Dislike & Admiration

Dislike and admiration
Grow with proximity.
10.31.10

Speed & Loss

The world has become much too fast
To countenance lengthy works of art;
What beautiful truths have we lost
In the hurried rubble of words.
10.30.10

Wisdom & Age

There is not wisdom without age
But there is age without wisdom.
10.29.10

Mind & Direction

Beware of the mind;
Once it sets sail with a certain wind
It has problems ever changing direction.
10.28.10

Like & Dislike

Don’t try to find out
Why some don’t like you;
They’ll never tell
And you’ll never know;
The secrets of dislike
Are deeper than our senses.
10.27.10

Climax & Decline

Beyond every climax
Lurks an anticlimax;
Why the hurry?
Take your time;
Delay the decline.
10.26.10

Persecution & Creed

There is no race or religion or nation
That has not committed persecution.
10.25.10

Animals & Primitiveness

We admire animals
Because they need no laws
To govern them but nature’s
And need no religions for morals
Nor do they compete in wielding cruelty
Upon each other to satiate their primitiveness.
10.24.10

Worry & Death

Those who worry about death
Are killed by their worry.
10.23.10

Worry & Esteem

Worrying about
What others might think
Is a symptom of low self-esteem.
10.22.10

Reading & Thinking

Reading
That does not liberate thinking
Is an escape from the burden of thought.
10.21.10

Denial & Hubris

Ignoring,
That powerful tool of denial,
Is the futile flushing of truths
Down the sewers of hubris.
10.20.10

Efforts & Pleasing

People like those who serve them
And serve them unconditionally
Without voicing complaints;
It takes enormous efforts
To continue to please
In order to be liked.
10.19.10

Thoughts & Identities

Do not ask a person to become
Someone that he or she is not;
We are our thoughts
And as our thoughts change
So do our identities.
10.18.10

Liars & Humans

If we were not habitual liars
Who lie to ourselves by denying
And to the many others by pretending
Then we would have to become un-human.
10.17.10

Aging & Death

When one gets tired of aging
Of losing skills, abilities, senses
One aught to help natural death
Rather than fight a loosing battle.
10.16.10

Unconscious & Sewage

Our unconscious
Is the sewer of humanity;
Into it drain all our secrets
Desires, wishes, aspirations
Hates, fears, loves, delusions
Everything unmentionable
Everything unthinkable
And everything dreamable.
10.15.10

Bird Droppings & Invisibility

No bird droppings, please
No marked grave
No epitaph
No statue;
When I die
Honor me with
Invisibility.
10.14.10

Worthy & Cause

Dedicating one’s life to a cause
Does not make the cause worthy
But not dedicating one’s life to a worthy cause
Makes one’s life less worthy.
10.13.10

Desire & Conscience

Desire is undiscriminating;
It observes no mores
And has no conscience.
10.12.10

Mistake & Punishment

A mistake
Punished with another mistake
Compounds the error.
10.11.10

Longer & Shorter

Candles that burn
The life we have left
The roads un-traveled
Our bodies that stoop
They all grow shorter
The longer we live.
10.10.10

Anger & Love

Each time my anger dies
My soul is resurrected
And my heart’s loves
Are rekindled.
10.09.10

Transience & Permanence

Accepting transience
As the essence of living
Brings joie de vivre to moments
And emancipates us
From the delusions
Of permanence.
10.08.10

Love & Reality

Love
Escapes reality
When it flies into orbit
And crashes back into it
When it returns to earth.
10.07.10

Personal Flaws & Truth

Personal flaws
Are self-sustaining;
Show friends their flaws
And you will lose them,
Pretend not to notice
And they’ll remain disfigured.
10.06.10

Reality & Myths

The public
Is easily seduced with myths;
Reality, on the other hand
Has no sex appeal.
10.05.10

Life & Life

Life is a war with life
We kill that we may live.
10.04.10

Stimulation & Melancholy

The un-stimulated
Languish in melancholy.
10.03.10

Satiety & Passions

Satiety is dangerous
It stifles passions.
10.02.10

Giving & Anger

When you stop giving
To the undeserving
They get angry
And so do you.
10.01.10