tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21004920614638936082024-03-18T04:18:12.636-07:00Sookie's Birthday SurpriseSookie Stackhouse gets more for her birthday than she expected.Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.comBlogger7288125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100492061463893608.post-70887707771158115862024-03-18T04:10:00.000-07:002024-03-18T04:17:40.917-07:00MORNING LIGHTS<p> .</p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">MORNING LIGHTS</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Three lights guide me in the morning</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The candle of hope I light every morning</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">For me, you, and all who need hope</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The plant light I put on for my indoor green friends</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">And the dawn, rosy and with the reassurance</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">That everything is fine in the heavens.</span></p><div>.</div><div>.</div><div>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoSq9_BLwFiKdF2fsT-5HST5_n9ot2Ti0PAoUqMVuZtZH4kPSJA8YRoQcgc4WORkdhHrKMxDIYulNL8M4yCMoPT9hGmcjzwKapqPb1bNw-gz2uoX7dLCGxcu7f45mx5iugPHq1Rs-lHCzYFYIqWxhRqWwbUYB_HExYVKQP9UHJ0HwwljJvyDKYFb4P9E0/s1241/MORNING%20LIGHTS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1241" data-original-width="1140" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoSq9_BLwFiKdF2fsT-5HST5_n9ot2Ti0PAoUqMVuZtZH4kPSJA8YRoQcgc4WORkdhHrKMxDIYulNL8M4yCMoPT9hGmcjzwKapqPb1bNw-gz2uoX7dLCGxcu7f45mx5iugPHq1Rs-lHCzYFYIqWxhRqWwbUYB_HExYVKQP9UHJ0HwwljJvyDKYFb4P9E0/s320/MORNING%20LIGHTS.jpg" width="294" /></a></div>.<div>.</div><div>.<br /><div><br /></div></div>Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100492061463893608.post-85064480445721040692024-03-16T04:04:00.000-07:002024-03-16T04:04:42.943-07:00THE MAGICAL CHILDE<p> .</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">HEY THERE MAGICAL CHILDE</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">To the children of the night</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">Who were born into a maelstrom</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">The ones who cowered in a tiny corner of life</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">Hidden, fearful, trapped</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">I say Hang On Kiddo</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">I know you feel alone, weird, confused, defective</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">But you are not those things</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">We are here, your future selves, and your friends</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">We love and appreciate your dear, quirky, unique self</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">Hang in there kiddo</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">The future will be different</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">It will open up, expand, grow brighter</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">Let us take the tiny trembling hand </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">Of our dear inner child</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">And help them to feel loved, valued, treasured</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">Because our inner children are the well spring</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">Of creativity, hope, redemption</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">The trickle that becomes a mighty river </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">To water our gardens until they bloom.</span></p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhB4SqORyKE61Wu5uY9Z7dl04dgJDykyPMozKpaPtdWfdLS81ibhq6ehFu6yqPQLXPSeuToUHcBSgr_MDybmtO2rhBUO7U0oVj1zaj1h3gBzl4SwRWUmX0wpv2tViX9MULREA3J_5Pr-nw5diwpr4fMG7v0KgjLdbRJyHjDEIAeFE2GDQCxe2aNCTadr0/s748/themagicalchilde.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="563" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhB4SqORyKE61Wu5uY9Z7dl04dgJDykyPMozKpaPtdWfdLS81ibhq6ehFu6yqPQLXPSeuToUHcBSgr_MDybmtO2rhBUO7U0oVj1zaj1h3gBzl4SwRWUmX0wpv2tViX9MULREA3J_5Pr-nw5diwpr4fMG7v0KgjLdbRJyHjDEIAeFE2GDQCxe2aNCTadr0/w277-h368/themagicalchilde.jpg" width="277" /></a></div>.<div>.</div><div>.<br /><p><br /></p><div><br /></div></div>Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100492061463893608.post-65395753152558123862024-03-15T03:58:00.000-07:002024-03-15T03:58:48.739-07:00FINDING OUT<p> .</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">FINDING OUT</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Once the Fool falls off the cliff</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Into the Valley of Death</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">They transform into the Explorer</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Who must claw their way out of the slavering jaws</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Of addiction, disaster, ruin, despair, low self esteem</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">All those wicked monsters that inhabit the Valley of Death</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Now the Explorer needs support, like minded others</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Who are further up the Mountain of Averted Disasters</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Towards that glorious view on the snowy glistening mountain top</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Where we plant our victorious flag with the message</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">"You can do it, don't give up.."</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">.</span></div><div>.</div><div>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43mdsw1Ofnq4wrBzZGZH7q0oWUhBykNfs3VVMwq89RPYLl2cvC4oVTU3qJRbdl6_SzM2J1QaKgR3X5G7CXDTE3Xa8qRAODvBXQDDq3c7Ltw-9Kq9yqVhdJYWNrrG4d6sqgyfF50qTWXQ5oa-lLCZ47yq_xYevVIHWgfejq6IkVD4qz499fcL5sVtX10w/s540/findingout.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="540" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43mdsw1Ofnq4wrBzZGZH7q0oWUhBykNfs3VVMwq89RPYLl2cvC4oVTU3qJRbdl6_SzM2J1QaKgR3X5G7CXDTE3Xa8qRAODvBXQDDq3c7Ltw-9Kq9yqVhdJYWNrrG4d6sqgyfF50qTWXQ5oa-lLCZ47yq_xYevVIHWgfejq6IkVD4qz499fcL5sVtX10w/w383-h255/findingout.png" width="383" /></a></div><br /><div>.</div><div>.</div><div>.</div>Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100492061463893608.post-21168362811125303052024-03-14T04:05:00.000-07:002024-03-14T04:05:35.498-07:00PI DAY<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> .