Category Love
All Together Now
Wonder if you think it possible to find something profane within the divine? I think you must; it is merely balance. Neither light nor dark work freelance. When we’re dead, we’re turned to dirt, ashes scattered to the winds, the void. It happens, neither you nor I can avert. We cannot any way find […]
Integration
Run around, run in place, life is movement of the flesh Look in a mirror, study your face. Do the skin of youth, your wrinkles mesh?
Welcome
Welcome ~~~~~ Welcome is such a simple word Yet it is so rich in implication Must I ask you again, once heard If so, I’ll send another invitation Welcome ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment
Awake, for Now
Awaken in the early hours of this morn to write this previously unthought verse. So 1 wonder if I should feel more forlorn, I’ll fade from life as I ride in my hearse? Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment
Dance of Life
Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Dance of Life ~~~~~ Improvisational science Dichotomy of control, extravagance Both joined in an alliance See the stardust, watch it dance ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See more of my creative offerings and […]
Circling
Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Circling ~~~~~ Everything old will become new again Everything lost will again be found Whether in the doldrums or tempest-tossed We’ll reach port, sail again the circle round ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ […]
Elemental
Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Elemental ~~~~~ Now, we sing hymns of praise, preach sermons of damnation. Who do we laud? Who do we curse? We pretend we march in lockstep, tied together in a three-legged race attacking and retreating. Some people run, fight to finish first, […]
Clouded Mirrow
Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Clouded Mirror ~~~~~ Trees, winds, sky, grass, earth Music, art, writing reflections Our clouded mirror ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See more of my creative offerings and opinions at: Philip Brent Digital Art […]
Brevity, the Wit of Soul
Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Brevity, the Wit of Soul ~~~~~ Could it be I finally understand, with my limited perception, that I am but briefly in the band no matter my talent or reception? ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is […]
Sacred Ground
Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Sacred Ground Gardens hidden in secret places Watched over by a gibbous moon Solar lanterns glow to life As nature dances and swoons Who am I an eye trying to understand Harmony that has existed through time Chaos its partner in every […]