these times

I thought I'd
have something
left in advancing
years
memories to share
like buried treasure
I even looked
forward
to these times
with joy, not
tears
they bring me
now
in my time of
forgetting

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Out of tune

The world is good
I think
it is me who's
out of tune
come touch me
with joy
so I can smile
again soon

03131977

Go

You want me to go
Oh, where?
how long?
can I come back?
No!!! Oh,
instant insanity

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enter into it

To look deeply into anything
to realize and know
truly... that thing
you must not just look
at it... you must feel it
to ingrain it into your being
a tree is not just a tree
or the sea... just an ocean
of water... you must become
all that they are...
the leaves blowing in the breeze
the ripened fruit... the bark
the sap.... enter into it
become a part of the ocean
feel the softness of the currents
the aliveness of the movements
of all it is... and all the
organisms that are part of
it all... touch the wetness
feel the peace issuing from it
and to love... you must
become part of that being
also... enter into me and
let me join your allness
pulsate... diffuse... be
with me.... that is love...

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Hurry Morning

Nighttime.... insomnia
morning... insanity
afternoon... blahs
evening... pain
nighttime's coming
oh, God
hurry morning...

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Those things that were

A slow walk
in the rain
of failing memory
and fading thoughts
a little angry
I let them pass
those things that were
could never stay

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for friends

After you left
I found
friends
the ones I had
been leaving
behind
while my involvement
with you
included only you
or
discluded
me giving to them
they
were still there
willing
to give
what I had
neglected
to give to them
thank God
for friends...

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