</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">PI DAY</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Pi day, oh, pi day</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It is your day, it is my day</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">A transcendental number</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">That just goes on and on</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">While awake or while we slumber</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The math and our reality correspond</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Pi might be irrational</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">But then again, so are we</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Let us sit by those sacred stones of Stonehenge</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We will have pi and tea</span></p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5KcODY_o1pC7UC4mJ0GnSmUSggQRUfJvbSRSH1_TFE0ohQAjbTCnOYhpsO14AbVyLdQ1rpXcg6IepEx1JkcPywcuHq1CfBmU4Y34J3HldKXteP4j7SVnuds9YFto5txvDcWsjI0YeeRYkpKjGCe6czIQ4NutY1h3KOtfonz-2Hwic90zzEt1gSIAQ8o/s834/piday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="564" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5KcODY_o1pC7UC4mJ0GnSmUSggQRUfJvbSRSH1_TFE0ohQAjbTCnOYhpsO14AbVyLdQ1rpXcg6IepEx1JkcPywcuHq1CfBmU4Y34J3HldKXteP4j7SVnuds9YFto5txvDcWsjI0YeeRYkpKjGCe6czIQ4NutY1h3KOtfonz-2Hwic90zzEt1gSIAQ8o/w271-h402/piday.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br /><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><div><br /></div>Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100492061463893608.post-19742621321332141332024-03-13T04:01:00.000-07:002024-03-13T04:01:28.192-07:00MAY I HAVE THIS DANCE?<p> .</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">MAY I HAVE THIS DANCE?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">I have danced to the Song of Life a million times</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">I will dance this dance a million times more</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">So let us all dance around together</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">On the Infinite Atomic Ballroom floor.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">.</span></div><div>.</div><div>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNQjNkRPTbnD5FNqDqhlGPrQL22zRReZ0K9lYjbyfELLRuZPK8Ba-lExV3AwI9H3l1bBFqhmJsffiglFxlrZG8o9ahf6wHAS7oJbhLApKC6JQHRv4kAw_iVl3NSXn8i_OBDf4PALYiVeW2pFUSH4O8h8QsplCdX0CnfwRZdE9kSCL255gJXFcumJ5Qt3o/s748/mayihavethisdance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="563" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNQjNkRPTbnD5FNqDqhlGPrQL22zRReZ0K9lYjbyfELLRuZPK8Ba-lExV3AwI9H3l1bBFqhmJsffiglFxlrZG8o9ahf6wHAS7oJbhLApKC6JQHRv4kAw_iVl3NSXn8i_OBDf4PALYiVeW2pFUSH4O8h8QsplCdX0CnfwRZdE9kSCL255gJXFcumJ5Qt3o/w298-h396/mayihavethisdance.jpg" width="298" /></a></div>.<div>.</div><div>.<br /><div><br /></div></div>Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100492061463893608.post-9375131270781037112024-03-12T04:13:00.000-07:002024-03-12T04:13:49.007-07:00THE PATH<p> .</p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">THE PATH</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">The path that leads to war</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">And the path that leads to peace</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">Are sometimes the same path</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">For part of the way</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">We must depend on Spirit Guides to lead us</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">The Spirit of Peace and Cooperation has a calm quiet voice</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">While the Spirit of War rattles sabers and screams curses</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">Easy to tell apart, easy to decide which to follow</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">We watchfully wait for the moment we can leave the Path to War</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">And join hands and hearts as we first carefully place</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">Our feet on the Path to Peace</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">In our personal lives, our communities lives</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">And our worldly lives</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">We join hands and skip back towards the Garden</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">Of Comfort and Welcome for all</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">I bet you can see the pink glow of peace just over the horizon</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">If we can only keep going, making progress</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">Because Peace is a kind of Heaven </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">Big enough for every one of us.</span></p><div>.</div><div>.</div><div>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0wUenM4zD_vDyUqDBAfOP6Sp-G2CdBV5f3DI_a6bjtvF0crUs1U7uWwbqSuS4ChlogCNrGuYZlk5OB8G669YFvBy2pTVfINjoMhrM3ANInJNk56PsOY_ebjoH2zq9hJwslEu3ddDKOHKdQ62KJ9k5I2MJ4Xqxmzi74LmKMK860hwdzb3wxMyPR2-AZhQ/s595/thepath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="540" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0wUenM4zD_vDyUqDBAfOP6Sp-G2CdBV5f3DI_a6bjtvF0crUs1U7uWwbqSuS4ChlogCNrGuYZlk5OB8G669YFvBy2pTVfINjoMhrM3ANInJNk56PsOY_ebjoH2zq9hJwslEu3ddDKOHKdQ62KJ9k5I2MJ4Xqxmzi74LmKMK860hwdzb3wxMyPR2-AZhQ/w353-h389/thepath.jpg" width="353" /></a></div>.<div>.</div><div>.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100492061463893608.post-67019534908620923512024-03-11T04:01:00.000-07:002024-03-11T04:01:46.685-07:00HAUNTING<p> .</p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">HAUNTING</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">The trees wave their branches and make the wind</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Or maybe it's the other way round</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">But a howling wind on a Winter's day</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Is a truly fearsome sound</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">The Wind Banshees shriek and howl outside</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">New England is haunted with ghosts from the past</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">We cozy up in our little homes</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Waiting out Boreas's wintery blast</span></p><div>.</div><div>.</div><div>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzFeG0ZtwsBeDDBmbUeG-P4RobmMqhb0ZnSbVjenPixwU3dalskss1GmDdCHJ6VPftfoYc1DdzTZv1sGeafhbs3OpVChPeNvRU5DgqWG35t02D4YERaUemJWRh1UKVSKs5XkcPWxfrNVpuhfyhuoAdTP0s11ZucTbKzWYy-b5gBg-gOui8BtXRmCtcFw/s814/haunting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="564" height="415" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzFeG0ZtwsBeDDBmbUeG-P4RobmMqhb0ZnSbVjenPixwU3dalskss1GmDdCHJ6VPftfoYc1DdzTZv1sGeafhbs3OpVChPeNvRU5DgqWG35t02D4YERaUemJWRh1UKVSKs5XkcPWxfrNVpuhfyhuoAdTP0s11ZucTbKzWYy-b5gBg-gOui8BtXRmCtcFw/w288-h415/haunting.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><div>.</div><div>.</div><div>.</div>Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100492061463893608.post-46799892283984991812024-03-10T03:50:00.000-07:002024-03-10T03:50:51.775-07:00TILTING AT WINDMILLS<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> .