33. streetwise to home

Photo by Rachel Claire from Pexels When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me…Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. Let it Be, the Beatles (1970) Late summer, 2020’s. In the far corner of a yard outside a convent JAKE (wearing a straw hat) and RATTLER (with a limp – a young dog […]

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Caught in a Labyrinth

Photo from Wikimedia What is this mystery called love?Patience of the soul?Fickle-mindedness of the heart?Buona fortuna of the naked skin? What is love, for that matter, but a labyrinth of sensations.A labyrinth, I say, of questions, and more. And what is a labyrinth?Besides love?A maze passing through in no particular direction.A compass without a point.

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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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