poetry

[charliegee]

plain talk ...

I need me some plain talk
I know you'll ask ...
'well, who wants to hear it'
and I say 'exactly' right back atcha ...

there was an old song
some of you older folk
might remember ...
'tell it like it is' ...

well, yeah ...
I know there's no one here
and no one there and
friggin' no one any freakin' where ...

but jeez, louise ...
don't you think
you could come up
with some better marketing? ...

I mean if Madison Ave
was looking to sell
something like this
non-duality stuff ...

do ya think they'd
start off saying
we know everything
is all one ...

and if this stuff
is bought or not
don't make a damn
bit of difference in the grand scheme of things

hey, maybe in this
age of irony
it jest might work
who the heck knows

well, I (this mind/body doohickey)
thinks not ...
and I know it ain't easy
to talk about and stuff ...

but somebody
somewhere please
help us little folk
plain old words

that'll do
we need a neo-Advaita
Will Rogers or someone
like Barney Fife

heck, I don't know
I jest get all kinds
of confused
hearing that I ain't 'xactly here

I ain't rightly proposing
non-duality for dummies
but I'm askin' for a hand here
and don't say, 'who wants a hand'

or I'll bite
yer dang head off
peace to all y'all
fellow seekers out there ...

y'all come back now, hear

CG 9/7/10

[charliegee]

love is all ...

I've been around
a long time
longer than most
of my friends

I can't speak
for you but it's
one big mystery
to me, this life ...

I only know
that love is all
don't know how to
carry that out ...

but yeah
love is all
the golden sun
rising over misty water

birds flying
going where
birds go
and the sky ...

oh the sky
the clouds create
a tapestry
every day for me

don't need to go
to no museum
the greatest art
comes from god's hand

and laughter
how wonderful
to laugh with a child
to play the fool

to get a chuckle
think that maybe
that's part of the problem
remember that song

everybody plays the fool
well, not anymore
people are serious
(deadly) serious ...

their irony
is choking them
(how ironic)
they have no time

for anything
it's rush, push, whoosh
from one place
to another ...

the simple act
of thinking
of looking at
things in wonder

in awe ...
at this strange
and mysterious world
we're so privileged

to live in
so wonderful
so painful
so breathakingly

beautiful ...
live, laugh, learn, enjoy ...
all you need to know is
love is all ~ love is all ...

CG 9/7/10

[charliegee]

love ...

starting to think
the more you love
something ...
the easier you let it go ...

not that you
want it to go
but eventually
out of love

you release it
with your blessing
thankful for the time
you had ~ grateful

that you were privileged
to ever love at all
it is such a gift
such a responsibility

at the end of the day
at the close of a life
to be able to say
I loved and was loved

really ...
what ever
could be
finer ...

CG 9/8/10

[charliegee]

short one on love ...

the love of god
precedes me
goes before me
fills me up

leaving such
such a tender gratitude
words fail
as words will

to wake
middle of the night
full to capacity
with joy, peace and love

what can I say
but thank you
thank you ...
thank you ...

CG 9/8/10

[charliegee]

god is good ...

let's see, $17.00
in my pocket
$15.00 & change
in the bank ...

no vacation
this year
& if things
stay the same

none next year
either ~ furniture
well, if you count
the two lawn chairs

it ain't looking good ...
no flat screen TVs
or fancy clothes
I travel by bus and train

and I live alone
sounds pretty grim, no?
well, if you wanna add
the fact that I lost my wife ...

it would seem
totally depressing
and I wouldn't ...
blame someone

if they started to
(based on the above)
if they started
to feel sorry for me

well, please don't
my bills are paid
my head is clear
and my heart is full

don't ask me why
can't be no reason
except, except maybe
that god is good ...

CG 9/8/10

[charliegee]

call it truth ...

simply amazing
how we go on
with the meager knowledge
that's passed down to us

then we pass it down
without even looking at it
questioning it, testing it
to determine its validity

and on and on
misinformation
faulty ideas
become the basis of life

and if one comes along
with the courage, the nerve
to challenge what we hold sacred
we find ways to thwart, to banish

or eliminate them ...
simply amazing
how we live in ignorance
and call it truth ...

CG 9/13/10

[charliegee]

perfection ...

rain due tomorrow
tonight there is peace
saxophone playing
softly ~ sweetly

in the pre-dawn air
stars shining
earth spinning
no clouds in mind

no thoughts to distract
everything as it should be
as it is and that
is as it should be

CG 9/15/10

[charliegee]

what we are ...

everything comes
everything goes
anger/peace
laughter/tears

sorrow/pleasure
riches/poverty
faith/doubt
hunger/satisfaction

love/loneliness
sun/rain
peace/anxiety
worry/calm

everything comes
everything goes
and what's left
always ...

is what we are

CG 9/16/10

[louij]

The garden at dawn
a thousand inperfections
- make it whole............. this by Steve Shapiro....the poetry here at this posting place is awesome.... love love Louij

[charliegee]

thanks Louij ... appreciate that ...

[charliegee]

pass away ...

like the mark
of moonlight
on water ...
like the sound

of the clouds
in the sky
like the splash
of sunlight ...

in summer
like the stain
of your sight ...
as it dies ...

like the roar
of the eagle's
surrender
the whisper

of love in your heart
like the clamor
of thought
as it rises ...

the color
of wonder
unbound
like the entry

of hope
as it falters
like these
let it all pass away ...

CG 9/16/10

[charliegee]

feathers ...

this peace, so deep
it comes unbidden ...
descending, ascending
enveloping softly ...

silently, leaving...
not a trace ...
not a hint ...
of its presence

words only hinder
its advent ~ it falls
lightly ~ like feathers
on newly cut grass ...

CG 9/19/10

[charliegee]

really, why not? ...

why not say yes to everything?
we tried it the other way ...
didn't work out too well, did it?
fighting everything we think is bad

clinging to everything we think is good
where does it leave us? ~ we're here ...
we're unhappy ~ caught on the wheel
of supposed opposites, unable to get off

spinning endlessly ~ never taking
the time to see that we are our own
jailers ~ holding ourselves captive
but how can we see it? ~ really how?

we are too close to the problem
to gain a decent vantage point
we are too close to the problem
and the problem is precisely ...

who we are ~ we need to disengage
un-identify, if you will ...
relax, let things be what they are
why not say yes to everything?

really, why not? ...

CG 9/20/10

[enigma]

Sept 19, 2010 20:58:13 GMT -5 charliegee said:

feathers ...

this peace, so deep
it comes unbidden ...
descending, ascending
enveloping softly ...

silently, leaving...
not a trace ...
not a hint ...
of its presence

words only hinder
its advent ~ it falls
lightly ~ like feathers
on newly cut grass ...

CG 9/19/10

Man, I love that. That's it. That's it eggzaklee.

[charliegee]

thanks E, where ya been? everything okay? ...