river now

In the depths of the consciousness

works and turns and shapes and projects the machinery

of energy upon energy through energy

that sprouts this river now.

Water Wheels

The cyclic flowing dramedy.

Hurt and wearied children raising

helpless tender children.

Water wheels upon water wheels within water wheels.

Not one of us controls the flow

yet only we create, guide, and change it.

practice

Life is practice for Life.

Conscious

Conscious choice is uncompelled.

Unexpectancy

Let us be notifiers, messengers, and listeners

instead of money collectors.

Half-moon

Half-moon

Mid-sky

Amidst clear morning blue

Fresh, crisp airs rinse my nostrils

Moon floats fast,

blazes oblivious

past nothing.

Blame Mirrors

Blame flung back and forth and around

acts as light in a hall of distorted mirrors.

No surface allows the light to co-rrectly see it,

instead covering, distorting, exaggerating, diminishing, or diverting

the light that touches it,

which prevents truth from being seen

as it is.

Both without and within

the skin.

Reluctance

Coerced persuasion and enticing lures

are perceived and abhorred

by an able mind.

Unnegation

No thing is complete, therefore true,

without its complement, the rest of the universe,

both of which have birthed, and continue to birth,

each other.

Rush

Rush is not speed of action.

It is the pull forward of urgent anxiety

which slips consciousness off its traction

onto distraction

and submerges the chooser

in unconscious currents, vortices, and maelstroms

that cause him to flail in desperation

with unintended reactions.

offense

No force in the universe

can offend [s]he

who knows h(im/er)self.

Likewise, each offense

provides a chance

to know oneself further.

moment

A myriad tiny steps of change

each unstoppable moment

persisted by continuous inertia

guided by refining choice

Barriers

We ourselves have wrought

the invisible barriers around us

out of mistrust, neglect, and competition

that stifle the cries between us

of our longing for connection and meaning.

Superstitution

Thank yous and sorrys

Spit out in rushed reaction

Carry little to none

Of their original meaning.

Superstituted husks.