musings while stoned & meditating

by unknownpoet

Posted to Poetry on 2001-09-23 16:27:00

1.

my suitcase is empty.
it is full of my worldly goods.

my heart is full.
it is empty of my worldly desires.

2.

life is not cause-and-effect
but a quiet miracle

to those who are able to distinguish
between wanting and loving.

3.

the intellect moves along a flat plane;
from one fixed place to another.

the spirit moves not at all-
yet everything around it changes constantly.

4.

the sign reads:
expanding to serve you better.

expanding what?
not our consciousness, surely?

5.

glaciers crack and boom
in the valley behind me.

that is the word
I would use to describe the Viod.

6.

war is too gentle
a word

for such a
barbaric act.