A last minute addition Uncomfortable with organized spirituality Of any kind Reading a poem before intermission, Too stuck in her head To notice the gasps of strangers Thinking, “I lost to the intermission snacks” While heading to the truck. One compliment flew between my ears, Followed by the buzz and clumping of every voice… yes,Continue reading “The Buddhist Open Mic”
Tag Archives: hope and optimism
If the Best of me is True
How am I still lost in the mirage Of memories that do not belong to me? What if the best of me is true? Is it the glitter of the mirage that cuts through the optimism? Is it cutting at my optic nerves? Or is it just distracting? All of this to say, the thoughtsContinue reading “If the Best of me is True”
My Mind
Won’t mind its own business Jumping from the Truths Lane and Fear Lane. Kidnapping me from good relationships Under threat of “What if I…” The binds are relaxed, But I am trained Not to test fate, When fate is stressed. Rarely do I slip away quietly, But sometimes I do Let’s hope momentum Breaks theContinue reading “My Mind”
Holding a Spiral
Spiraling worlds are not always moving. Just as the mirror which cries “the sky is falling;” Reflects the stars on a shooting spree. I can hold a spiraling world in place With a dot at the end of a page.
I am light
Refracting in a trillion directions The secret to a rainbow, And loud without a sound Burning without fire Artificial and true My existence will change you
Naive ish
Last night I meandered toward bed, Like inebriated molasses, Slow, content, thinking of tomorrow. Tomorrow I will focus more effectively. Fight and overcome my distraction. Oh, tomorrow! Like thousands of other tomorrows, Yet, after years, the hope persists. I keep trying better. And, even if that is naive, I am grateful for it.
Anew
I don’t have to walk my own worn path Now can be different, now can stray. And on this first old day, I don’t shuffle out the door, I stride.
This Too Shall Resume
I don’t know where it went; The emotional energy, But I know why. And I know it will return. Yet, life goes on, and the world does not wait. I can choose to wait, or go ahead, my faith that I will return to myself Is the closest I will walk with religion. And itContinue reading “This Too Shall Resume”
Procedure
Law is about procedure Efficiency and justice Fighting and dancing I can’t see, How it is acceptable, That efficiency is allowed to batter innocence Even once. Let alone the thousands of times An innocent person is caged, Because procedure will not allow The evidence of absolute innocence Because it is time barred.1
The Day is Promised
Today is promised to laundry To legal memo number three, Today is promised to first year, First semester, law school exams. The division will not be even, It will be flexible. And, with any luck, It will be productive.
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