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Mike Essig Apr 2015
After 63 years
of living hard and
hard work at living,
I do know, quite clearly,
that I don't know
much.

~mce
Seán Mac Falls Apr 2015
Feathers on a stick
Same tired toy I offer
Cat has sleepy eyes
Mike Essig Apr 2015
The silence
of morning;
the silence
of midday;
the silence
of evening:
all subtly
different.

I don't
understand
why,
so I'll
just be
silent.

mce
Sometimes what you know must rest in silence.
Michaela Apr 2015
And as your presence wanes
my words become fewer,
my feelings; less vocal.
The day grows irrelevant,
And I can no longer produce
thoughts of any significance.
As if knowing you was blood in my veins,
And I am slowly
                             running out.
George Krokos Apr 2015
All sacred scriptures were written to turn the mind towards God
who is always to be found within each heart, isn't that quite odd?
They all tell of a different way or perspective of knowing that Glory;
each usually trying to make out as if theirs is the only or best story.
_____________
From "The Quatrains" ongoing writings since the early '90's.
Mike Essig Apr 2015
These maple trees
leaf out, each year,
copper-purple.
They know spring,
but they
do not know
of spring.
- mce
Mike Essig Apr 2015
Men ask the way to Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain: there's no through trail.
In summer, ice doesn't melt
The rising sun blurs in swirling fog.
How did I make it?
My heart's not the same as yours.
If your heart was like mine
You'd get it and be right here.
     ~ trans. Gary Snyder
Han Shawn was a Taoist poet who lived alone on a mountain and wrote poems on trees, rocks, etc. Cold Mountain is what I call Struggle Mountain. You can't go there because you are already there if you can Wake Up. But to really see is very difficult and a long, hard path. Keep climbing.
Arcassin B Apr 2015
by Arcassin Burnham


....Then again there are the evils,
longing to know what's been on your mind,
you don't owe me anything,
how can we go without knowing,
knowing,
if you were to know first hand,
it would not be as pretty,
I guess life is not as pretty as you would like it to be,
everything is not in perfect symmetry,
only our purpose to live and then one day in up in a Cemetery,
you don't owe me anything,
I provide order to those who are lost in the mist of confusion,
burning bridges and exposing illegal constitutions,
you do the math,
cause we're all just numbers,
walking the earth with iron fists,
even the weak,
you can fight the good fight with words,
as long as you speak,
this might have been the best thing I ever wrote,
but knowing you,
you'll end up judging,
I don't owe you anything.
Understanding
Mike Essig Apr 2015
Sometimes
what
you don't know,
can
hurt you.
-mce
josin137 Mar 2015
I know not what you think
But you always assume I do
I wish in your absence
And leave all your blessings
It is not me who do not understand
But you who is being ignorant
Why is it that you think you know well,
And know nothing at all
Is it me that is dead?
Or is it you that is blind
Can I cover your mouth?
With a little bit of truth
And wish for a change
That is never to be true
How I wish you knew
The feelings that is erupting inside
Leaves nothing but hollowness
That flows in one single direction
Towards you
And I cry.
They never do understand
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