This day is whatever you make it:
A tick of the clock, passing unnoticed,
Or a deep tock, solemn as ritual.
On this day three years ago my mother died
Taking with her my link to the past,
A kindred spirit gone forever.
A year on I cried;
Two years on I forgot;
Three years on I practice remembering
This day is what you make it,
If you remember nothing else,
Remember that.
The day is what you make it
28 Mar 2012 Leave a comment
in Poems Tags: death, inspiration, kindred spirit, life, Online Writing, Philosophy, Poetry, rememberance, tick of the clock, writing, Zen, Zen Mirror
No Prize to be Won
22 Mar 2012 6 Comments
in Poems Tags: inspiration, life, No Prize, Online Writing, Philosophy, Poetry, Religion and Spirituality, writing, Zen, Zen Mirror
If you cannot be content amidst life’s chaos,
You cannot be content.
For true happiness is not built in a vacuum,
Or kept safe on the printed page.
Like life it bursts through barriers;
Profiting from destruction,
Adapting to setbacks.
If you are not happy when life goes badly,
You will not be happy when it offers you a gift.
So ask yourself:
Would I do it if there was no point to be proved,
No prize to be won?
Freedom
19 Mar 2012 16 Comments
in Zen Thoughts Tags: inspiration, Online Writing, Philosophy, Poetry, Religion and Spirituality, writing, Zen, Zen Mirror
We have the freedom
To choose differently;
To train diligently;
To change our world;
By changing ourselves.
Or we can try and stay the same,
Until our world grows dark,
Behind the dusty curtain of our eyes.
Instinct
18 Mar 2012 Leave a comment
in Zen Thoughts Tags: inspiration, Instinct, Philosophy, Poetry, Religion and Spirituality, writing, Zen, Zen Mirror
Instinct is slavery for the mind,
But freedom for the soul.
Discuss
More
17 Mar 2012 4 Comments
in Zen Thoughts Tags: inspiration, Online Writing, Philosophy, Poetry, writing, Zen, Zen Mirror
There is always more:
More to discover;
More to see;
More to live.
There is no greater tenet,
Than this open ended and infinite inspiration
Thoughts like stars
08 Mar 2012 Leave a comment
in Poems Tags: empty sky, inspiration, Online Writing, Philosophy, Poetry, thoughts, writing, Zen
Thoughts like stars coalesce in the dark:
We do not see the air we breathe,
Like politicians taking credit or assigning blame
For the tide;
A program loop left running,
The lights are on but it’s not our home;
A game we play,
Without realising we’re players,
Until the meteor streaks through the empty sky
And it’s over.
Change
02 Mar 2012 15 Comments
in Poems Tags: balance, Improvisation, inspiration, Online Writing, Philosophy, Poetry, Religion and Spirituality, storm, writing, Zen Mirror
Change is excitement;
The unknown gives birth
To a new situation.
Improvisation demanded,
Adaption the keystone
Of this emerging framework.
Centered and still in the midst of the storm,
The faster it flies the stronger I am,
Balanced on the axis of the world.
Its equator’s my horizon
And the coming dawn is beautiful,
So let the adventure begin
The Mirror of Truth 