</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">TILTING AT WINDMILLS</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Socrates warned against writing</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">He said we must speak face to face</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Electricity was thought to be dangerous</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We must stick to whale oil and coal to be safe</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">When women wanted equality</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">They were told they can't possibly vote</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Their little world is housework and children</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The big real world of men too remote</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Cars were seen as flighty contraptions</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">That could never replace the reliable horse</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Writing, electricity, cars and women's rights</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Were all deemed evil things ...but of course</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Time has shown us the value</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Of these more modern ways to do things</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We hardly question them now</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We even fly around with stiff metal wings</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Now we are facing a new threat</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It is what we call A I</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Where anything and anyone can be faked</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Fooling the ear and the eye</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Our choices algorhythmically predicted</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It's like they are reading our minds</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Are they reading our personal mail?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Peeking behind our closed blinds?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Cameras are just about everywhere</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Our location is tracked on our phone</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">A satellite knows our location</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It's like we are never alone</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">How will we handle this future?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We will need the control of the law</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We will all need to be mindful and vigilant</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">To look for each pitfall and flaw</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It is going to take all of us</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Working to control these advances</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Figuring out benefits and liabilities</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">But fear not, we'll have plenty of chances </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p>.</p><p>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8AzGV5TZHOyvCEHv5wNIXW2fuP768glqDqTZ8oFvl-EuFBJN7WPZR-bSf_hs1ehDuvd5uFLxFpNCZQF0egXQ8vCD6OePJ1rc8qzMBauSk-02EcE5lWw5_63sZwJ1Xr4dsers7QDgRM6ZWKXaSlZ4eaTGDwCw84Vv8QYrZmEuuFLD1-4eOKyHvwlg2AdI/s500/tilting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="346" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8AzGV5TZHOyvCEHv5wNIXW2fuP768glqDqTZ8oFvl-EuFBJN7WPZR-bSf_hs1ehDuvd5uFLxFpNCZQF0egXQ8vCD6OePJ1rc8qzMBauSk-02EcE5lWw5_63sZwJ1Xr4dsers7QDgRM6ZWKXaSlZ4eaTGDwCw84Vv8QYrZmEuuFLD1-4eOKyHvwlg2AdI/w269-h390/tilting.jpg" width="269" /></a></div>.<div>.</div><div>.</div><div><br /><p><br /></p><div><br /></div></div>Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100492061463893608.post-54403262210877132802024-03-09T04:21:00.000-08:002024-03-09T04:21:41.668-08:00UPGRADE<p> .</p><p>.</p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">UPGRADE</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">You are doing the best that you possibly can</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Oh I know we all have some unrealistic vision of perfection</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">But realistically we only need to give it our best shot</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Today</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Knowing that "best" might become better tomorrow</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">As we build on our successes</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Having lofty goals is a good thing</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">As we journey from here to there</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">That place where we are the better vision of ourselves</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Operating on a higher level</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Achievements we can only get to </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">If we stand on the foundation rock of today</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">A mighty cornerstone with the words chiseled in</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">"I tried my best today."</span></p><div>.</div><div>.</div><div>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy1D9vN4qxedDnJ7_A4ARKQaSVrisP16JKSLNOdW_HmseqV5VjN1HNejJF2IBMhk3SUfRxnACrTw7Ve0tubWZPZnJNsYBVE6BidK377cH3CD0E1pfR7-VecabholyMTTlvQD6bDe685_l-Mj0iB-5M8VI7cOtrgi0_Vp3O7UJAp0EI0FlOKHYGetmQr2E/s1078/upgrade.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1078" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy1D9vN4qxedDnJ7_A4ARKQaSVrisP16JKSLNOdW_HmseqV5VjN1HNejJF2IBMhk3SUfRxnACrTw7Ve0tubWZPZnJNsYBVE6BidK377cH3CD0E1pfR7-VecabholyMTTlvQD6bDe685_l-Mj0iB-5M8VI7cOtrgi0_Vp3O7UJAp0EI0FlOKHYGetmQr2E/w353-h350/upgrade.jpg" width="353" /></a></div>.<div>.</div><div>.<br /><div><br /></div></div>Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100492061463893608.post-69700531600151583342024-03-07T13:05:00.000-08:002024-03-07T13:05:01.812-08:00PRIMORDIAL OOZE<p> .</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">PRIMORDIAL OOZE</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Why is folk art so colorfully bright?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Mud</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">In Poland what fizzled Napolean's fight?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Mud</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">What can you use to build a cheap hut</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Is the neutral brown color of the African mutt</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">A healing pack for beauty or to heal a small cut</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Mud</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">It can tighten your pores, fill in a crack</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Tons slide down a hill like a silty attack</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">If you sink in it deeply you might not get back</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Mud</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Prints in it can help solve a crime</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">It can bury a village for years at a time</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">It can feel like lava, red clay or slime</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Mud</span></p><div>.