Poetry

[Ankh]

Happy birthday, Ruth!

[kia]

Happy Birthaday Ruth!!!!! Enjoy your day!!

[norral]

Happy birthday Ruth !!! may this year be the best year u have

ever had !!


norral

[Ruth]

I wish I could contribute here, but I'm not a poet. I'm not even a writer. I'm a "feeler" - and your poems make me feel good! Thank you for sharing, and for the birthday wishes - it was a wonderful day, and your poems were the icing on the cake.
And Confused - you still don't seem so confused to me - and your poems here reinforce that feeling.
Blessings, light, and lots of love to each of you - keep your words flowing!

[Confused]

Thank you very much, dear Ruth. Thank you

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What causes the sorrow?

A great philosopher of the past asked,
what causes the sorrow?
Don't we know we borrow,
of the ONE's own marrow?

I sorrow,
because I fear tomorrow.
What is this tomorrow,
that always casts a long shadow?

The power lies in the NOW,
yet I do not want to plow,
on the soil of faith and will.
And I wonder why I am ill.

In isolation, flash moments of divine inspiration,
that dissipate in the chaos of everyday narration.
The narration of work and the narration of relationships,
the narration of health and the narration of wealth.

I desire this unconscious narration,
to turn into conscious co-creation.

I co-create, a state of silence,
where the ONE self, rules in her all glorious radiance.

And I merge into herself,
which ceases for me,
all tomorrows and the attendant sorrows.

[Meerie]

Beautiful, C. I think we should publish a book some time, with all the wonderful poems that everyone here created. This thread is like a beautiful oasis that reinvigorates the mind and soul.

[Confused]

I think we should publish a book some time, with all the wonderful poems that everyone here created.

I think that is a great idea! May be LLResearch can publish it like 'Collected works from Bring4th'!

[haqiqu]

I wish I could contribute here, but I'm not a poet. I'm not even a writer. I'm a "feeler" - and your poems make me feel good! Thank you for sharing, and for the birthday wishes - it was a wonderful day, and your poems were the icing on the cake.
And Confused - you still don't seem so confused to me - and your poems here reinforce that feeling.
Blessings, light, and lots of love to each of you - keep your words flowing!

Hi, Ruth!
you don't have to be a poet or even a writer to post here. none of the poems i post were created by me. i find spiritual poetry that resonates with my soul and i pass it on here. if you find a poem that sings to your soul please feel free to share it with us (with a credit given to the author).

[haqiqu]

Having Come This Far

I've been through what my through was to be
I did what I could and couldn't
I was never sure how I would get there

I nourished an ardor for thresholds
for stepping stones and for ladders
I discovered detour and ditch

I swam in the high tides of greed
I built sandcastles to house my dreams
I survived the sunburns of love

No longer do I hunt for targets
I've climbed all the summits I need to
and I've eaten my share of lotus

Now I give praise and thanks
for what could not be avoided
and for every foolhardy choice

I cherish my wounds and their cures
and the sweet enervations of bliss
My book is an open life

I wave goodbye to the absolutes
and send my regards to infinity
I'd rather be blithe than correct

Until something transcendent turns up
I splash in my poetry puddle
and try to keep God amused.

~ James Broughton ~




(Packing Up For Pardise: New and Selected Poems 1946-1996)

[Confused]

and try to keep God amused.

While God definitely seems amused,
I am clearly bemused.
O Creator, in every act of ours,
you experience yourself in vivid colors.
This is a bitter-sweet realization for me,
that I am you but yet not you,
for you experience yourself through an individuated me,
in what seems to be a relationship of confusing bigamy.
What is it that you are experiencing,
O Infinite Intelligence underpinning creation?
Have not countless galaxies and planets filled you with enough information,
that describes that there exist pockets of extreme tribulation.
Experience yourself, O Creator, but also know,
that we have a right,
to know our true plight,
in this vast panorama of your cosmic delight.

[haqiqu]

Half Life

We walk through half our life
as if it were a fever dream

barely touching the ground

our eyes half open
our heart half closed.

