls 
wait patiently for  
the inevitable march 
of the days, months, millenia

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The Wine of Life

The past has 
flown out the window
   The present is full of sorrow
   Look to the future 
for a taste of the  
   sweet wine of life 
Your tears will change to laughter
  if you focus on what is to come
Tomorrow - looming ahead like 
    a bright shining star
is something we should never
    lose sight of 
Let the dance begin!
   Let the songs be sung!
Let the wine of life 
   be poured 
         into gorgeous goblets of 
purest gold!

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Purple Flowers of My Adolescence

Purple flowers of my 
adolescence
   Gone now - gone forever
  Outside my window 
young girls play hopscotch
Taxis whizz by 
Young lovers embrace
   Getting lost in the humming metoroplis 
is a good way to eliminate angst
The biblical three score and ten years
is not that felxible
    Purple flowers of my adolescense
Gone now - gone foerver
   Still I see images of them at times
in the eyes of certain strangers

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Safe Harbors

The ship we have 
    known 
is sailing again
    It is sailing through 
the ocean of pain
    Through the sea 
it sails
    right on course 
Soon it will reach 
the islands 
the islands of temptation 
the isles of bliss
No storms there, no sorrow 
Our rest is assured 
    Before we land 
  on the blessed 
  isle
We will taste the fruits 
         of the life 
        we have known 
Yes, and we will dance 
among the gardens 
   where we see
dawn rise once again 
over the ocean and the verdant lands

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Devoted Daughter of the Moon

Always asking question 
The devoted daughter of the moon 
     revels in starlight 
  Sweet to the touch, the taste
She dances around an eternal campfire
    The night wears on 
    Still she dances!
She will dance this way until dawn 
when the bright rays of the sun 
    will send her looking for shelter
One million dawnsa and one million
    dreams later 
She'll awaken 
to cast her glow 
upon our epoch 
which is in sore need 
   of tinsel and starlight

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Lights In the Distance

Sitting here in my apartment
listening to the Mets game on the radio 
   Looking out my window 
seeing the lights from a 
  nearby building 
   How many lives are being 
acted out 
      Here in the vast metropolis
How many romances, how many 
   dreams
Are taking place behind
   the lights 
Imagination can go only so far 
    Reality can out pace it anytime 
City Dwellers feel the 
    excitement(and the angst)
           which the asphalt 
homeland is famous for
  Life is a funny thing
Our concerns are a small 
     thing in the vastness 
of the cosmos
But millions of city lives 
    create indelible patterns
Which become the soul 
of the city 
The young, the old, the male, the female
   all participate 
   In the dance of the 
masses
   This dance of civilization 
   Which continues 
despite sorrow and regret
    This dance cof urban life 
revives the many hope-filled 
dwellersw 
  In the concrete 
canyons of New York City












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Newspaper Story

Something terrible is going on
in a distant part
of 
the 
world
    Open your eyes this 
morning
   see what your fellow 
beings 
        are experiencing
Natural disasters - terrible earthquakes and floods
    put one's own 
problems into perspective
   Unemployment may 
be up - you may be broke 
   You can take comfort 
in the fact that your house is not flooded and that the
power lines 
     are operating well in your area
We ride on our small boats 
   toward a safe haven 
    headlines don't tell the full story 
of billions of individuals 
on our blue earth 
Living day to day 
and wondering if there is a G-d 
   who will lead them home

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The Dharma Ends

Your fate is sealed
   Once a year
or so the book 
   tells us
   Death is not 
a thing to worship 
  Life is!
 When some small creature 
        crawled forth from the primeval 
ooze
  We were left with
the responsibility of 
   continuing the cycle
  We walk on gilded splinters 
and just maybe we should let 
Father Time decide our fate
  But I feel we should 
  resist to the end
  Stop the killing 
  Let peace reign 
  on our small planet
  which circles a life-giving star
  We are the stewards of 
  our biosphere
  We owe our exsitence
to a miracle

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A Change In Autumn

As the world 
closes in on us
   our eyes 
see 
    what our hearts 
permit them to see
In autumn - in 
the waning of the year 
as the trees 
   turn orange, red and golden
before the land is covered in white 
we will see sound and light 
Surrounded by nature's beauty we become a part 
  of the eco-system 
A great dawn 
  awaits us 
in the end 
Voices of ancient 
    children 
reverberate in the cool air
Sometimes when it seems 
that we are lost 
the rhythm of the seasons 
reminds us of what we may become
Perhaps this autumn light 
  will bring this world 
to its' senses 
Strength, Tranquility 
and a heavy sense 
      of peace 
Are being swept in 
by a cool Northeastern breeze

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Shadows On the Land

A deep and lasting 
peace
       has been disturbed 
      by the winds 
                   of our time
    Shadows on the land
For every postcard
    you send out
during this time of 
     cool winds
     You will receive 
and answer
     It may not be the 
answer you wanted
    But know that 
the sun, moon, and stars
     Are all on your side
Far distant galaxies 
      are calling your NAME