</div><div>.</div><div>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMwcGKGUqgEColIsHd7xXLFlK_WM_D-UqyERkhDqS2LemE76n-gA3XON4qIP-_y0bp51b1iPRR1YMwSyEiEH704eYZHFyuWF-dKLAqOE2XNxmtK2-MsjOwCoxPxcDi4q_Gr0cId5SNUvN2DUEAqfJbtdL_77zslYc_UZysuEG2y9G5msGmodrHEK4g3Mc/s686/primordial%20ooze.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="686" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMwcGKGUqgEColIsHd7xXLFlK_WM_D-UqyERkhDqS2LemE76n-gA3XON4qIP-_y0bp51b1iPRR1YMwSyEiEH704eYZHFyuWF-dKLAqOE2XNxmtK2-MsjOwCoxPxcDi4q_Gr0cId5SNUvN2DUEAqfJbtdL_77zslYc_UZysuEG2y9G5msGmodrHEK4g3Mc/w400-h225/primordial%20ooze.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>.<div>.</div><div>.</div><div><br /><div><br /></div></div>Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100492061463893608.post-6030544755812074512024-03-07T03:58:00.000-08:002024-03-07T03:58:51.638-08:00THE MAGICIAN'S BLESSING<p> .</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">THE MAGICIAN'S BLESSING</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">May the vast sparkling ocean claim your tears</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">May the warm sun and a gentle breeze dry your weeping eyes </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And fill your sails so you may move on</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">May the bountiful mother, Earth, ground you and let the seeds</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Of hope and renewal grow into a mighty forest</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Trees, living wands, to shelter you and keep you safe</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">May the magic of love heal your heart, body and mind</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">So mote it be.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none !important;">.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none !important;">.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none !important;">.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0naetG-xkI4Vm-9L_mlJEHOWlL3mYvsO0-AHlFKhJSWFga9sVHHT_UzwQaeUUzIJwWiaioxfoH2WMupED_mqY_Up5DIZdkmGmCncj7c7Fhe1wyB4JN6iclmW2GDxb21ybYW63-7_s8CWkWJ6Cu9bz2grjGhyphenhyphenZiRJKsqEQkc9prmKDr2kvfrvULrM0Hlk/s947/magicians.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="947" data-original-width="600" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0naetG-xkI4Vm-9L_mlJEHOWlL3mYvsO0-AHlFKhJSWFga9sVHHT_UzwQaeUUzIJwWiaioxfoH2WMupED_mqY_Up5DIZdkmGmCncj7c7Fhe1wyB4JN6iclmW2GDxb21ybYW63-7_s8CWkWJ6Cu9bz2grjGhyphenhyphenZiRJKsqEQkc9prmKDr2kvfrvULrM0Hlk/w238-h376/magicians.png" width="238" /></a></div>.<div>.</div><div>.</div><div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none !important;"><br /></div></div>Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100492061463893608.post-5379326677377123762024-03-06T03:42:00.000-08:002024-03-06T03:42:33.201-08:00TRAJECTORY<p> .</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">TRAJECTORY</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">First people had to learn how to do things</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Build a fire, chop down a tree, form a hunting party</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Then they had to learn how to make things</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Dwellings, weapons, clothing, towns</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Next we had to learn how to learn</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Writing, mathematics, laws, customs</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Now we have to learn how not to do things</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Not overpopulate the land</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Not pollute the water</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Not ruin the air</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Not add poison to the food</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Also we must learn how to get along</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Even if we strenuously disagree</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">So that everyone gets a chance to contribute their ideas</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Last, but not least, we must figure out what we are</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Why we are here</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">And when we look up at a starry night</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">What that feeling of awe, wonder and yearning means</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Why, when a distant star winks at us,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">We wink back</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">.</span></div><div>.</div><div>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivbdj-nHjggrlrRT1Vd53q8Bc00O-TYBkN3FUr5tAD2CgZ9qz3yjgjmAaWmRYoZAtLUV4vfIriSjTJxQnYNS61z6GsoMnW2OHQDGfiWmPlhfOtWmJCHZtful5asFaoA7oOhEhcQpLGLF6u7HRYVUy0yctqzf0d9sQQJkkNXBsFU7-yeDDCC-vNKVvsGkE/s564/trajectory.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="564" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivbdj-nHjggrlrRT1Vd53q8Bc00O-TYBkN3FUr5tAD2CgZ9qz3yjgjmAaWmRYoZAtLUV4vfIriSjTJxQnYNS61z6GsoMnW2OHQDGfiWmPlhfOtWmJCHZtful5asFaoA7oOhEhcQpLGLF6u7HRYVUy0yctqzf0d9sQQJkkNXBsFU7-yeDDCC-vNKVvsGkE/w364-h364/trajectory.jpg" width="364" /></a></div><br /><div>.</div><div>.</div><div>.</div>Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100492061463893608.post-81858084632584488642024-03-05T04:04:00.000-08:002024-03-05T04:04:18.272-08:00MY EX<p> .</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">MY EX</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">We shed dead cells like crazy</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">It happens even if we are lazy</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">The fate of my cells is hazy</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">But sometimes fate is fugazi</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">I might have watched too much Twilight Zone</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">But I worry someone might make a clone</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Someone like me right down to the bone</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">What if she's out there alone?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">What would she do or say?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Is she equipped to find her own way?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Would we be different as night and day?