Wherefrom does arise that impulse divine,
which we deludedly claim as our own,
thus offerings of grace decline?
In the void of silence, we dethrone
wayward ego birthing fear and desire,
whence mellow and gentle becomes our tone.
Having consigned ego to the funeral pyre,
all that remains is presence aware,
radiating God’s eternal fire.
Recognise oh hermit, each thought as a snare ~
Call of God beseeches that with love we pair
I need to know:
when things go a rye.
when all you plan goes up in the air.
when life gets turned upside down
when no one calls anymore.
when friends you thought were friends get strange
when you can answer in one syllable "yes" or "no.
when your dreams fail.
when the one you pick is not the one.
when every day seems the same.
when no one looks you in the eye.
when you feel blue.
when the sun no longer shines,
and it's not night.
When you just plain have had it.
I need to know why.
“The knowing by which everything is known ~
Enables us to come into our own”
~ quote by poet
Thought the toxin, which ego feeds
Save ourself, who else can we blame
Lust a tempest, too hard to tame
In staid silence, ego recedes
Poised in peace, we choose to be still
Voids within in timeless time fill
Fears and desires ebb, love then leads
We feel one with the universe
Dancing without need to rehearse
Head melds with the heart, where bliss breeds
No conflicts remain to resolve
We do nothing but yet evolve
On God’s love and light, our soul feeds
His magnetism fills feeble form
We yield to love’s benign bliss storm
Thought the toxin, which ego feeds
In staid silence, ego recedes
Fears and desires ebb, love then leads
Head melds with the heart, where bliss breeds
On God’s love and light, our soul feeds
I need to know
Father if you are going to
Listen to please
Because I am already
Sick and tired of the Winter
Please father hurry up
End put an end to the horrible
Winter
I need the sun
Because the sun gives me
The vitamin d that I need badly
Yes father I am not getting any younger
I want to live my life as long as I can
Yes father I am very happy with my life
I have my happy and sad moments father
When I am sad I stay in my room
And I have my crying section
It is only for a few minutes
I have some good friends
That I can always count on
All we need to know
The present moment’s passing does not cease.
Stay in it.
Pause, learn and cherish inner peace.
Nourish mind and body for good health.
Fight entropy.
Plan, discipline habits and know your inner wealth.
Keep work, rest and play in equilibrium,
Adapt to change.
Balance out steady themes in life’s idiom.
Cherish small joys, beauty and simplicity.
Share contentment.
Keep friends to enrich life’s felicity.
Embrace challenge as a chance to grow and inspire.
Delight in purpose.
Hold direction to tend your soul's fire.
Practice humility and forgiveness.
Drop the grudges.
Compassionate acts give and receive gladness.
Align your values, principles and actions.
Plant only harmony.
Integrity, trust and respect unite the world’s factions.
Greed does not care if you refuse to listen,
and give it a feed.
Greed does not care if you go without a feed,
to fill more and yet more pockets, so others cannot feed.
Greed does not care about the reason you give it a cheep feed,
Greed does not care if the hungry go without a feed,
Greed does not care which resource,
you use up in order to give it a feed,
Greed does not care if creeks can no longer give a river a feed.
Greed for resource management,
does not see the need,
Greed for keeping some trees for life,
does not see the need,
Greed for long term management,
does not see the need,
Greed for national parks,
does note see the need,
Greed for green spaces ,
does not see the need.
Greed for sharing,
does not see the need
Greed for your future,
does not see the need.
Greed for you to make a profit.
does not see the need,
Greed for another tomorrow,
does not see the need.
"The future of life on Earth depends on our ability to see the sacred where others see only the common."- Quote by John Denver
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on the theme of WHOSE GARDEN WAS THIS?
