Why do people pretend
that everything is fine.
Am I the only one who sees
the emperor has no clothes?*
Punch the clock, drink a beer,
yet the truth is always near.
How much longer can we play
this game, before we see
it’s not the same. Indeed,
times have changed.
The time of truth-telling
is upon us.
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*The Emperor’s New Clothes:
A Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen
Pink
not red
just pink
perhaps
intrigue
names the game
kudos to he
who solves the riddle
Think I will hide
under a rock for
life is too complicated.
The more I reflect, the
less I understand. Questions
evolving into more questions,
answers that revel how
little I know!
I’ll make a little space
under this rock for me
and sit here until I
figure out the meaning
of life. I may be here awhile.
interlocking rings
space to be together
time to be apart
giving each other
the freedom of expression
while also bestowing love
If every man is part
of me, and I am part of he,
the question still remains,
“OK, but who are we?”
I thought I knew
how to love you,
but it always turns
out to be me loving me.
Loving you hoping you will love me
Helping you so you will help me
Feeling angry and rejected if you
do not think or act as I want.
How quickly “I love you,” fades
away on the wind. How conditional
is my love.
Would that I could love as the
Creator doth love me.
Free of “should” or “only if…”
Love is patient, so very kind,
never dividing into “yours” and “mine.”
Idleness is not necessarily
laziness. We need time to
reflect, rejuvenate, relax.
Is life only about working
to buy one more thing we
could easily do without?
I am learning the joy of
being idle. I live without
appointments, schedules,
and activities I do not
want to do. I now have time
to do all the things I like
to do–including
nothing!
I ndulging in life
D eciding to live each moment as it comes
L earning to say “no” when I do not want to do something
E njoying life to its fullest