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Can she live and laugh and play?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">So when I exfoliate</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">I wonder about my cells fate</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">I hope that they're doing great</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">But I don't expect an update</span></p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSj_BiKWMwuCwzsFf8OVHBeEIAC_AXCnM85-1ZAuANv5eWm0bbvA3WqnDTDjmaY9vQ7QpSD62p4mAf3CkkSoOuOt4oSLq4G8QzeRDq2iujDbhkqDtS_tKMSLsM6PKfb6Y7jEn6MARqYYPvhrirse6EkyMQkJQHPURCOKvnvTKO4H5dpHd0L0tXq1OFHRM/s488/myex.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="325" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSj_BiKWMwuCwzsFf8OVHBeEIAC_AXCnM85-1ZAuANv5eWm0bbvA3WqnDTDjmaY9vQ7QpSD62p4mAf3CkkSoOuOt4oSLq4G8QzeRDq2iujDbhkqDtS_tKMSLsM6PKfb6Y7jEn6MARqYYPvhrirse6EkyMQkJQHPURCOKvnvTKO4H5dpHd0L0tXq1OFHRM/w253-h381/myex.jpg" width="253" /></a></div>.<div>.</div><div>.</div><div><br /><p><br /></p><div><br /></div></div>Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100492061463893608.post-27782150207790117202024-03-04T04:06:00.000-08:002024-03-04T04:06:51.738-08:00LIFT UP THINE EYES <p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> .</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">LIFT UP THINE EYES</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">A sense of open-minded wonder</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Can lift you up</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">On the crest of a wave, the top of a hill</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">A magnificent cloud, or sunlight shimmering through the trees</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">That sense of open-minded wonder</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Can lift you up</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">If you would direct your mind, </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Your gaze will need to go</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">To those uplifting things</span></p><div>.</div><div>.</div><div>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyzulUZc8LGqDl11ofOHfXWqM5c_HULOB9jqb2jxLnftJS1I2Rqhe2rUyNvAfc9-5KISxPgsqQFK93eB4CjLfnTrdyGC9wbja17JxFhmE0yQIR4KEftG2Cj160i7tNAscq6lpnrHryr8OhMeUwDGBqtdDlxQyoVAqCQ8IyBZ4lF36ba_DLu6yCNtvHQU/s844/lift%20up%20thine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="564" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyzulUZc8LGqDl11ofOHfXWqM5c_HULOB9jqb2jxLnftJS1I2Rqhe2rUyNvAfc9-5KISxPgsqQFK93eB4CjLfnTrdyGC9wbja17JxFhmE0yQIR4KEftG2Cj160i7tNAscq6lpnrHryr8OhMeUwDGBqtdDlxQyoVAqCQ8IyBZ4lF36ba_DLu6yCNtvHQU/w268-h400/lift%20up%20thine.jpg" width="268" /></a></div>.<div>.</div><div>.<br /><div><br /></div></div>Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100492061463893608.post-29118297800454073752024-03-03T04:15:00.000-08:002024-03-03T04:24:08.883-08:00THE PATH OF MINDFULNESS <p> .</p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">PATH OF MINDFULNESS</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The first thing the Fool does</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Is walk off a cliff because they are not paying attention</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Lacking situational awareness and overly optimistic about the land of golden opportunities</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">They imagine is somewhere on down the road</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Take a lesson from the Fool</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Don't let the dogs yapping at your heels</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Distract you from your number one duty, paying attention</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">To the direction you are headed, and that your foot is being placed </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">On solid ground, not thin air</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Which can lead to another tumble into the Abyss</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Where it might take a long time and a lot of effort</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">To escape</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">There be Monsters in the Abyss </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Monsters like addiction and negative despair</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Fool sees it's a beautiful day full of opportunities</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">To grow and improve for the willing and mindful</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Today your journey will carry you past obstacles and traps</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The jaunty mindful Fool on this bright new day.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Fool no longer, but now wiser and strong</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Ready to move in a good orderly direction</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Just for today.</span></p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNEv_AjURelJP6y7t5HPiTkR0xy-HWfKIrOvaeeiTsHjAQuwlj7PLCrlSaL811pxxn0l6gslbZXIRBbcwYs8ZKxLc1LyBSsMGP989fwXiEfqiM6j73gpd_Ne7Vrk3pbSM4NL6A5ctH7l3imlHG_E0b6WkUIH8UvxMBMV4zz7X3LNLHXWjKqKBa7a7Iyw4/s1003/thepathofmindfulness.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1003" data-original-width="564" height="409" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNEv_AjURelJP6y7t5HPiTkR0xy-HWfKIrOvaeeiTsHjAQuwlj7PLCrlSaL811pxxn0l6gslbZXIRBbcwYs8ZKxLc1LyBSsMGP989fwXiEfqiM6j73gpd_Ne7Vrk3pbSM4NL6A5ctH7l3imlHG_E0b6WkUIH8UvxMBMV4zz7X3LNLHXWjKqKBa7a7Iyw4/w230-h409/thepathofmindfulness.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><br /><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><div><br /></div>Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100492061463893608.post-55330476093524268362024-03-02T04:13:00.000-08:002024-03-02T04:26:34.907-08:00THE IMPATIENCE OF ZEALOTS<p> .</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">THE IMPATIENCE OF ZEALOTS</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The impatience of zealots is responsible</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">For many mistakes and poor decisions</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Throughout history</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Even if the zealot has a worthy cause</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Their strident, sometimes violent methods</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">For moving their agenda forward</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Is not the Mighty Ship of State</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">But the runaway train of hysteria</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">With madness as the conductor</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">While zeal is attractive and that energy necessary</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">For growth and change</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Becoming a zealot is a toxic extreme</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The farther the zealot orbits away from the center</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The more likely they are to fly off</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Into nothingness</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Staying in the center gives us 360 degree access</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">To move in whatever direction we need to go</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">To achieve change and promote peace </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Change towards peace is what we all are so yearning for</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The Peaceful Zealot is the new warrior</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">If only the tribe will listen to the quiet voice of reason.