Poems

There Is No Need To Fear Death

Photo by Pixabay from Pexels The instinctive fear of death is instinctiveWe, the essence, do not dieOnly we the fearfulOnly fear dies.Not one great Wisdom denies life after deathEgyptians and their pharaohs knew that, long before Krishna told it What death is, is a treeA magnificent, undying treeBeyond which we sow our futureAnd find our futureWhat we leave […]

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Reflections in the Sun Are Free

Photo by James Reyes from Pexels Ultimately what frees her is what binds herFor she discovers nothing is absolutely freeHow great teachers differAbout most everything philosophicalHow none of them has grasped a golden thread of pure knowledgeIt’s wonderful for her self-expressionTo know there’s such honored company in cosmic ignoranceBut where that leads is to never ending askingAbout lifeAbout

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Three Pillars (Piece Two)

Photo by cottonbro from Pexels Even a roseLike a poetCannot thrive out of the light. Each of usA different lightIn search of an opening light. For we are not madeTo hide our lightBeneath a barrelBut to glow with joy from within. We search among the three pillars of our beingInto unknown territoriesTo release the dark easy of nonfulfillment.

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Limbo

Photo from Wikimedia You caught it in a glass jarto study it awhilein your kitchen, before turning it looseoutdoors. I didn’t study it. You did. You said.I didn’t exhaust myself with it. You did.I didn’t name it “Limbo.” Or read Sylvia Plath to it, half the night. You did. “Last summer’s reeds are all engraved

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