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"And lo, the Lord gazed upon the chicken and the egg... And not knowing what should come first, shoveth'd He the egg up into the chicken, And it was all good."
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"Whole"
Posted On 04/12/2008 05:35:31
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And one of my more recent poems... Whole When I, among the grandeur of Nature,
Am consumed in that space that is leaf and bird and bear and Earth,
All enmeshed by the Sun hearth
With everything else that is and is of Life,
The strife between mind and body is no more.
When gentle waltz of wind caress my skin,
When the marks of soaring spirits uplift and praise and set ablaze
Mine own, there exposed is the truth of Self's core;
Calm once again the darling buds of May,
The strife of Montague and Capulet no more.
When natural death resurrection brings,
When fallen leaves dance gracefully with red and orange and yellow,
Happily integrity unto Spring show,
For lived bears Life among beauty rife
And strife between beginning and end no more.
Remember then that this is when we can Be.
Let Heaven touch your face,
Your eyes see, and your tears restore.
Realize they are of a Nature Race;
We, the rocks of eternal shore.
One of my older poems. The perculiar use of lower case and upper case letters is intentional. emotion and Body Scared, i lived within Myself,
watched through "happy" Windowed-Souls.
Mutiny my Body wrought
peacefully. reality: this Body i was not.
Pain it did not show the world;
moved in grace and unity
others saw, at least. in Me:
Turbulence, Disorder--i wept through this Fallacy!
Cry for me and Pain and Toil!
ease my Burden. lighten--don't
Brighten--Black and Base Distress.
Vengefully to Thee, or else, i'll me expose undressed.
Sweat i'll take from Labor's Drain,
Drown Your eyes until You feel,
Wounds of mine their Blood employ,
paint to Stain those Windowed-Souls; their "joy" i will Destroy.
Finally, We'll Be as One;
I in You and You in Me,
Body ruined set Me Free;
Peace We'll find through loss of Thy defenses--Victory!
Preheat oven to 350F and lightly oil a 8x8x2" dish with pam. -1c ground almonds/almond meal (or ground pecans) -1/2c unsweetened cocoa powder -1/4c arrowroot powder -1/2c agave nectar (or 1/4c splenda) -2 whole omega-3 eggs -6T walnut oil Mix well in bowl. Transfer to baking dish and spread out evenly. Bake 20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Voila...guiltless yum! No flour! No butter! No refined sugar! Tons of fiber, w-3 fatty acids, and antioxidant rich cocoa! Woot!  Well, guiltless only if you have 1 slice (1/12 of dish using pecans and agave nectar = ~ 200C). I used almonds and splenda, but must have consumed 9/12 today--yikes!  Damn, didn't take a picture. Good stuff though. 
This is one of my favorite poems by the British bard William Ernest Henley. The title is Latin for "unconquered." Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever Gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of Circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of Chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
The ancient Greeks had numerous conceptions of the word "love." Eros (cf. "erotic") is probably the one most associated with Valentine's Day: the sensual, passionate love between lovers, especially of a budding romance. But even that elderly, sometimes cranky but nevertheless cute couple you see at the grocery store heatedly debating what kind of milk to buy possesses eros. As relationships mature and strengthen, eros naturally becomes less physical and more emotional. That happens when one falls in love with the true essence of who someone is--when lovers bring out the best in one another and appreciate each other's beauty from deep within. Philia is the kind of love between good friends. It requires some degree of familiarity, and usually a mutual desire to partake in some kind of enjoyable activity together. The scene in the blockbuster Superbad when Seth gently taps Evan's nose while confessing his love readily comes to mind, lol. He really did pose a good question though--why DON'T good friends say that more often? Ah well, must be a cultural thing. And finally, agape is the brand of love which I understand least, but perhaps need most to become intimate with. Agape love is a generalized affection toward anyone whom you hold in high regard for no particular reason. Love is not elicited by some lovable quality about the object of one's love; it is simply loving for loving's sake. The Latin derivative is caritas/caritatis, which means charity. Often alluded to in Christian texts, agape is an unconditional, selfless, self-sacrificial, or charitable variety of love which knows no boundaries and is to be extended to both friends and enemies alike. An appropriate scripture would be, "Love thy neighbor as you love thyself." Agape is at work when you volunteer your time to feed the homeless at a food kitchen, or even when you simply forgive someone who has wronged you.
I think it's interesting that the Greeks were so discerning about this ever so human quality. (Hmm...it's probably not exclusive to our species though.) But I like that linguistic evolution has merged these separate conceptions into one expression. In the Romance languages, it's "amor," or something very close to that. In English, we just know it as "love." But what is it, exactly? We can't really point to it. I guess we just know it when we feel it. It's the lovey-dovey, bubbly feeling we get inside, that "aww" factor that makes us melt. I think scientists call it oxytocin, the "hug" or "cuddle" hormone. To you, the Reader, allow me to express some agape and extend a virtual "hug." So, *big hug* lol.
Today, in the spirit of St. Valentine's Day, tell and/or show at least one person "I love you." 
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