June 19th, 2017

June 19th, 2017


Affirmation:  When I feel too much stress, I give myself a break and let myself heal.

I stay on task: new tasks and old tasks.


Word of the Day: brinkmanship (n):

1. the technique or practice of maneuvering a dangerous situation to the limits of tolerance or safety in order to secure the greatest advantage, especially by creating diplomatic crises.

conflagration (n):

1. a destructive fire, usually an extensive one.

Beyond Love Stories (1)

Love comes with a knife,

not some shy question,

and not with fears for its reputation.

I say these things disinterestedly.

Accept them in kind.

Love is a madman,

working his wild schemes,

tearing off his clothes,

drinking poison, and now quietly

choosing annihilation.

A tiny spider tries to wrap

an enormous wasp. Think of the spiderweb

woven across the cave where Muhammed slept.

There are love stories,

and there is obliteration into love.

You have been walking the ocean's edge,

holding up your robes to keep them dry.

You must dive deeper under,

a thousand times deeper.

Beyond Love Stories (2)

Love flows down. The ground

submits to the sky and suffers what comes.

Is the ground worse for giving in like that?

Do not put blankets over the drum.

Open completely.

Let the cords of your robe untied.

Shiver in this new love

beyond all above and below.

The sun rises,

but which way does the night go?

I have no more words.

Let the soul speak

with the silent articulation of a face.

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Pre-Existing Conditions

We all have them

We all are them

We are born with them

We are born into them

The symptoms are

As varied as the causes

The cures are

As numerous as

Their side effects

No one is unaffected

Unscathed

Impassive

We are

Forgotten

Remembered

Individual

Unique

The same

Different

Wanting to save ourselves

To survive

Not realizing

We are all in this together

Impacted

Affected

The cost

More than

Any one person's

Greed

Not need

Can Cover

If conditions existed

Where

Conditions didn't exist

There would only be a void

Emptyness

Nothingness

An impossibility

A condition in itself