Wherefore Glass?
Moon-power grand,
Tidal eons reformed
Core to mantle crushed to sand.
Useless without fire user.
Moon stirred oceans shaped life’s clay,
Waxing, waning, sifting, straining.
Slowly conscious emanating
From pool and depths to land complaining
Some to wonder.
Awakened terracotta
Assumes moon’s role.
Kneady unknown purpose, man,
Slowly stirring seeks control
Of stick, of fire, hearth and land.
Minds that wander.
Chance notes reflective forms
From hottest fire embers.
What use new melted mystery?
Successes frequent blunders.
Bead then bauble, shard to pane now
Hum-drum glass of tea.
Moon force manifested. |
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Wherefore Water?
Star-power might
Night years transform
Quant to core to implode light.
Elemental coalescence.
Creative pattern’s simple pair,
Life blood’s protective orbit graced,
Poised slight mid rock and air,
Apt corroder mountain’s rocky face.
Soft, temperate, solvent.
Awakened stillness, power
Assumed shapes hold.
Steady heaven’s mortar spins.
Endless forms compete, unfold.
Rise, fall, flow, stand - time again
Subtle balance yonder.
Life-course container learns,
What ancient star-stuff we!
What use now’s gasping clarity?
Unknown hours’ smiles set free.
Soft sip glee mind can’t contain for
Witnesses we be -
Star force interested. |
A Life That Matters
Added 10/9/2012 Anonymous
Ready or not, someday it will all come to an end.
There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days.
All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else.
Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.
It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.
Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear.
So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will expire.
The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.
It won't matter where you came from, or on what side of the tracks you lived, at the end.
It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant
Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant.
So what will matter?
How will the value of your days be measured?
What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built; not what you got, but what you
gave.
What will matter is not your success, but your significance.
What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.
What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage or sacrifice that enriched,
empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example.
What will matter is not your competence, but your character.
What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss
when you're gone.
What will matter is not your memories, but the memories that live in those who loved you.
What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what.
Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident.
It's not a matter of circumstance, but of choice.
Choose to live a life that matters. |