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQm4I2Kd0aSFSX38KgYC1QKrqfV1JorCPyCsVEEdNL26J8G_BEXjA87BNPptFPmT1hRShLWQKQERlF3J0k-n-pdrpCdUQ9Eq8pyWvVBdZgtldKkV5q1uhRH9q8msSIfWX7zm01GIkAAp6cJvODqNKHG0aVwXujEBHrk-V9YeDhhVo0YuUqIkeLigZi1iE/s720/theimpatienceofzealots.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="518" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQm4I2Kd0aSFSX38KgYC1QKrqfV1JorCPyCsVEEdNL26J8G_BEXjA87BNPptFPmT1hRShLWQKQERlF3J0k-n-pdrpCdUQ9Eq8pyWvVBdZgtldKkV5q1uhRH9q8msSIfWX7zm01GIkAAp6cJvODqNKHG0aVwXujEBHrk-V9YeDhhVo0YuUqIkeLigZi1iE/w274-h381/theimpatienceofzealots.jpg" width="274" /></a></div>.<div>.</div><div>.<br /><div><br /></div></div>Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100492061463893608.post-40243039709444906142024-03-01T04:21:00.000-08:002024-03-01T04:21:40.145-08:00SPHERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, KID<p> .</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">SPHERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, KID</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Everyone lives three lives</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Their Public life</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Which is carefully manicured and edited</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">For Public viewing</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">We have our Private lives</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">That life we share with those around us</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">And our Secret life</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Which could be just about anything, really</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">If our secret life includes spiritual seeking</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">We can develop our relationship with our</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Higher Selves</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Which will then radiate Peace and Wisdom</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Into our other spheres of life</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Like an Inner Sun</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">A spotlight for our Public stage</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">A glowing hearth to warm those around us</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">An inner light to drive away the shadows</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Of fear, anger, and existential dread</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">It will move down our Path</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Showing us the Way back to our inner garden</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Of blossoming abundance and opportunity</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Enriching everything that light illuminates</span></p><div>.</div><div>.</div><div>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjrKNggmQLN78U0xpzgDPhjOtxur9pVBe4TV1BBBv7GlNtj6D6m3FMhQHeY8ui_R-Uw-D45rcYC6sWFnMFrVBrMXxlb2dxtqWp7qelPIVafUwYCLeQB_ZhlnspUHk2be9USzDUQutpMmuV2DM9FdsDkZcx-WMe7hQ16AVpljvRzgXSkb2jTTpE9foGtk/s846/sphereslooking.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="564" height="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjrKNggmQLN78U0xpzgDPhjOtxur9pVBe4TV1BBBv7GlNtj6D6m3FMhQHeY8ui_R-Uw-D45rcYC6sWFnMFrVBrMXxlb2dxtqWp7qelPIVafUwYCLeQB_ZhlnspUHk2be9USzDUQutpMmuV2DM9FdsDkZcx-WMe7hQ16AVpljvRzgXSkb2jTTpE9foGtk/w284-h413/sphereslooking.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><br /><div>.</div><div>.</div><div>.</div>Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100492061463893608.post-35634109607888921332024-02-29T04:08:00.000-08:002024-02-29T04:08:22.053-08:00SHOPPING TRIP<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> .</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">SHOPPING TRIP</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I went to the Thought Store</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">To get us some new thoughts</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And stock up on the thoughts we use all the time</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I wrestled my cart free from the tangle of carts</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Because I like to make as few trips as possible</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Right inside the automatic door</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Was the Hope Department</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I went a little overboard, but I wanted to get all the hopes</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We could possibly use</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Next I went to the Courage section</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Got us a large economy size</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Comfort and Peace was having a two for one sale</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So I got us two huge fluffy bundles of that</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I also stocked up on Strength and Motivation</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Because you can't always get those</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">(Supply chain issues I imagine)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Finally I got us all the Self Care products we need</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">To keep us healthy and strong</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And I grabbed a few packages of Mirth and Fun</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">At the checkout</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Because life can't be all work and no play</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I can't wait to show you all the wonderful, beautiful thoughts</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I got us to enjoy together, each and every day.</span></p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMAIMwvVM_LUXHyIrUiF01o5V1PIHe6RZJ5ruh44BrFDITHZWD4LwWRKOUqo18GoVvcprHMSMXIPpPXbJlSIMXdXgUbZLBufWgdTyXhoh9REXDtDJILKxoSIlCpqja3OEoVql2am9-sbkydzCZI0F_LHPi2sUovYVmgJVb2cYOq66Qn_1VdqINTnnptbk/s705/shoppingtrip.