The Earth Abides - Reason for query
You asked, how can I laugh and live
And show no sign of fear to give?
In anger's grip, I too shout real loud
Yet, also in tears, I burst, my fears unbound.
Why be so critical then, you ask
To see just crap in life's broad cast
To sound so grumpy, old and worn
Is this the path we've proudly sworn?
Yes, brave I seek out the hard truths, sure
Then search to even learn some more
For sometimes one must cross
Through treacherous swamps...
To reach more pleasant shores.
Finding from all, truth is like a coconut
Tough and hairy, and rough outside
Yet once inside to the juice of it
Such glory does it hide.
Within its shell, find a creamy world
Pure gold glory lay inside
Where all that one cracks it for
Finds it well worth any ride.
Just throw away the hairy bits
Curse crackling that hard shell
For when one gets to the milk of this
Peaceful heaven lies inside hell.
Yes, I climb hot craggy hills
Wade through muddy rock-strewn streams
Freeze in the early morning hours
Going through such terrible extremes.
To find truth though is not all that grumpy
Tell me how else though can I act
To balance all out quite wisely
Understanding, unpleasant Earth facts.
Yearning for tenderness's embrace
Within the hard, finding a gentle face
For truth abides where it's least seen
To reveal it all, break it open, we must be keen.
See look, one part’s like gold
The other to be purged like poisoned lead
Washed through life’s variable corrections
Burnished bright candle then to be lit, and fed.
For you know Santa Claus has left us
And Jesus, well, he has too
So it’s up to us, to find and light our truths
Else this place remains a devil’s zoo.
So let us light our own true way
With good and bad, we'll find our path
Through trials and tribulations, stay
And in our loving Earth, we'll safely bask.
Yes, now lit with good Life and Living
Cracked open, well learned what’s truly inside
Seeing good and bad then wedged together
On loving Earth better lit bright, I can safely abide, not hide.
Wastes perceived, forgotten now
Many integral parts, I disavow
Without their role, no coconut whole
So in Earth's embrace, I, yes we, can find and live our soul.
Copyright ©
Brian Rusch
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