The trees, unmoving, shield the riots within

 

The inner coil and tangle of the wild,
Where rose run mad and holly are as one
Ensure that nature’s heart is undefiled

To these depths, the winter bird’s beguiled
Until the red dawn’s fetched by lowly sun
Through the coil and tangle of the wild.

On the path’s side, brown-green leaves are piled
A thousand beetles search for food within
A hidden space where nature’s undefiled

The cat is waiting, acting like the mild
Then dancing, hunting, acting like his kin
At ease in coil and tangle of worlds wild.

The sun is setting, and the night clouds pile
As lovers kiss, so smiles the holy one,
Living all his natures undefiled.

Now, at last, the darkness has begun
The trees unmoving shield the riots within
The inner coil and tangle make the wild,.
Is the space for soul still undefiled?

But how do you empty yourself?

SIMG_20181218_200526She’s more interested in emptying the vacuum cleaner than emptying her self
Well,if we all emptied our selves it would fill many vacuum cleaners
But how do you empty yourself?
I am inclined to leave well alone
What is a self?
We know but can’t describe
Is our self a container?
Like a biscuit tine?
Or a duvet cover,perhaps?
To be full of yourself is not good
It leaves no room for anyone else
Or ideas, grace,love
It’s a mystery

God alone is stranger than our prayers

I cannot bite the apple of despair
My teeth reject the hardness and the core
Nor  can I take a path that leads nowhere

We cannot always do what we prefer
Nor find a way to  open all closed doors
I  will not bite the apple of despair

Yet to a human we must not defer
God alone is stranger than our prayers
We cannot take a path that leads nowhere

Our sense of self is qualified,, will dare
To let the dove  fly up from  marble floors
I  will not touch the apple of despair

Human life is cruel, so dark, unfair
And differences  that hurt ,we can’t ignore
We must  not start the path that leads nowhere

Equality, sorority, where flair?
Where the chance of learning how to care
I cannot bite the apple of despair
Nor  can I take a path that leads nowhere