They tried to pull her back,
but the day had come
when she realized there was no going back,
Enlightened means no return
to the way things were –
they could never understand that
So, they grow more frail by the day,
limited in their vision, as ignorance takes root
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So I sit here amongst
Rabbits and squirrels,
While birds charmingly
Chirp, as my pain dulls.
For the wildlife are mainly
Content in just being free,
But I’ve Acquiesced to a
System that’s broken me.
Nature has a natural way
Of soothing the savage
Beast, and also the ability
Of granting my release.
It took me too many frozen
Years to finally understand
That there’s more to life
Than money, and more to
This world than any mere
Mortal can comprehend.
Stumble & stammer
I’ll find my way
there is a stone
inside me
that will not grind
itself away easily
some things in life
are worth the fight
a flush of anger
a core
to support worlds
building a structure
so the crawl may
be on knees,
shaken,
the path goes on
to the lighted mouth
of the yawning cave.
I remember in my
ignorant, growing youth
the temptation to be
rude to the outcast.
To align myself with a
seemingly popular set.
At first, I have in.
But there was a time
I finally decided a voice
of grace and good will
far outweighed the need
to fit in with all the nasty
in the world.
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He was sure
he knew until they
sat and talked
Thought he had
the culture pegged
after years of
absorbing knowledge
Then the Other
became more and more
like himself, and
the more he heard
the more he knew.
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Burn like a fish in the deepest
trench. The bright light of one
is ineluctable. Fiat lux! Lambent
shine is a light borne on each.
Wait not the beacon on high, for
no mountain of salvation looms.
No searing rays lift you to heal
your blindness. You can march in
parades and wave bright cloth, to
no avail. These are your eyes, not
theirs, yours for to see. Burn now
and see from the darkest depths.
When is enough
enough
When do we grow tired
of the wall-building
of boundaries to push each
other away
When we begin to listen
and learn again
Embracing our own
inner power to reason.