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="564" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMAIMwvVM_LUXHyIrUiF01o5V1PIHe6RZJ5ruh44BrFDITHZWD4LwWRKOUqo18GoVvcprHMSMXIPpPXbJlSIMXdXgUbZLBufWgdTyXhoh9REXDtDJILKxoSIlCpqja3OEoVql2am9-sbkydzCZI0F_LHPi2sUovYVmgJVb2cYOq66Qn_1VdqINTnnptbk/w295-h368/shoppingtrip.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><br /><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><div><br /></div>Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100492061463893608.post-76049367319074333802024-02-28T04:05:00.000-08:002024-02-28T04:05:43.406-08:00THE TRAGEDY OF ATOMS<p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"> .</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">THE TRAGEDY OF ATOMS</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">To have a material form</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">To be composed of atoms</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Is potentially tragic</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Because once atoms become a Somebody</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">They don't easily become a Nobody again</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">The atoms cling together insisting on the form</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">That the guiding intelligence gave them</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">The tragedy of atoms</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Is that they must eventually let go</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Re-form, become something new</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">But what about the guiding intelligence</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">The blueprint, the program?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">That is indestructible, e-ternal</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Outside of time but inside of us.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p>.</p><p>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3S7LWsC2rrZDw2pyVJtv4XsdKEDYFP9XmPV2tmAMj3BwAV1zkhx__il8hsCUy9RbKgqjFti_PevFP2MT5T59wLrAcpZ_pI9vfbXsgVGoZ4CBl0Ba6Tc6DTPPQ7pxwsPFjiU2S29Ks8isEkfjtBTNB2Ld82UsnnR5L0sQTr2DPtRBbAPtvFDXpYm4mmZ0/s797/thetragedyof2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="564" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3S7LWsC2rrZDw2pyVJtv4XsdKEDYFP9XmPV2tmAMj3BwAV1zkhx__il8hsCUy9RbKgqjFti_PevFP2MT5T59wLrAcpZ_pI9vfbXsgVGoZ4CBl0Ba6Tc6DTPPQ7pxwsPFjiU2S29Ks8isEkfjtBTNB2Ld82UsnnR5L0sQTr2DPtRBbAPtvFDXpYm4mmZ0/w261-h370/thetragedyof2.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><br /><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><div><br /></div>Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100492061463893608.post-77076258873854526662024-02-27T03:51:00.000-08:002024-02-27T03:51:55.802-08:00SOLDIER ON<p> .</p><p>.</p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">SOLDIER ON</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">There is no way to have a bullet proof heart </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">That is still beating real feelings.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Therefore, you must beware</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Your heart can end up as collateral damage</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In a war someone you care about</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Is having with an old flame that you don't know at all</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The war might be far away or long ago</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">But your heart can still be wounded</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">From the shrapnel flying around</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Whistling around you from a fight</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">You had no part in and didn't even know</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Was being waged over there.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p>.</p><p>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3nziyd-fl8gSx0AY2oBHY5FfcFRKU6-E1jbtIrw0H2H8xGkIUdM55jzlS8QwY5OfZW2QzhcVwfzD6yvptfs8Xs3bzuuf_HA5eYIfUoJyD-v0tGLWiHGR9Uid_2NtZVYQzJgxKYith4PJGgfKvaKv-saf1W3HJHRVdWAnNdir-ELTeQII9G0iSAEOVxdc/s564/soldieron.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="564" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3nziyd-fl8gSx0AY2oBHY5FfcFRKU6-E1jbtIrw0H2H8xGkIUdM55jzlS8QwY5OfZW2QzhcVwfzD6yvptfs8Xs3bzuuf_HA5eYIfUoJyD-v0tGLWiHGR9Uid_2NtZVYQzJgxKYith4PJGgfKvaKv-saf1W3HJHRVdWAnNdir-ELTeQII9G0iSAEOVxdc/w357-h349/soldieron.jpg" width="357" /></a></div>.<div>.</div><div>.</div><div><br /><p><br /></p><div><br /></div></div>Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100492061463893608.post-23443570032151593222024-02-26T04:03:00.000-08:002024-02-26T04:03:41.011-08:00AGING<p> .</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">AGING</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">It's what makes your hair turn silver white</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Use the restroom during the night</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Makes it hard to rise from chairs</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Get off the floor or run up stairs.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">But like all of Nature's tricks</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">There are benefits if you keep your wits</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Wisdom, patience and experience fill</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">The place youth's madness used to thrill.</span></p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg39X6I7xwpw1Sal5fiHcmPpVfkzjhLpE3lxP3eerb_nwPYH8kCzv3knjGDxh8mOql5_zimjEwHYkNzBHPeLyo7_Cx8ShazqRXcCdTWzSqn_e9JmdKguYK3FFoBQ3EBXXXisyvDzMOqYiYKwfcisOOO3PHtnAyrGjyC4OTBNh24nFryJSiODBrxR5dSZOc/s1000/aging.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="1000" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg39X6I7xwpw1Sal5fiHcmPpVfkzjhLpE3lxP3eerb_nwPYH8kCzv3knjGDxh8mOql5_zimjEwHYkNzBHPeLyo7_Cx8ShazqRXcCdTWzSqn_e9JmdKguYK3FFoBQ3EBXXXisyvDzMOqYiYKwfcisOOO3PHtnAyrGjyC4OTBNh24nFryJSiODBrxR5dSZOc/w349-h345/aging.jpg" width="349" /></a></div>.<div>.</div><div>.</div><div><br /><p><br /></p><div><br /></div></div>Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100492061463893608.post-50847043289666340662024-02-25T03:59:00.000-08:002024-02-25T03:59:09.692-08:00MAYBE<p> .</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">MAYBE</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">Maybe UFO's are ghosts</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">From the planet that used to be here</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">Before the Earth was formed.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Oxygen; font-size: large;">.</span></div><div>.