Submissions by buddhakitty
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Dear Kurt
it's been twenty
plus years since
you cured your
addiction and
left the flanneled
ghost of a generation
to wander the
rainy streets of
Seattle looking
for their next
fix
...slacker
(written 09/25/2016)
plus years since
you cured your
addiction and
left the flanneled
ghost of a generation
to wander the
rainy streets of
Seattle looking
for their next
fix
...slacker
(written 09/25/2016)
#humankind
400 reads
10 Comments
sword of the mind
do not let your mind
be a rabbit darting
wildly about, fleeing
from the foxes pursuit
instead, let it be like
the alligator lying still
beneath slow moving
waters waiting for the
antelope to stop and
drink
let go of fear and
expectations
let all things come
to you
be a rabbit darting
wildly about, fleeing
from the foxes pursuit
instead, let it be like
the alligator lying still
beneath slow moving
waters waiting for the
antelope to stop and
drink
let go of fear and
expectations
let all things come
to you
#acceptance
#meditation
#wisdom
552 reads
11 Comments
that's enough
these small moments
of miracles:
sitting,
reading a
newspaper,
drinking orange
juice...
and so many
others...
these pockets of
quiet,
these tiny oases
of stillness
can not stop
war, heal
disease, or
cease the
spinning of
the world
but these small
moments of
miracles can
keep us from
the asylum doors
for another day,
and sometimes
that's enough
of a miracle
in, and of,
itself.
of miracles:
sitting,
reading a
newspaper,
drinking orange
juice...
and so many
others...
these pockets of
quiet,
these tiny oases
of stillness
can not stop
war, heal
disease, or
cease the
spinning of
the world
but these small
moments of
miracles can
keep us from
the asylum doors
for another day,
and sometimes
that's enough
of a miracle
in, and of,
itself.
#LifeStruggles
611 reads
17 Comments
the big picture
an emperor
sitting upon
a throne
a poor man
down to his
last few morsels
a beautiful black
and red monarch
butterfly perched
atop a pile of cow
dung in a meadow
all things in order
all things in place
who are WE to argue
with the universe
sitting upon
a throne
a poor man
down to his
last few morsels
a beautiful black
and red monarch
butterfly perched
atop a pile of cow
dung in a meadow
all things in order
all things in place
who are WE to argue
with the universe
#humankind
#vanity
366 reads
5 Comments
notebook of my adventures on planet earth
wait a minute! "
"what's up with this?"
"OH SHIT! "
"what the hell's going on now?"
"you gotta be kidding me!"
"oh great...that's just great..."
"why does this always have to happen
to me?"
"oops..."
"WTF!"
"this is some kind of joke, right?"
"screw it."
"what's up with this?"
"OH SHIT! "
"what the hell's going on now?"
"you gotta be kidding me!"
"oh great...that's just great..."
"why does this always have to happen
to me?"
"oops..."
"WTF!"
"this is some kind of joke, right?"
"screw it."
#LifeChangingMoment
#learning
#wisdom
417 reads
10 Comments
ubermensch
if you dodge
a bullet,
dont be cocky..
be thankful
a bullet,
dont be cocky..
be thankful
#humankind
400 reads
2 Comments
death trap
be weary
of that
which you
love too
much
it can kill
you
of that
which you
love too
much
it can kill
you
#honesty
432 reads
9 Comments
ground zero
no great
discovery
has ever
been made
without
suffering
discovery
has ever
been made
without
suffering
#LifeChangingMoment
#learning
391 reads
9 Comments
koan
a friend confided in
me about doing
some terrible act
years ago and said
he felt ashamed .
I answered that,
"a dog shits in the
yard, and the sky
wears no pants."
he was relieved
and felt better.
me about doing
some terrible act
years ago and said
he felt ashamed .
I answered that,
"a dog shits in the
yard, and the sky
wears no pants."
he was relieved
and felt better.
#humankind
403 reads
9 Comments
stalled
love without
action is like
a car without
gas...
It just goes
nowhere
action is like
a car without
gas...
It just goes
nowhere
#humankind
447 reads
9 Comments
Zen and the wisdom of birds
watching a
bird
flying
overhead
circling
circling
circling
going
nowhere
bird
flying
overhead
circling
circling
circling
going
nowhere
#Buddhist
512 reads
11 Comments
the 3 gifts
if you search,
you will not find
if you find,
you can not
have
if you have,
It will be
lost
you will not find
if you find,
you can not
have
if you have,
It will be
lost
#spiritual
460 reads
9 Comments
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