Take a minute to breathe
Actually, just exhale
The rest will take care of itself.
All around, the world is showing you
How to simply let go.
With signs as subtle as which way the wind blows.
Or if you’d rather,
Hold on as tight as you possibly can
Eventually you too will become exhausted.
Pleasure or pain isn’t the point,
Since both are subjective,
And interchangeably desirable for some.
The point is finding there is really no point
No up or down
Only that space you’ve exhaled to.
(8/10/26)
Life is just a minute - only 60 seconds in it
Forced upon you - can’t refuse it
Didn’t see it - didn’t choose it
But it’s up to you to use it
You must suffer if you lose it
Give an account if you abuse it
Just a tiny, little minute,
but eternity is in it.
“Not just a minute or a second, but forever. This is, what my now is. But, paradoxically, I am Imprisoned between before and the next. The choices I make inevitably leads to consequences; be them good or; not so favorable. Everything is under my control.”
just a minute
reflection -
just checking in,
just jostling,
against the rainbow of my mind.
just preparing,
just pausing, before taking
the byway to church.
where i’ll be -
just listening,
just praying,
just praising,
and remembering
just how blessed i am.
Just because life sucks
You don’t wanna live no more?
Fine! So why don’t you
just go ahead and kill yourself?
Get it over with—
Stand in front of a runaway train…
Life ain’t worth living for sissies.
You think only you got the problems?
Think again. Life ain’t fair. Big deal!
So what you wanna do?
Sleep on a bed of roses
and drink wine and eat caviar all day?
If life was all that good
Everybody would wanna live forever.
Life is a *****!
If you don’t have guts to stand up to her,
Then it ain’t worth living anyway,
No one is gonna fight your fight
Either you roll with the punches
Or throw in the towel,
Either you play her game
Or roll over and play possum;
And let me know when you are dying,
I’ll email some flowers to your funeral,
Or, Stand Up, dammit, and fight like a man!
"Guts and Gain" contest by Olive Eloisa Guillermo
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