Category Modern Life

Miracle of Grass

Miracle of Grass ~~~~~ Genius is found, pervades all creation, In galaxy, star, planet, land and nation. I will provide you a simple explanation, Awareness and miracles in combination. Miracle of grass, each life in its season. Erase our tawdry philosophic treason, Despite what any programmer keys in. Confusion, idea with reality, the reason. ~~~~~ […]

Yearning and Reaping

Yearning and Reaping ~~~~~ Life, our mystery, our sorrow and our joy, today only. We can neither live in the past, nor predict the future, no matter how much we yearn. Whether we are single or joined, guardians of children or only ourselves and each other, we all travel together. Our ship will not sail, […]

Lifts Me Up

Lifts Me Up ~~~~~ Deep within the cathedral of your eyes The eternal light of your love glows forth. It blazes like the crisp morning sunlight Seen through stained glass, surrounding Me in color, beauty, warmth and wonder, A thermal, that lifts me up to soar high. I sail on unseen wings, over vistas pure, […]

Life Where I Live ~ and why it needs to change

Life Where I Live and why it needs to change ~~~~~ Your life is busy, if you live in the good old US of A. If you’re not homeless, jobless, addicted, suffering from PTSD, begging for money on the street, wondering where you will sleep, where your next meal will come from, you probably think […]

Often

Often ~~~~~   Things fragile and friable Are often unreliable. Not pedestrian or takable; It’s simply that they’re breakable. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,  Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let me know what you think. See more of my creative offerings and opinions at: Brent Harris […]

Have I told You?

Have I told You? ~~~~~ Have I told you about anything I know Or have I only told you about my beliefs? One’s like granite, survives a hammer blow, The other like a gust of wind or a falling leaf. Belief will sometimes change the world. Knowledge is sometimes calcified and friable. If we could […]

Sea and Sand

Sea and Sand ~~~~~ Breath deep the glimmering day. All too soon it will all pass away. Hillside lush and green with life, Gentle curve, the horizon’s knife. Anon, the sun slips into the sea. Hoping the morning, we will see Can you imagine, a tiny chance, Hummingbirds, raindrops dance. A fiery sunset, wildfire’s balance. […]

Your Turn

Your Turn ~~~~~ Once a lonely child dreamed the universe While it could be better, it could be worse Now it’s your turn, so, what might you do If creating the cosmos were up to only you ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,  Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment […]

Can You?

Can You? ~~~~~ Life might seem like endless chores; Some say better than heavenly choirs. You would have to live on love alone, Unless endless singing helps to atone. It’s all made up, no matter your belief. Can you find solace in another’s grief? Because, if my faith right, yours is not, Such a sad […]

Bet it Ain’t So

Bet it Ain’t So ~~~~~ Please, breathe deeply and let it all go. Why worry about how little you know? Sit back and relax and go with the flow, Like you are buried neck-deep in snow. Unless you’re loaded, rolling in dough, You don’t count, case you don’t know. Wage-slaves, drones held down below, Have […]