Reflections of a crazy Colombian

A poem inspired by Bradley Trevor Grieve’s awesome book Tomorrow
 

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Image: Svaneti by Paata
 
In case you missed it, last week I wrote a post on the 2-hour talk that Dan Millman gave at the Sydney Masonic Center on Tuesday, the 1st of April (link). Today, I’d like to share a poem I wrote while inspired by his talk. It is called ‘Reflections of [...]

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LONELINESS
How many friends
does a man need
to never feel alone,
to never fall asleep?
Loneliness
filling our heart,
shining a light
into the bottomless pit
that harbors our fears,
our insecurities,
our human imperfection,
and shows that
not all is lost,
in the desperate path
to companionship.
How many souls
does a woman need
to never feel alone,
never fall asleep?

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Image by OrangeAcid
(a poem by Gustavo Adolfo Becquer)
¿Qué Es Poesía?

¿Qué es poesía?, dices mientras clavas
En mi pupila tu pupila azul.
¡Qué es poesía! ¿Y tú me lo preguntas?
Poesía eres tú.
~~~~~~~~~o~o~o~o~o~o~~~~~~~
(Loose translation)
What is poetry? whisper your lips
while you stare into my soul.
What is poetry! And you ask me?
Poetry is all of you.
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Six months
of Change
Six Months
of Suffering
Six Months
of Love
Six months
of happinessThe nature of Samsara:
to realise through daily life
of the emptiness of ‘I’.
To live in all its glory
the teachings of enlightened ones
That nothing lasts,
All changes,
and we just are
ripples on a pond;
ripples that forgot
that we are all just water;
ripples that forgot
that we are all the same.
Just water in [...]

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