wild approach

beauty deep within the chasm of light. falling through the darkness. screaming. when a hand reaches out.... and pulls my chord. forgotten. i prepared for this. i packed my chute. air rushing past -- filling my wings. caught. hard. now floating. no longer screaming. only laughing. quietly deep inside my core. I LAUGH. i float effortlessly to the ground and take hold of the hand that reminded me of what was inside.

quiet consumption

chilling sight
fallen out of step
forgotten seasons
mistaken impressions
of a doomed reality
that subsides....
inside.

when my forest
is used up
forgotten
and
destroyed

who will notice?
who will re-plant?

modern necessities
not needed
and
no longer
wanted.

classic formations
yearned for

i desire not
a continuation
not
a stagnation
not
a resurrection
but
a transformation

into something
new
and
never seen

modern gifts
of science
and thought
used
to create
a new
natural order.

gilbert

'what Eustace sees is a society steadily undoing itself, it might be argued, by its own over-resourcefulness. Clever, ambitious, and always in search of greater efficiency, we Americans have, in two short centuries, created a world of push-button, round-the-clock comfort for ourselves. The basic needs of humanity - food, clothing, shelter, entertainment, transportation, and even sexual pleasure - no longer need to be personally labored for or ritualized or even understood. All these things are available to us now for mere cash. Or credit. Which means that nobody needs to know how to do anything anymore, except the one narrow skill that will earn enough money to pay for the conveniences and services of modern living.'

a river runs through it.....

Lermontov

'he in his madness prays for storms,
and dreams that storms will bring him peace'

natural beauty

Tolstoy

"I often lie awake at night from happiness, and all the time I think of our future life together. I have lived through much, and now I think I have found what is needed for happiness. A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one’s neighbor — such is my idea of happiness. And then, on the top of all that, you for a mate."

Wright

'I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.'

exhilaration

arms outstretched
eyes closed
wind pushing
against my body
cooling my soul

finding
hope
in
mock
flight

tao

'all that is negative and injurious to your relationship is born of fear. fear births jealousy, fuels anger, and prompts harsh words. the most difficult times contain the greatest fear. if you would live in love, do not be afraid.'

Guaranteed

"On bended knee is no way to be free
Lifting up an empty cup, I ask silently
All my destinations will accept the one that's me
So I can breathe...

Circles they grow and they swallow people whole
Half their lives they say goodnight to wives they'll never know
A mind full of questions, and a teacher in my soul
And so it goes...

Don't come closer or I'll have to go
Holding me like gravity are places that pull
If ever there was someone to keep me at home
It would be you...

Everyone I come across, in cages they bought
They think of me and my wandering, but I'm never what they thought
I've got my indignation, but I'm pure in all my thoughts
I'm alive...

Wind in my hair, I feel part of everywhere
Underneath my being is a road that disappeared
Late at night I hear the trees, they're singing with the dead
Overhead...

Leave it to me as I find a way to be
Consider me a satellite, forever orbiting
I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me
Guaranteed"

Tree Hugger is a Good thing :)

ansel

'It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.'

Muir

'Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.'

launder

guilty
until
proven
innocent


someone
else's mistakes


remembered
and
relived


held against
myself
and
you


patterns
repeating

unspoken
in
time


only
seen
in
still pictures

replaying
in my mind


i
will
hold myself
and
you
accountable

for
the mistakes
of
another


i
will
condemn
us both
to
Hell

until
i
can....


forgive.



incomplete
in its
entirety


my absolution
is
lacking
complexity
and
depth


easier seen
as
redemption


mea culpa


unwavering
and
unholy
and
unending

not finished
in a single
act
or moment...

carried out
day to day
in a
karmic
rinse cycle.

Jenkins

'on foot, in a van, on a fleet motorcycle or on a bicycle, a person must be very careful not to become overly concerned with arriving'

byron

"There is pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more"

straitjacket

clinically insane
morally deranged
wild-eyes search
for meaning...
looking in the wrong places
asking the wrong questions
staying inside the lines
inside the box
unable to wield the hammer
that will knock down all
of the preconceived notions of
what life is suppose to look like.
fighting against the system
while staying within the system
unable to break it
destroy it
holding it close
unable to let it go
using the tools of the master
to destroy the master's house
unable to see that
the best destruction
comes from surprise
use your own tools
make something alien

Lost

race
away from
the darkness -
madness -
consumerism -
capitalism -
greed, hunger, hate
deceit
self-denial
-inner strength-
worn down and diminished
by the want to have more
than you need.

more...
more...
more...
I die, You die
in a world that is already dead
having hung itself with
gluttony
lethargy
-Apathy-
have nothing
want nothing
lose nothing
only
the
Soul
will
remain.

LoVe

“There is no remedy for love but to love more.”

zazenlover

"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."
~buddha~

drop dead fred

"When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you."

green

cornucopian
colors
transcend
time

leaving
an
expanse

filled
with
a
kaleidoscope

twirling
images
in my eye

rushing
past
thoughts
into
emptiness

the
quiet
liberated
unattached
mind

letting
each hue
each image
reflect
the
photograph
of my
conception
pass
and
continue
on

to create
and
imbue
new
imprints
onto
our
earth

Alice

'Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book, If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for?'

terra firma

reliance
on universal
companions

the morning
noon
and night

lonely
earth
separated
from
heaven

clouds
creating
a
midsummer
haze

golden and silver

slumbering
away
immortality

to explore
and learn
the
forgotten
forests

mysteriously
mystically
hatching
new
life

I
bathe
in the
pure
new
light

reborn

him, again....

'I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad.'

Protest is Patriotic

'let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine.'

Do I Dare Disturb The Universe?

'Till human voices wake us, and we drown.'

tangled

twisting
changing
turning
into
something
else
into
someone
else
metamorphosis
taking place
slowly
over time
looking
less
and
less

like
what
i
once
knew
and
more
and
more
like
something
i have
never
known

wondering
why
this
transformation
must
occur?

wondering
why
everything
must
inevitably
change?

Everything Must Change.

even what
was
once
perfection
and
bliss
must
evolve
into
something
different.

for
better
or
for
worse.

ancient mariner

'Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.'

'Alone, alone, all, all alone,
Alone on a wide wide sea!
And never a saint took pity on
My soul in agony.'

'Around, around, flew each sweet sound.
Then darted to the Sun;
Slowly the sounds came back again
Now mixed, now one by one.'

'The pang, the curse, with which they died,
Had never passed away:
I could not draw my eyes from theirs,
Nor turn them up to pray.'