Not half knowing who we are
we watch the ghost of us drift
from room to room
through friends and lovers
never quite as real as advertised.

Not saying half we mean
or meaning half we say
we dream ourselves
from birth to birth
seeking some true self.

Until the fever breaks
and the heart can not abide
a moment longer
as the rest of us awakens,
summoned from the dream,
not half caring for anything but love.

~ Stephen Levine ~


(Breaking the Drought)

[Oceania]

that's true! i remember half my life as a dream. where i was on autopilot. somehow managing not to overthink things. just went and lived. i miss that.

[haqiqu]

that's true! i remember half my life as a dream. where i was on autopilot. somehow managing not to overthink things. just went and lived. i miss that.

i remember that dream life, too, that i lived before i realized there was more than what meets the eye. i wouldn't go back to that half dream of life, though. i value my spiritual higher consciousness too much.

[Oceania]

i might take the red pill.

[haqiqu]

Fall Song

Another year gone, leaving everywhere
its rich spiced residues: vines, leaves,

the uneaten fruits crumbling damply
in the shadows, unmattering back

from the particular island
of this summer, this NOW, that now is nowhere

except underfoot, moldering
in that black subterranean castle

of unobservable mysteries - roots and sealed seeds
and the wanderings of water. This

I try to remember when time's measure
painfully chafes, for instance when autumn

flares out at the last, boisterous and like us longing
to stay - how everything lives, shifting

from one bright vision to another, forever
in these momentary pastures.

~ Mary Oliver ~

(American Primitive)

[norral]

i aint worried about nuttin

why worry if u have faith

whatever is going to happen

either goddess hears my prayer and answers them

or she doesnt

either way we control very little in this life

if i have to walk in fear

shoot me now and put me out of my misery

goddess is the one who blesses me

my life flows from her

so i put my faith and trust in her

and roll the dice

and look forward to the future

with hope and anticipation

a better world is coming

dont ask me how i know

i just do

and you and i are going to be a big part of it

no more phony leaders who care only about themselves

but true men and women, lovers of their fellow man

i cant freaking wait, lets get this bad boy on !!


norral

[Confused]

i cant freaking wait, lets get this bad boy on !!

Who is the bad boy, norral? Is it you?!

[norral]

hey brother C, im not so much of a bad boy as a rebel. i have the uncomfortable habit
of actually saying how i feel about things instead of hiding it lol. and i think the time period
we are in will call for us more and more to let others know what lives inside of us. peace to you
my brother


norral

[haqiqu]

bring that bad boy rebel on, norral!! have you been to wall street lately?



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look at love


look at love
how it tangles
with the one fallen in love

look at spirit
how it fuses with earth
giving it new life
why are you so busy
with this or that or good or bad
pay attention to how things blend

why talk about all
the known and the unknown
see how the unknown merges into the known

why think separately
of this life and the next
when one is born from the last

look at your heart and tongue
one feels but deaf and dumb
the other speaks in words and signs

look at water and fire
earth and wind
enemies and friends all at once

the wolf and the lamb
the lion and the deer
far away yet together

look at the unity of this
spring and winter
manifested in the equinox

you too must mingle my friends
since the earth and the sky
are mingled just for you and me

be like sugarcane
sweet yet silent
don't get mixed up with bitter words

my beloved grows right out of my own heart
how much more union can there be?



By Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi
(1207 - 1273)

English version by Nader Khalili

[Confused]

of actually saying how i feel about things instead of hiding it lol.

That is a very good habit. In fact, if otherwise, it might lead to psychological repression and inner turmoil.

Good that we have an outlet here at b4th to open our most vulnerable and rebellious side.

Love you, dear brother.

---

Haqiqu -- superlike the poem.

[norral]

i havent been to wall street yet but i plan on going. i have a feeling that protest is going to grow more

than anyone expects. which is a good thing. the old power structures are going to fall and dissolve because

they dont work and they are inhumane.

