Regularity

Regularity builds substance.

shameless

I think the repulsion to the common connotation of the word shameless

is not towards the absence of shame

but towards a knowing, willing incorrectness.

Disdain

One cannot understand

what one disdains

nor what one fears

success

images of success
include
he who controls
via money, influence, attraction, or force.
he who satisfies his desires,
who achieves, completes, reaches.
he who enjoys
the juice of the moment, pure.

all these assume success
exists

unwillingness

I feel the unwillingness to let go of
the image I imagine others have of me
as someone who
does not make mistakes.

flashes

Like the brief flashes of blue
I sometimes catch with my fleeting eye

from my sunlit crystal prism

feel those clear flashes of insight

that I sheerly know are true.

devotion

The target of devotion

can himself become devoted

to his devotee's devotion,

and be unwilling to let go.

He may then veil his true image

from the devotee

to preserve the allure

to prevent him from

consuming his satisfaction

and falling out of devotion

of that sweet, dear devotion.

Thus attached to devotion

he creates a feedback cycle

that locks the flow of satisfaction

and holds it fast

until one side ventures

to peer deeper.

categories

We traverse the categories

child, adult

teacher, student

man, woman

friend, enemy

server, serviced

victor, victim
hurter, hurt

seeker, target
healthy, ill
aged, young

wise, foolish

able, unable

strong, frail

potent, weak

joyful, miserable

selfish, generous

lauded, outcast

arrogant, humble
social, lonely

hopeful, discouraged

devious, forthright

proud, ashamed

wealthy, poor

comfortable, desperate

active, passive

causer, effected

violent, peaceful

success, failure

fear, courage
pleasure, pain

through life
in order to be them all
as the one witness

in one continuous fabric

woven together by time and memory.

thus can we experience firsthand

how it all is the one

same

sheet

Superlatives

False superlatives weaken words.

interpretation

Interpretation

Can only be self-derived.

flowering buds

We are flowering buds

If only for a lifetime

We are flowering buds