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A Stoical Idea
That which is imagined
          is worse than the pain
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An Idea of Zen
The mind reasons
             the heart understands
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A Buddhist Idea
Wherever you are
         let your thoughts be pure:
         good Karma you'll attract
         that's the outcome for sure
Be so unconcerned and detached
   you aren't even aware
   of the smoke coming out
    from your neighbour's thatch
They don't understand me
but them,  I do--clearly:
between the two
the latter suits amply!
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Knowing myself
I don't have the might
to be larger than life:
as long as I can neatly fit in
that will more than suffice
So used to life's trivia
they have taken such as treasure
I've come this far
after the severest winter
my feet and body are sore
but turn back I'll never

the voice will not stop
it continues to whisper:
'  This is your destined path
   your  every fear you must conquer'
I write impelled by imagination
very rarely by dint of reason
My tent I've pitched
no one is here this night
weary are my feet
in the sky there's not a glitter of light

promises I've made - indeed
I'll fulfil ere I go to my long  deep sleep
the future shall define me
by the dreams that I faithfully keep
Admire me, smell me
but pluck you shouldn't
I'll perish sadly
and be forgotten

let me seep in
the bright sunshine
watch me in the breeze
as I dance-  do  be kind

ah, how short-lived
I am-- fragile beauty born
to wither and disappear
alone, bereft and unknown

to you. the tender poet
( you have a heart)--this I plead
write me an immortal poem
and gladly I'll go to sleep
A sound sleep is like a prayer answered
imagine the plight of an insomniac!
Youth:  I am sure

   middle age: many things aren't clear

  old age:  much of the past I discard which I once held dear

  last years:  life--a big mess--so much distress ! Oh dear, oh dear!
Every word of yours
has the imprint of  ineradicable ink
it makes the heart pause
to wonder and think
Life--the inescapable encounter
the challenge I'll accept- run away I'll never!
Like the last falling rose in winter
lonely and silently I'll wither and die
but new ones will replenish the earth
and adorn the meadow 'neath a benign sky

if you've trusted and understood me
you'll be assured that I'll still abide
in your ever faithful heart
where love will eternally reside
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The Flourishing
Life--the ugliness
and the beauty
the misery
and the glory

but everything --surely-
will flourish abundantly
when you say truthfully
that you dearly love me
Deserted forest
holds untold stories of past
here dark shadows lurk
In the deepest affliction
the sufferer gains sharp insight
into the truth of life
that far transcends reason
Not anyone's :
this is my life
it seeks not to impress
it must abide

in reverence
and conscience
in pursuit of beauty
and transcendence

my imperfections I know
and I struggle many a time
I fall and rise so often
but still seek the sublime

swiftly the hours will take their flight
and evening and dusk will too soon come:
if the day I've lived as my heart has dictated
I'll be filled with silent joy and restful calm.
Allow each day for coffee-time
or the day would pass without rhythm or rhyme
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Zen
Zen
As long as your mind
is still fixated on the past
freedom will elude you
that, away you must cast

that which is full
overflow it must
only being empty
is that you should trust
Can't remember PIN number
a modern -day disaster!
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Don't tell me
Don't tell me
about the other side
I've to know
that where I abide

to embrace and feel
the present sunlight
to care for my garden
ere the advent of night

don't inveigle me
to lose sight
of the delight
that resides in my inside

the little I have
all seems to be right
despite my dark spells
I know life will somehow be bright.
Why would I worry about my height?
I'm not out to court anyone's sight.


I'm 5 feet 6 inches, if you must know--
I care not whether it were wrong or right
No wonder you're in dolours
you never cease to think of dollars!
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Just four words
You're taking your time--you linger
but mind you---I'll not be around next summer
Marriages last longer
if they embrace humour
I am Mozart
the one who knows most art
Don't depend on the *****
for your boost
The louder the crowd
the greater, my doubt
It's in the very nature of hate:
not to forgive or forget
That love of theirs might be folly
does it matter if they are happy?
Never mind the cap's size
        it makes no difference should the boat capsize
I'm no Keats nor Shakespeare
but writing is not something I fear
People regard theirs as 'wisdom'
when it were no more than 'wish-dom'
If each day were a contest
      would one's life have any rest?
So easy to say 'I love you'
only that it were always true
The best is wrought
when nothing is sought
I am not a hero
       but never reduced to zero
This is the consolation of tears:
it will build the strong fortress of future years
Life is a musical instrument
   to play well it has to be tuned
Every life is literature, though unwritten
unspoken,  unknown and hidden
When empty is the larder
marriage  is in danger
The long ago is still here
memory holds it just too dear
My arms can stretch only this far
never in my life have I aimed for the star
Would you appreciate beauty
when you're hungry?
Life isn't a place or a spot
it's more the grandeur of your own thought
Whatever you wish to become
only ensure that it should cause none any harm
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