another one died
famous people that I knew
from childhood, TV, news
of course they're going to die
we all do
of course it's sad for the family and friends
that's normal
but we don't have to know
we don't have to grieve
we don't have to talk about it
like voyeurs at a funeral
so people die
even famous people
who knew?
don't let unhelpful stuff
into the container of your world
give me who you are
where you are
when you are
give me it all
not some flotsam and jetsam mirage
don't give me any of your bullshit
old man
with your fancy philosophies and preaching
I want to live
to hear music
to dance over the graves of the dullards
who made this country the hell that it is
don't give me any of your hectoring tones
your sick visions of a world without love
a world that crushes all that is human
and raises all that is cold and cruel
I want to laugh
to walk in the sea
to swim where the ocean meets the sea
and lie in its golden sands
There are times
when the mind wants to work
create
drive forward
There are times
when the mind goes on strike
refuses to budge
refuses to go into first gear
These are times
to breathe in
fresh and clear
breathe out
quiet and peaceful
and accept the non-action
for what it is
a response to
the work
the creating
the drive forward
the world is clear
pure
transparent
no obstacles in the way
of the multitude of living things
from the blue whale
to the single cell organism
everything flows as it should
everything is born at the right time
everything dies at the right time
the world is transparent
pure
crystal clear
I am not your baby
I am not your path
why don't you go upstairs
and have a restful bath?
I am not your future
I am not your past
why don't you just go away
and give me peace at last?
I am not a robot
I am not your pet
Why do you always remember
and never forget?
This world too will vanish
leave only a trace behind
and you and me and all our thoughts
will be deaf dumb and blind
whatever may come
we know that we know
whatever may go
we knew, now don't know
and now we are here
do you know where you are?