OCTOBER 1970, JOHN DENVER ALBUM
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This garden was once lovely
The forest had tall trees
The meadows were opulent green
The oceans were true blue
This garden was once lovely
They called it mother earth
She smelled of rain in air
Her breath soft terpene
Rivers now don’t flow freely
Soil is now not brown rich
Smoke now chases away blues
Hills now don’t stand still
This garden was once lovely
Mother Earth was once healthy
Future shall forget the past
The present is too brittle to be true
So many “experts” write books
How to do this and how to do that
You know, “The Idiots Guide To Whatever”
They may help some people
Others think of them as jokes
To be ridiculed and laughed at
But no one has ever written the right book
It should be titled “All You Need To Know”
A book of knowledge we all need to know
Things we know we should say
How we should behave when things happen
Basically, how to be us
Not even a better us
Just how to be us
Maybe I will just go check in the bookstores
But I do not think anyone has had the guts to write it
© Poem IX/VII/MMXXIV
LRET
. for public domain
We need not know everything,
let some of life be a surprise,
remember the glow in a child's face,
remember the gleam in their eyes.
The wars that run the world,
the terrors of nature run wild,
the shame for our faults and sins,
fade in the smile of a child.
We cannot light the universe alone,
or in numbers too large to count,
but we can bring love to our neighbors.
We know this, and surely, there can be no doubt.
Today I took the time to sit
and watch the flowers grow.
In the stillness of their beauty
they said all I need to know.
I leaned a little closer,
though their voice was in my heart,
needing to be extra sure
I understood each part.
“As you, we have the gift of life
and hope for love and care.
As you, we’ve dangers lurking
all about us everywhere.
As you, we need water
from when heaven sends the rain.
We need food and air and sun,
and yes, we can feel pain”
Through the weight of my stare
I was keenly aware
of being much bigger and taller,
but their innocent voice
gave me hardly a choice
and I suddenly felt so much smaller.
Today I chose to make the time
to help the flowers grow,
share with them the things they need,
most of which I know.
So precious are the gifts of life
surrounding us everywhere,
all we really need to know
is the heart of someone who cares.
We need to know the truth of soul
Our self existent light
We’ve drifted away from life’s goal
And so we crouch in fright
Cessation is the way
Where all we do is pray
Letting God have His say
Give it a go
We need to know
30-May-2023
Quietus
I want to wake to you each day,
fall asleep with the taste of
you on my lips
Never to be fake, to be the rays
for your sun to eclipse
Your reason for embracing everyday,
the need you have in life to achieve
Always teasing I want never
to be replaced,
the seed to help you believe
Can I get lost in your luscious extreme,
the welcoming moon in your nights
The daily cost within your dreams,
the sweet tune that brings you light
I want to cause your bottom lip
to slightly shake, from anticipation
of your lips meeting mine
The sweetness to sip in the wake
of our love, to be that realization,
not a fleeting sign
For our bodies to tremble, from the
want of the others touch
I pray it’s me that resembles the need
you want and love so much
Just laying here thinking about you,
has me craving the deliciousness that is you
I guess what I’m saying is your enslaving
my ridiculousness I've given to so very few
See I would surrender my last breath for
you and these feeling still grow
Can you promise me the same in return,
can you share with me I need to know
8/2/22
If he makes you wonder just how much you're loved
Then baby he's doin' it wrong
If his heart doesn't melt at the thought of your touch
Then you're somewhere where you don't belong
If he's not seein' stars every time you make love
Then I know a place you can run
You need to know that I'd love you better
In my eyes you'd see nothin' short of forever
My heart would follow wherever you go
I'd be all in baby body and soul
You need to know
If when you're apart he don't go insane
Then I'm tellin' you somethin' ain't right
If the smell of your skin the taste of your lips
Doesn't light up his fire
Then I know somebody who'd trade everything
To be what he never could be
You need to know that I'd love you better
In my eyes you'd see nothin' short of forever
My heart would follow wherever you go
I'd be all in baby body and soul
You need to know
You'd never feel second best
Or have to ask me where you stand
You need to know that I'd love you better
In my eyes you'd see nothin' short of forever
My heart would follow wherever you go
I'd be all in baby body and soul
You need to know
Curiosity . . .
Did it really kill the cat?
Maybe, but who cares?
time
spins
in
one
big
blur
sanity
dangling
i trust
in
alexa
AP: Honorable Mention 2021
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