From Eagle 🦅 to a Snail 🐌
I once was an Eagle 🦅 and soared in the sky above majestic and powerful and proud of my agility and skill at hunting I spent hours among the clouds and my vision rivaled the best binoculars then one day a hunter shot me by mistake thinking I was a…
Read MoreThe Wheel of Time….Stopped
The Wheel of Time stopped and I jammed it into reverse I had left something that I realized would be hard to replace So I returned an…… gave my best defense…..which was an admission that I had succumbed to my fear I asked for forgiveness and was granted a reprieve…..a…
Read MoreIn a different form …….for Rilke
Commonly held that energy created transcends time and space and never dissipates that being said you are still here.. just in a different form I thought so…. You were so dynamic and creative that source wouldn’t make sense to end no sense at all I feel your presence when I’m…
Read MoreGifts I never asked for……
It is wonderful and pleasant to me To receive gifts I never asked for By taking the time to access these gifts it brings peace and comfort to my mind So I got much more that I asked for and I am beginning to understand That is your beautiful nature…
Read MoreOk you win
I give up ……..you win I don’t see starting over again So the deck was stacked before we began I give up…..you win Hard to resist when you get more than you give That kind of investment pays huge dividends So just thought you should know how the game would…
Read MoreThe Last Flights of the Gypsy Moth
Walking I came upon an old gypsy moth I could tell he was older by the wear on the wings and the fading coloration Struggling to take off and unable to stay airborne for more than a few seconds After several attempts it resigned itself to take a break But…
Read MoreLess doing…… more living
You need to keep busy and much of the time that’s true It if you are always doing life will escape you For without frequent moments to reflect all the places and things you have been through You will forget Always doing….life will escape you Pause often Ttucro
Read MoreDon’t walk in the dark……wait
It’s dark outside and you cannot see There is no need to hurry there is no emergency So wait for the light it’s just a matter of time…. And you will see clearly and the path you will find You will see clearly and the path you will find Wait…..…
Read MoreThat was then ……this is now
Almost got away from us……fear got in the way But facing that we look back and laugh about our mistakes Sometimes the things we want are wrapped in a way that are initially hard to see, But taking the time to unwrap them we see things differently So that was…
Read MoreStop looking
Most of the time I seem to find Most people have what they want They just neglect to accept the fact And go on looking as though they are blind So I offer from experience that if you pause and take a look…….at what your searching for You will find…
Read MoreThe Best Teachers
The best teachers…… help their students……. learn to teach themselves……. ttucro
Read MorePlato in Rags
Plato’s Spirit laughs as people walk past his Spiritual Host because of his appearance life has its way of shaping and forming us, some we are able to deflect and some we are driven to accept But the “ wise “ realize that everyone is a teacher……everyone has a bit…
Read MoreWarehousing the ELDERLY
I pray when it’s time for me to go it will be a quiet and quick end to my “show” May I live to be remembered as a “caring and thoughtful soul”…… that that may be pushing it “ I dabbled on the high wire and often I fell but…
Read MoreHeuristic Life
“God forbid that I should have lived…. Never owning or deserving a scar ttucro I would like to say……I pray attention to those people placed in my path…. But that would be a lie so my tendency is to do it my way and deal with the repercussions and go…
Read MoreImpossible
Good to remember….that when all our attempts fail God never does……..impossible ttucro
Read MoreEmbarrassed to be a fraud
I would love to tell you that I am accomplished at being loving, kind and considerate…… but that would make Pinociho trustworthy I would love to say my heart goes out to the elderly and the people dealing with dibilitating illnesses…..and something goes out ….. perhaps concern but that’s about…
Read MoreSurrender to Win
I am expected to do the best I can…..with the situations I find at hand but what I cannot control or change to my benefit then I am now at a time when I surrender to “it” sounds like being defeated but “defeat” happens when I am overwhelmed and confused…
Read MoreSad for you ……let go
I feel sad for you because you won’t let go I did what I did and the “why “ you know…..so own your mistakes…… like I’m trying to own mine we identified the problems but that’s as far as it went…….there was no resolution an we pretended everything was fine…
Read MoreSoothsayer
What to predict the future….. first look at the past If you don’t like what you find better make some changes fast sounds so intuitive and we all want a meaningful life but if you’ve been doing certain stuff for a long…
Read MoreMy Father’s Shoes
My Father has a system about caring for his shoes…..amongst other things it was quite a procedure He was a quirky guy…. that embraced his peculiarities……. It was who and what he was It’s quite common to hear people nowadays call their their family as “ dysfunctional” my father’s home…
Read MoreNightmare: “the only one on earth “
I awoke in my dream to a stillness that was confusing…. Eerie nothing was moving except Stuart the “wonder dog” who coaxed me out of bed to pee it was early but by this time life was happening and people were moving….. not today a walk from my camper van…
Read MoreSmoke Signals
Impossible to send smoke signals if there isn’t any fire so we must keep tending it….. or it will expire And there’s nothing worse than trying to communicate when they is much to say and the fire has gone out…… no signals today grab a bucket 🪣 of water and…
Read MoreLet’s not and say we did
Everyone is prone to fib let’s not and pretend we did we are old enough and wise enough to walk away from pain so you go your way and I’ll go mine and avoid a little rain we’ll have fun with the situation and laugh when no one’s around let’s…
Read MoreSynchronized Swimming
What we are trying to accomplish here Is a dance both entertaining and clear Free of outlandish acts or ominous fear….with the only thing we must pay attention to is the person we are swimming near So we have been rehearsing for quite a long time….and our fans are ready…
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