[norral]

letting go


letting go of all opinion and judgement

i spread my arms and reach to the skies

i welcome my divinity

limitations do not work for me anymore

soon brothers , soon sisters,

the miracle time is upon us

i open my heart and my mind

there are no limits.


norral

[haqiqu]

i havent been to wall street yet but i plan on going. i have a feeling that protest is going to grow more

than anyone expects. which is a good thing. the old power structures are going to fall and dissolve because

they dont work and they are inhumane.

i think you're right, norral. it will grow. many of these people are young adults who have lost jobs and also faith in the system. they're in for the long haul. after 8 or 9 days they are, finally, getting some main stream media coverage, but at this point it may likely be negative. i've been watching it on the global revolution live stream. saw the senseless police brutality yesterday. it appears pretty calm today. my heart is with them and i'm sending all involved healing reiki energy.

[norral]

a free man

i'd rather live as a free man

standing naked and hungry in the middle of winter on a corner

than safely in the home of somedominating master

warm and kept

but enslaved

if i ever lived a life as a slave

then i killed myself

couldnt take it the supreme arrogance of the master

not for this brother

give me liberty or give me death

yeah i can relate to that



norral

[Meerie]

What is happening on Wall Street, Haqiqu and norral? there was nothing on the news over here.

[norral]

who is the real terrorist

lets see america killed over 2 million in vietnam

naplammed little children big brave pilots right

how many kids have we killed in afghan and iraq

so who is the real freaking terrorist here

how many of your kids

been killed by people from other lands

always putting our boots in someone else's house

so damned fat and greedy

stole from the indians

enslaved the africans

all the wealth of this country has been stolen

ha ha, mild mannered norral

i guess not

and i love this country believe it or not

i just dont love the lies and the b.s.

if i had to go fight right now for a real threat

at the age of 63 give me a freaking gun

i aint scared to die

and i aint scared to say what is on my mind






norral

[Odinn]

i havent been to wall street yet but i plan on going. i have a feeling that protest is going to grow more

than anyone expects. which is a good thing. the old power structures are going to fall and dissolve because

they dont work and they are inhumane.

there's this hashtag in Tweteer: #occupyWallStreet. Also, user @OccupyWallSt site claims to be the "Official twitter of our site! News and information about the occupation of Wall Street on September 17th. Anyone that's fed up with Wall Street should come! https://occupywallst.org"

[haqiqu]

What is happening on Wall Street, Haqiqu and norral? there was nothing on the news over here.

Meerie,

Wall Street in New York has been occupied for 10(?) days now by approximately 2000 people who are fed up with corporate mogol's and banker's lying, conniving, greedy ways. they're not actually on Wall Street, but at a park near by. when they tried to march to the actual Wall St. stock market building many were harassed and arrested, brutally, by police so they retreated to a nearby park.

you can watch it live here:

http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution


see Odinn's post for more links to info.

mainstream media has blacked it out so news is getting out by kids with cell phones using twitter and this livestream broadcast.

[norral]

let me turn off the compassion valve

others suffering does not bother me

so long as my bonus is big

i can never ever get enuf

the world revolves only around me

golden toilet bowls and sinks

yachts and summers at the vineyard

children with no medical care

not really my problem

they are lazy why dont they get up and work

like i do

alright i got my job thru the network

i never do any work around my own house

that is what the help is for

the guys name is joe or steve or something like that

not really important to me

they are the help u know

they need to know their place

while we serve ourselves

at the table of greed


norral

[haqiqu]

let me turn off the compassion valve

others suffering does not bother me

so long as my bonus is big

i can never ever get enuf

the world revolves only around me

golden toilet bowls and sinks

yachts and summers at the vineyard

children with no medical care

not really my problem

they are lazy why dont they get up and work

like i do

alright i got my job thru the network

i never do any work around my own house

that is what the help is for

the guys name is joe or steve or something like that

not really important to me

they are the help u know

they need to know their place

while we serve ourselves

at the table of greed


norral

hi norral! you do sarcasm well, great poem