nothing amiss

there is nothing amiss.
even lightning must recharge.

‘thus it is’

‘thus it is.’
a summary and conclusion
surprisingly found at many
beginnings we encounter.
(it gives rise to doubting our
preferred sequence of investigation–
first unfold, then reach the
middle of that process of you.)

or pick anything
that can’t be figured out.
and decide that figuring
it out is more important
than anything else.

find the burn uncaused by sun.
the wet, by rain.

the crowded room

the scene:  a crowded room.
you sit down next to some guy,
hardly noticing.
then most others gradually move on
and you are suddenly left
uncomfortably near to this guy.
you both want to move, but
that would be weird, so there
you sit, almost breathing on
each other….
now take him somewhere else.
maybe to your place–
practically speaking, you got
to enter the room of your thoughts.
but if you hang around too long,
as you, (just as per the Universal
Law of Bus Travel) one of them–
the smelliest and most gabby,
will end up in breathing distance.

greyhound, leave your thinking to us,
cause we own your seat.

stuff

stuff out there is
not imaginary,
but without the soup of mind
holding it up,
it would irretrievably fall.

the waterfall

in the darkness
I see the waterfall.
each rush and splash
lights the night,
each spray rainbows
my vision, as I mix
all senses to one.
and send that one
away.

the cloud of mind

we all sometimes ‘know’
the cloud of universal mind
that envelopes man.
do you not also intake
its breath?

plasticity

plasticity.
neuron genesis.
associational enhancement.
synapses are strengthened if they
happen to fire simultaneously
with another.
life’s mechanism for biochemical
reward for the new,
the many, and the few….

unencumbered by good taste

my back alley restaurant has
the most basic faire.
served to palates
unencumbered by good taste.
24/7 of three-square moments.

an uncommon glue

on occasion
an uncommon glue
momentarily holds together
what our attention splits apart.
instead of pieces in the wake of
our looking over,
we are left with a simple seeing,
intact, and
looking back at us.

deposited in your nooks

our friend taught
with force.
time to re-collect
that pressure
deposited in all
your nooks and crannies.

odor of growth

missed the garbage truck today.
more broadly, it’s either all
garbage or none of it is.
well, except for the smell–
I take that back.
there’s the odor of growth to all life,
some just more attached
to one’s nosy parts.

unexpected germination

the blossoms are delightful,
emerging from unexpected germination.
subtle prodding barely needed–
soon walking on their own,
and tending garden.

we all were sown long ago,
once sprouted, history of time
in the ground stays buried.

I speak of not two

I speak of not two.
more than, alas,
mostly follows.

Life’s rudeness

wanna put down yer heavy load?
some would say Life’s rudeness is a gift.
actually two in one—for it also
provides an ever-present scale
for frequent remindings of just how
much you think you ‘carry’ around…

rather

each morning
mind starts right up.
(rather it be my truck.)

stop

stop,
go,
know
when
to.

quivering

another evening bright.
filled not with meaning
but by connected surface tension,
quivering.

scosh

this stark crispness…
one’s vision is allowed
to wrap around things
just a scosh bit more.

interesting, this sight is separating,
the remainder is connecting.
(just more foreground saying
hi! to the background).

soaking wet appreciation

heavy rain.
dry creek beds
come to life.
only difference from my creek–
soaking wet appreciation required to see.

if you must dream

if you must dream,
dream only high enough
to clear the ground.

why waste imagined energy
the same way you waste energy for
real mental jumping?

dive deep

“what are you going to say next?”
a most extraordinary koan.
dive deep, but don’t swim after the words.

less is carried

less is carried.
more room left for
everyone else’s stuff,
if they could but choose to
place it on
these dusty shelves.

commit

we do.
we don’t.
no standing between.
commit, then attend to it.
no matter if by body or will
(as if there were a difference.)

all known sources

knowledge=ignorance
may be Orwellian, but
there are benefits to a
dog shedding fur not
fully appreciated by sofas.

what’s more welcoming a
greeting than, “all of what
you know is incorrect.”
suspect all known sources,
particularly the very local
big brother.

vaporous

what keeps the mind in place?
so vaporous and fluid,
yet it clings tight to its tangled web.
–a concept trying to climb a shadow
out of its own stickiness.

obviously

“obviously”–
overheard frequently, means
‘my chemicals are momentarily stable
in this particular arrangement’.

life is obvious
w/o the chemical veil
folks call reality.

noise in your head

now step back:  remember, all these words are but noise in your head.
the reality always seems over there, till you step closer.