Kategori: Poems

None The Wiser

There was a war raging
but we were none the wiser
because they didn’t let us know
what was really going on

There was an energy crisis raging
but we were none the wiser
because they didn’t let us know
what was really going on

There was a financial crisis raging
but we were none the wiser
because they didn’t let us know
what was really going on

There was a refugee crisis raging
but we were none the wiser
because they didn’t let us know
what was really going on

There was a pandemic raging
but we were none the wiser
because they didn’t let us know
what was really going on

There was a demonstration raging
but we were none the wiser
because they didn’t let us know
what was really going on

Whatever is raging us next
we will be none the wiser
because they won’t let us know
what is really going on

Life Goes On

Life goes on
No matter what
It’s what it is
It’s what you’ve got

If you are rich
If you are poor
If you need less
if you need more

It still goes on
No matter what
Through thick or thin
It’s all you got

And by the end
When you are done
Then all you know
of things to come

is Life goes on
No matter what
It’s what it is
It’s what you’ve got

If you are rich
If you are poor
If you need less
if you need more

It still goes on
No matter what
Through thick or thin
It’s all you got

And by the end
When you are done
Then all you know
is life goes on

My Dancing Days Are Over

My dancing days are over
yet I have no regrets
I knew the day was coming
when I would lose my bets

My dancing days are over
yet I am still at peace
There are so many other things
that I can do with ease

My dancing days are over
and I don’t even mind
I’ve danced enough for many lives
to songs of every kind

My dancing days are over
but yours keep going on
So dance your heart out while you can
One day those days are gone

My Love Affliction

I seem to love whatever I do
Not beforehand
And not at first
But as soon as I’ve got into it

So I have to be very wary
About what I choose to do
So I don’t start loving
Something that’s not good for me

Because sometimes
I just continue
Because I love it
Whatever it is I’m doing

This has been very detrimental
To my health
To my well being
Because this love is blind

Am I sick
Am I neurotic
Or am I in love with life itself
Just being here and now

Who the hell knows
Who the hell can tell
What this love is
Whether it’s virtue or vice

I certainly can’t
I’m much too involved
To see clearly on this
Even in retrospect

It’s my modus operandi
It’s just the way I am
Sometimes I like it
Sometimes I don’t

All I want to know
Is this a common trait
Or am I the only one
Who is afflicted with it

And if there are others
How do they handle it
Are they in therapy
Or in a monastery

Is it curable
Will it go away
Or is it a blessing
To be used diligently

No Obligations

I have no obligations to anyone
Never had
Never will

There is no one else to oblige
Never was
Never will be

The moon and the sun and the stars
Will witness
Will testify

That I am at the center of creation
Always was
Always will be

For I am that which is and is not
In eternity
And infinity

You may call me whatever you want
In response
In despair

I have no obligations to you
Only grace
If you care

Causeless Celebration

Is there any reason to celebrate?
Of course there is!

I’m celebrating that I am able to celebrate!
Not long ago I wasn’t.

I also celebrate that I’m telling you about it.
It’s been on my mind for quite some time now.

And if you’d like to celebrate with me
that’s worth celebrating too!

But I don’t really need a reason to celebrate.
That’s usually the best celebration.

Causeless celebration!

Celebrating the causeless cause

The Balance of Power

The balance of power is tilted
Just like it has always been
Towards those who issue the money
The ones who are never seen

The balance of power is tilted
And nothing can tilt it back
As long as we don’t know the reason
And don’t know we’re under attack

The balance of power is tilted
We’re fighting a losing war
The winner is business as usual
The loser the same as before

The balance of power is tilted
but nobody wants to know
who still is a part of the system
that tethered us long ago

The balance of power is tilted
Just like it has always been
Towards those who issue the money
The ones who are never seen

I Have Walked Among Geniuses

I have walked among geniuses
each of their kind
But I only saw outlines
as if I was blind

The core of each being
the seat of their soul
has somehow eluded
my view of the whole

To not see the forest
for all of the trees
A classic mistake
and the way many see

I have walked among geniuses
all of this time
Taken for granted
the way I take mine

While some have been noted
others have not
I finally notice
the ones I forgot

Revealing the grandeur
that’s been there for me
I am humbled by genius
wherever I see

The Beauty of Sadness

You showed me the beauty of sadness
A beauty that I didn’t know
You made it so plain and so simple
and gave me a new place to go

I don’t know if you still remember
the time that we spent in Berlin
You showed me the beauty of sadness
in places where I’d never been

You showed me the beauty of sadness
and gave me a present to keep
You know I can still see the beauty
whenever I break down and weep

I read that you left us this morning
and found that it saddened me so
You showed me the beauty of sadness
and now it’s a lifetime ago

† 2013-10-27