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Histories
Searching for futures now so long passed by; obscured by pasts somewhere up in the sky. Where do I stand when I sit here alone? Where will I go now that I am full grown? My feet touch the ground … Continue reading
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The Meaninglessness of Misspent Youth
I understood so little, I didn’t see the truth; will I ever know what I didn’t in my misspent youth? Nowdays when I see and I read from there there’s new meanings and reasons to care. The music of madness, … Continue reading
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Futility
The futility of killing kids learning how to live; The futility of doctrines that have no love to give. The stupidity of dying to try to prove belief; The stupidity of thinking this will give your cause relief. The death … Continue reading
The pointlessness of “Who started what?”
“We’re making the world a better place!” he says with the sincerest looking face. “We’ve just gotta kill all those out there, because standing up’s a thing they dare; they try to stand ‘gainst me and you” Our righteous rage … Continue reading
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Life Haiku
clarity of thought the crisp silence of the dawn wakeful solitude beauty’s perception it flourishes around us the hearts true delight life’s mundanity agonisingly slow death destinies unfold anger wells within shattering my inner peace pain without purpose
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Journey Haiku
paths to my future buried deep within my past where will I find them where am I going the path ahead lies behind my future is past concern for futures long-gone pasts of tomorrow only brings sorrow past is behind … Continue reading
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The Quest
I met a man who said to me that I could never be really free. Tell me what’s free”” was my reply. He said “The right to choose to die.” “Does that mean if I choose to live then my … Continue reading
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Verily we honour them
Verily we honour them, those strong men from our past. Verily we honour them, long shadows they have cast. And they deserve our honour for they fought hard and long; they fought for brotherhood and to keep our nation strong. … Continue reading
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History
In history, who’s ever won a war when we tally up the final score? For short times one side may rule but who does ‘victory really fool? The victors of the war today will turn back to dust anyway. So … Continue reading
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Remembering
Remembering’s a funny thing, the joys and sorrow it can bring; the meaning coming from that thought brings happiness that can’t be bought. But then at times it brings back days when we’d have lived in other ways. But all-in-all … Continue reading
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Pleasure and pain
Life, a place we’re doomed to live with all the pleasures it can give nestled in betwixt the pain, the feelings that drive us insane; at times each one will rule the day but we must live on anyway. Tomorrow, … Continue reading
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Life’s Joys
“Ah! I need solitude. I have come forth to this hill at sunset to see the forms of the mountains in the horizon.” Henry Thoreau. My mind is overwhelmed at times; Devastation – humanities crimes. It’s then I need to … Continue reading
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Doing – Quick – Being – Slower
It never moves in still life; the constancy is there; this image is everything – still and stark and bare. I see it and I know this is where beauty lies; the beauty of stillness , where Doingness just dies. … Continue reading
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Why?
Finding the eye of my own tornado; quietly watching how my tempests flow. Watching, feeling the turmoil of my day helps me seek out yet another way. It’s not the tempest but how I reply That answers the question when … Continue reading
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My Tornado
The eye of the tornado, a place where I can stand to observe what’s around me; life’s shifting sand. Life is my tornado and it’s my choice to be swept up in the maelstrom or standing proud and free. To … Continue reading
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