What You Really Want
There is not a waking moment that you are
not trying to savior what you have,
or get closer to what will bring you pleasure.
Being so preoccupied as we are with needing to be
satisfied, it seems we would be better at it by now:
that happiness would be our norm, not a rare event.
No heart can make love to its source
and then can turn its back on the Truth of your destiny
which is -
someday you will never know pain
you will never know loneliness
you will never know sorrow
instead, you will be the very fountainhead
of all dance, all laughter,
all Light.
Today I turned 22, it was great! I love this poem because it is sooooo positive and so hopeful. It transports you to another world, and that's exactly what good poetry, art, and literature should do. Poetry (and life for that matter) is about creating words (moments) that touch you, that challenge you, and that encourage you. I am so grateful for another year!
I chose to go to Eastern State Penitentiary for my birthday and it was great! I highly recommend the "3D Experiment" section of the haunted house. It was fairly sunny out today, no rain, and I thought as we drove into Philadelphia of the e.e. cummings line: "peering from some high window; at the gold of November sunset (and feeling: that if day has to become night this is a beautiful way)".
There is not a waking moment that you are
not trying to savior what you have,
or get closer to what will bring you pleasure.
Being so preoccupied as we are with needing to be
satisfied, it seems we would be better at it by now:
that happiness would be our norm, not a rare event.
No heart can make love to its source
and then can turn its back on the Truth of your destiny
which is -
someday you will never know pain
you will never know loneliness
you will never know sorrow
instead, you will be the very fountainhead
of all dance, all laughter,
all Light.
Today I turned 22, it was great! I love this poem because it is sooooo positive and so hopeful. It transports you to another world, and that's exactly what good poetry, art, and literature should do. Poetry (and life for that matter) is about creating words (moments) that touch you, that challenge you, and that encourage you. I am so grateful for another year!
I chose to go to Eastern State Penitentiary for my birthday and it was great! I highly recommend the "3D Experiment" section of the haunted house. It was fairly sunny out today, no rain, and I thought as we drove into Philadelphia of the e.e. cummings line: "peering from some high window; at the gold of November sunset (and feeling: that if day has to become night this is a beautiful way)".
Celebrating at Hickory Lane Bistro
