Mine

What I call home in this body of mine

I keep it fit, walking in circles

I try to remember the dreams I have

Keeping my insight clear and honest

I don’t have everything under control

But the best things that I need

Roll forward into my space, into my mind

Sometimes I feel like a collage of flowers

Or, perhaps, pictures from People Magazine

All jumbled together with a little this or that

Bright images filtered out of the dark

Expressing all of the good and bad that bleeds

From my perfectly sullen inner feelings

To come to terms with the essence

Of all of my doubts and fears

Making my day precious and beloved

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Gone

Eager to resolve a challenge

Step by step we move along

Ready for the coming blows

Of life, unknown hypocrisies

For while the most part we are lifted

Toward the goals we see before us

There are always those who tear at us

Who drag us down, out of fear or hate

And these we must, as the Dalai Lama says,

Entreat them to become our friends

For we never know what they are facing

What their limits are, their delusions

And we find that when we dialogue

With those we think are enemies

We learn what difficulties they face

And perhaps together, we can resolve

To put our minds together so that

Our problems melt away and are gone

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