the sun
rose in your veins
so here i sit
deciphering the plumage
of that fierce dawn
Jan 3, 2022
Jan 3, 2022 at 1:40 AM UTC
hers were eyes
that teased the sun
from its slumber,
that made a mockery
of half-moon
Jan 1, 2022
Jan 1, 2022 at 10:06 AM UTC
We ate the moon
got drunk off its light,
then gathered the crumbs
& tossed them into the night sky.
We called them stars.
May 24, 2014
May 24, 2014 at 4:30 PM UTC
Heaven and Hell: The Parable of the Long Spoons
Post written by Sofo
*What is heaven? What is hell? The parable of the Long Spoons explains very well what heaven and hell truly are.
One day a man said to God, “God, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.”*
God showed the man two doors. Inside the first one, in the middle of the room, was a large round table with a large *** of stew. It smelled delicious and made the man’s mouth water, but the people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles and each found it possible to reach into the *** of stew and take a spoonful, but because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths.
The man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering. God said, “You have seen Hell.”
Behind the second door, the room appeared exactly the same. There was the large round table with the large *** of wonderful stew that made the man’s mouth water. The people had the same long-handled spoons, but they were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking.
The man said, “I don’t understand.”
God smiled. It is simple, he said. Love only requires one skill.
These people learned early on to share and feed one another. While the greedy only think of themselves… [Author unknown]
*Sometimes, thinking of our personal gratification, we tend to forget our interdependence with everyone and everything around us. Not to help our fellow human beings simply means harming our very selves, since we are all connected on a very deep level.
If you want others to be happy, practise compassion. If you want to be happy, practise compassion.* ~Dalai Lama
by Sofo
Apr 28, 2014
Apr 28, 2014 at 10:33 AM UTC
..& she said, "Bleed with me,
bleed with me into crimson symphonies
& I guarantee our eyes will kiss the sight of dreams unfolding."
Apr 13, 2014
Apr 13, 2014 at 1:46 PM UTC
"Grow up!" They said.
But all I really heard was,
"Conform to the crippling standards of warped society & abandon your robe of uniqueness for this tattered shroud of disdainful worldly opinion."
Apr 10, 2014
Apr 10, 2014 at 12:20 AM UTC
She combed her hair with the night sky
& then let loose those bits of stray galaxy that had embedded themselves in the wisdom of her follicles.
Apr 9, 2014
Apr 9, 2014 at 12:21 AM UTC
You are never together, you are simply alone with somebody else.
Apr 9, 2014
Apr 9, 2014 at 12:01 AM UTC
For once, my soul is silent.
Absent of the familiar griffins & phoenixes that ravage & terrorize
my painted mind...
For once, my soul is silent.
Drinking in the muted opinions
of this colorless world
& allowing its comfortable tides
to turn me a dull grey.
The blue skies
that once lined my lungs
have now faded,
Replaced by spray-painted nimbus.
The 4 suns orbiting my Cordibus
have betrayed their axes.
Now dragged down
by the weight of the very air
that once danced in my being,
Sinking to the singing earth
that will one day
shield my burning bones,
I await my birth into a new existence.
For once, my soul is silent.
Apr 7, 2014
Apr 7, 2014 at 12:18 PM UTC
Love, erase me.
Erase me from the mind of self
& write me in ink so blue it stirs
The pools of Heaven's jealousies;
Love, write me.
Write me on the core of you.
Mar 24, 2014
Mar 24, 2014 at 3:07 PM UTC