“Oh hermit, drop that thought ego begot ~
Relinquish beliefs to become self-taught”
~ quote by poet
What is belief save thought forms reinforced,
till we’re convinced that that is the truth,
caging consciousness in our mind,
which reworded simply means
that thus self-hypnotised,
light within opaqued,
we just wander
like a ghost
in fear,
lost.
Be
this be
as it may,
we can redeem
our soul’s inner light
by shifting to the heart,
viewing the world as a dream,
that thus in but not of the world,
by resting in time dissolved silence,
we see clearly that we are living light.
Cheerios got haughty when she saw who had arrived.
Those stupid Fruit Loops will not keep anyone alive.
She whispered to her neighbor but no one whispered back.
That’s when she noticed she is on the end of the cereal track.
Fruit Loops tried to make conversation, but Cheerios is stuck up.
Keeping her coupons so high, they could not come down with a pup.
Fruit Loops thought she was hard of hearing and tried harder now.
Cheerios stuck wax in her ears, she felt no kinship or wow.
Don’t even try it another box of Fruit Loops said to the new box.
She has always been haughty, she thinks she’s a chic fox.
Fruit Loops did not have to worry for long, she was soon gone.
Taken off the shelf by a boy and his daddy and mom.
• Such a charming fellow
• With eyes a vibrant yellow
• He'll stare you down
• Often with a frown
• Befriend him and you'll see he's quite mellow
death came from rattle snakes
build a fort just to dig his grave
air became thinner inside
with every single inhale
mesmerised by the good feeling
his obscured vision of love
couldn't differ between words or places
memories that still haunt him at dawn
one common bite and 100 different faces
excruciating pain and smile on their faces
black dahlia flourished in my rose garden
my eyes rained, someone punctured the cloud
scandals that can ruin lives, lies that can take lives
a friend is not a friend of yours
beware of those snakes
who befriend you and kill your soul
Befriend all tiny creatures
Open up your empathy genes
let the small ant live
OUCH!
Okay, not this small ant
because he was a biter
But befriend the moths, the butterflies,
the grasshoppers, the damsel flies,
be kind to the spider
allow her to build her gorgeous web
befriend the tiny ones
for who knows?
in an alternative universe
you might be wishing they were
all befriending you.
Befriend everybody, make them like you
Do whatever you can, dance the old soft shoe
Make a peapod want to give you her brew
Embrace a cactus, loan a lizard your dew.
You never know when you will need a friend.
Some people do not have one to the lonely end.
Befriend everyone, some day you might need someone to help you.
In the meantime, you had better practice that old soft shoe.
Squirrels befriended a soft-spoken kind ladybug faerie
She was thrilled with their oak tree which was incredibly airy
She asked if she could invite her friends Berry, Gerry, Terry and Larry
The squirrels enjoyed them so much they let her also invite her pal Mary.
Jabberwock, oh jabberwock, how misunderstood you are
Fierce men come by to steal your head, but only leave a scar.
you yearn not for blood, but love I think,
a scratch beneath your chin.
But when men arrive with swords
you fight them on a whim.
Ignorant they are, dear wocky, scaly beast,
can't blame you now, my jabby friend, for making them your feast.
Have you—the uncounted colorless—truly crowned on us?
You seem to grin triumphantly from your fake castle.
But wait!
We won’t count on your temporary winning.
Life has trained us to befriend enemies:
Cancer, Chicken Fox, Small Fox, Chikungunya, Ebola,
Influenza, Malaria, Rubella, Roseola, SARS, HIV,
You name it…and Corona is of no difference!
Playing with fright, you’re so contagious, but have forgotten
that fears are so contingent, and reliantly expedient,
when tamed with patience and intelligence
to befriend you with diligence:
And you, the new paralyzed friend,
are never now making us threatened.
So, stop there, and let’s just be friends.
(Andreas Akun, 19 August 2020)
Life only means life
when sorrow is sturdily liberated
from a fearful heart.
Yet the strongest heart valiantly beats
when life frees life
into liberated sadness,
not to fearlessly beat but
befriend sorrow.
(March 2019)
If you live your life correctly,
death walks close by your side
To constantly remind you,
that time’s not on your side
Your choice on how to handle,
to ignore or then befriend
Will change your life completely
—as each day begins again
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)
Are you the hero
of a recurring dream
Or the victim
of a life undone
Are you the ambassador
for all you esteem
Or a fugitive
—a soul on the run
Are you a real friend
beyond trial and strife
Whose allegiance
now stalwart defends
Are you the true master
of all your desires
Or the ghost
—of what sleep can’t befriend
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
Never believe time is straight
Then time you will never hate
Control your time with all your might
Keep time well within your sight
Time is a shadow of mist
Filling our souls with lies
It’s March we cannot resist
Fight back and utilise
Time our enemy or our friend
Don’t ignore it, it will be your end
Time our friend will make you free
Unlock life’s secrets and be happy
Mess with time it will drive you crazy
Time will make you sad and lazy
Befriended time in your life
Your life will be without any strife
---
i recently befriended
her
and that might have been one of my biggest mistakes
because now i see why she's so great
and i realize now why you chose her
and i can't help but feel even sadder
This spirit bared to your view
My thoughts....
Dressed only in their own sincerity
A love....
Exposed entirely by true feelings
Innocence raped....
Peeled away from this stripped mind
Sensitivity....
Ripped to its last lonely thread
My heart....
Clothed only in wishful longing throbs
Copyright © 2014 Robert William Gruhn - All Rights Reserved
"A poem to me is the essence of any thought,
Being built from its foundation into tower scraping sky.
It can fly like no other bird to places never seen,
Even spaceships can only dream of taking its place."
© 2014 Robert William Gruhn
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