its a scary world

“listen: there’s a hell

of a good universe next door; let’s go”

― E.E. Cummings

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I want an alternate universe

really!

this one kind of sucks

at least at times

so much hate

anger

fear

so much failure

hurt

pain

sometimes you just want to roll over in bed

and hope to wake up

some place else

anywhere else

ah

but this life is what we are given

and yes

life is difficult

for everyone

we are in this together

our pain is a shared pain

echoed in a thousand

in a million

hearts and souls

but ours is also a shared strength

a shared hope

we are united by that Sacred Presence

in which we all live

and move

and have our being

it is a scary world out there

so take

my

hand

please?

Coffee and Rolls with God

Plant

So that your own heart

Will grow

Love

So God will think

“Ahhhh,

I got kin in that body!

I should start inviting that soul over

For coffee and

Rolls.”

                                Hafiz, The Gift, Trans. Ladinsky, p.330

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ah let us plant in our souls

in that deep rich soul

that is

“the one who knows”

that is most surely

us

the seeds of love and hope

of compassion

and

empathy

for Sacred soil

holds Sacred seed

safe in its embrace

and bears

Sacred fruit

I to Myself

“If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.”

― Henry David Thoreau, I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau

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there are moments

ah, there are moments

when plans and expectations

disappear

they are simply gone

and you are left standing

in the mist

surrounded by vagueness

slightly embarrassed

at your predicament

and wondering

how you will ever

find your way

out of the

wasteland

but perhaps

perhaps

it is not a wasteland

perhaps if you sit quietly for a moment

and breathe

and watch carefully

you will find

that it is really

paradise

lost