</div><div>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB_TpIW__mvGZr9uuYi9UB4Xpfo2Q5ueMbdXkoNiEq7zwu58VADP34MpzJsz0qIw1oA6rYMvA2OCyPNQEJNSxXJzXcAn99g_jIEWgVPZGznodZaNTZXCnw-qvhNZmLGi8gJ_G48nKrKtp9pjL3dmr1W51WKUo5-f9IFGEDwB-HxSH9hwfnzB3LVIHGh50/s563/maybe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="563" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB_TpIW__mvGZr9uuYi9UB4Xpfo2Q5ueMbdXkoNiEq7zwu58VADP34MpzJsz0qIw1oA6rYMvA2OCyPNQEJNSxXJzXcAn99g_jIEWgVPZGznodZaNTZXCnw-qvhNZmLGi8gJ_G48nKrKtp9pjL3dmr1W51WKUo5-f9IFGEDwB-HxSH9hwfnzB3LVIHGh50/w351-h271/maybe.jpg" width="351" /></a></div>.<div>.</div><div>.<br /><div><br /></div></div>Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100492061463893608.post-27944593004062760982024-02-24T03:57:00.000-08:002024-02-24T03:57:49.176-08:00CREEPY<p> .</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">CREEPY </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Have you ever heard of the Creeping Crud?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Let me tell you, it's awful</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">One day the things you do are just fine</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">The next day they're unlawful</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">We all have to keep a watchful eye</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">On what the politicos do</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Lest they creep in with their ugly crud</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">That rises and swallows you</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">.</span></div><div>.</div><div>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjk5AsfGWe-eI9Wh946vTRZJigus0ZGleyAplq0nQx2SNvzQF84Di0aOWF23VoDCE5et50ssGfBBfYLmgthiaM1yvPXARPEDU-DmZFjWmg6L8MYjxhuEdQw3-DfnIw9I0dejsboA7DOnHRwL8RSzTKM_Q279_pOsyPWd3VuvFqHDE1i5jjWWwfFoHEBM/s1158/blob.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="1158" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjk5AsfGWe-eI9Wh946vTRZJigus0ZGleyAplq0nQx2SNvzQF84Di0aOWF23VoDCE5et50ssGfBBfYLmgthiaM1yvPXARPEDU-DmZFjWmg6L8MYjxhuEdQw3-DfnIw9I0dejsboA7DOnHRwL8RSzTKM_Q279_pOsyPWd3VuvFqHDE1i5jjWWwfFoHEBM/w362-h163/blob.jpg" width="362" /></a></div>.<div>.</div><div>.<br /><div><br /></div></div>Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100492061463893608.post-58983505531197753322024-02-23T04:23:00.000-08:002024-02-23T04:23:44.048-08:00STOREFRONT <p> .</p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">STOREFRONT </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Sometimes a business is bogus</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Their real business is in the back</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The storefront might sell phone cases</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">But that is all an act</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The backroom houses others</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Committing criminal offenses</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">If you just innocently want a cell phone case</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It is going to scramble your senses</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Some folks are like that store front</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">All sweetness and light in front</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">But the wickedness that is concealed</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Is nothing that you want</span></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">.</span></div><div>.</div><div>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3ygZSyMe_HvQvPdP2V2V8dHL_Tqrr7IFujKR2jiPLBSfZP9Y-p47eyzJt9QcbpWLqodFhoTOnHx23tDmRkYDVLZmSO6OpA4FlyVdsgfcJ01uEHcxLVrktd1Q0o-f_Q8QjuSUqR6HQA40HhHMLWY7VnnE5VOwrOz9ReGPJCmJ6bj8KFhcYiDN_ruF9V8/s564/storefront.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="564" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3ygZSyMe_HvQvPdP2V2V8dHL_Tqrr7IFujKR2jiPLBSfZP9Y-p47eyzJt9QcbpWLqodFhoTOnHx23tDmRkYDVLZmSO6OpA4FlyVdsgfcJ01uEHcxLVrktd1Q0o-f_Q8QjuSUqR6HQA40HhHMLWY7VnnE5VOwrOz9ReGPJCmJ6bj8KFhcYiDN_ruF9V8/w343-h343/storefront.jpg" width="343" /></a></div>.<div>.</div><div>.<br /><div><br /></div></div>Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100492061463893608.post-45235083274165986792024-02-22T04:14:00.000-08:002024-02-22T04:14:50.600-08:00GLIMMER GLIMMER<p> .</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;">GLIMMER GLIMMER</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;">When a relationship is starting to wear thin</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;">We need those twin glimmers of hope:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;">That repairing the relationship has merit</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;">And that I am the right person to attempt it</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;">That I will do more good than harm</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;">Sometimes we have said everything we have to say.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;">And done everything we're going to do</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;">We just get to the end</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;">Then we can detach with kindness and peace </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;">In our hearts </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;">Knowing that we tried, gave it our best shot</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;">But the necessary ingredients were just not there</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;">When our glimmer goes out we pick up our</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;">Bag of unused glimmers and move on down the road</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;">Greeting others with their own glimmer bags</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;">Which might resonate with our own light</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;">And become the spark of connection that holds</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;">Two sacred little suns orbiting each other </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;">Across the Universe of little lights blinking their message</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;">Of love and hope, good will and peace of spirit</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;">.</span></div><div>.</div><div>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-IqOOroKtJV1CIsjzIQLxmpx68KSFrru84htiRRH3Hv8E37Yl4a_fSu7wLWNAE-Yp5EGkgyqi7jKSrc_B44I1f8e1CLVd616ZCuevYeNa0QpLxRIJpQft2vynjHPXwOzomwAB3v-Kn0hRKFv6BxNs5TOKnQ3w3qMVsN2NWKYuk8Rjupg7x29W8yT48jc/s608/glimmer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="564" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-IqOOroKtJV1CIsjzIQLxmpx68KSFrru84htiRRH3Hv8E37Yl4a_fSu7wLWNAE-Yp5EGkgyqi7jKSrc_B44I1f8e1CLVd616ZCuevYeNa0QpLxRIJpQft2vynjHPXwOzomwAB3v-Kn0hRKFv6BxNs5TOKnQ3w3qMVsN2NWKYuk8Rjupg7x29W8yT48jc/w362-h390/glimmer.jpg" width="362" /></a></div><br /><div>.</div><div>.</div><div>.</div>Eros Ashimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.com0