Posts made in March, 2008

stopped on a dime

there is some endless and lost sun
shining in ecstasy, shining forever
there through your eyes
i have noticed this fragrant abode,
this mountain of still magic
this place standing taller than time

through one who has come undone
standing still, my swing has stopped
motionless screaming in delight
of things known thru all ages
of things felt thru all time
of you who i know now
and will always love

i am stopped on a dime
i am suspended in a place
of living time

They say Inner Peace is free of charge …

There are some things in life I learned on my own.

Most have to do with organic bodily processes. The reptilian brain responses to external stimuli. “Built-in” stuff. Innate stuff. Fear, hunger, survival programs. Turning grunts and groans into meaningful – or in some cases, meaningless – dialogue.

With regard to growth, maturity, propelling ones self ahead in life, communication, livelihood, relationships, ownership… all this had to be learned. The learning process was as prone to fault as the marriage between teacher and student. Many questionable teachers, often a reluctant student. Many trials and tests. Many cyclical loops of learning new ways to break things, versus old ways to fix things. And the School of Life goes on.

Within

WITHIN
The world resides within me.
All the stars,
the wind
the sunshine
the moonglow
resting
and moving,
within ? my ? breath
Joanne
May 2006

Yet another adventure, with a free pass to enter

An Adventure

There is an adventure, greater than any other, which takes no plane, no ship, and requires no ticket to enter.

There is a place, my friends, to fly with no wings, to rest without sleeping and to journey without walking. Having only one requirement, which is to enjoy, I ask you, “Do you remember having the heart of a child?”

Do you remember the delight of a swing as we strove to pump ourselves higher and higher, jumping through the air and laughing with glee to fly weightless and free for only one brief second?

Mental Floss

MENTAL FLOSS

c.march.2008

THERE’S SOMETHING STUCK IN MY MIND
EVERY WAKING MOMENT AND AT NIGHT…
I FEEL IT
AND IT ANNOYS ME EVERYDAY
LIKE SOME FOOD STUCK IN MY TEETH
EVERY TIME YOUR TONGUE
GLIDES ACROSS AND MEETS
IT INTERFERES AND WON’T GO AWAY
…
SO WHEN YOU FIND
YOU CAN’T GRASP
THAT PEACE OF MIND
I’VE FOUND SOMETHING THAT WILL WORK
I’LL GIVE YOU SOME FLOSS
TO HELP YOU LOOSEN AND TOSS
THAT THOUGHT THAT
KEEPS GETTING IN YOUR WAY
…