January 28th, 2017

January 28th, 2017


Word of the Day: maelstrom (n):

1. a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius.

The Many Wines

God has given us a dark wine so potent
that, drinking it, we leave the two worlds.

God made Majnun love Layla so much
that just her dog would cause confusion in him.

There are thousands of wines
that can take over our minds.

Don’t think all ecstasies are the same.
Jesus was lost in his love for God.
His donkey was drunk with barley.

Every object, every being,
is a jar full of delight.
Be a connoisseur, and taste with caution.

Any wine will get you high.
Judge like a king, and choose the purest,
not the ones adulterated with fear,

or some urgency about “what’s needed.”

Drink the wine that moves you
as a camel moves when it’s been untied,
and is just ambling about.

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Today I wanted to share a poem that I wrote with you guys. When I was younger I used to write poetry (of all kinds and styles from sonnets to Limericks to my own personal form) all the time. I have lost the vast majority of that writing. I would really like to get back into it. I miss it. I used to also read poetry all the time, which is something my Self is really craving right now. I love prose but there is something in poetry that cuts through cognition and seems to penetrate straight into my soul.

PS I am not 100 years old... yet.

Turning 100

By Pratibha Anand

I turned 100 today

And I wonder whether

My life

Amounted to anything

Whether it was

Not just one

But two

Zeroes.

I made my bed this morning.

It took me some time

I’m not sure how long

But long enough

To wonder

About the people

Who tell me that

Time is precious especially

Now that you are older

I am sure you value it more

You honor it

Respect it

Do only

The necessary and essential

The important

Don’t you?

I am not all.

I do not know all.

The sacred in

Each day

One day

One year

One thing at a time.

I am one.

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