" TRUE? LOVE ? "

Touching Toes ...While Nose to Nose
Without the Barrier ...of Clothes
Is That the Way ...That One knows
About the Way... A True love Grows
Like Passioned Wind...That Briefly Blows
Or like Clear Water...That Always Flows
A Painful Thing...To Bring One Woes
Or Just the Fruit...of Seeds One Sows

"FOOLS GOLD "
The young have the beauty...the old hold the gold
And we all have our stories...that want to be told
of the angles and tangles...of fitting the mold
Of finding your worth...and then getting it sold

For we value our values...some high as the skies
A question of questions...and reasons & why's
Presented to us...in all forms of disquise
To honor and cherish...or maybe dispise

As we rise up to glory...by being so bold
A place we might reach...but never quite hold
Like trying to straighten...what you found in a fold
Which bends when it's warm..but breaks when it's cold

But the source of my vision...just begins with my eyes
As knowledge gives light...to what vision denies
So as shouts turn to whispers...and screams to sighs
Then perhaps in their time...all the fools will be wise !!

" THE STILL JOURNEY "
Standing at the crossroad..where nothing's ever new
Signs all say the"proper way".. none of them seem true
Some just give directions..while some say what to do
But all they really seem to give..is another point of view

So i started on a journey...to see what i would find
Came upon an old man...who said that he was blind
Gave him my condolences...which he said was kind
But quite unnecessary...for vision is a state of mind

Next came upon a cricket...who told me what he found
Living in the darkness...within the underground
Listening to the others...all making the same sound
then each one of them...claiming their's most profound

Dove into a deep deep pool..reflecting my own face
Fell onto it's surface...then sunk into it's space
Thought that i was one with it... that was not the case
The water had embraced me... i caused it to displace

So rested on a timeless stone..that had never moved
Wondered of it's purpose..what it's existence proved
It laughed at my complexity..and said i'd be behooved
That it sat for weary men..kept the earthworms roofed

Went into the city..a place that is not farmed
Met a cultured beauty..said she was quite charmed
She patronized my weakness'..so i was not alarmed
To find her insecure..and merely mentally well armed

Went into a house of worship..a place to meet the Lord
Met so many people...Both cynical and bored
Wondering just where it is...treasure's really stored
So they could be certain...where to stash their hoard

Came upon a prophet...who told me what he saw
Of life , death and second birth..as i sat there in awe
Some said he was miraculous...a man without a flaw
He said it was no big deal...he just spoke the law

Arrived back at the crossroad...where it all did start
Where the end of one path...the next one would depart
So glad to know my journey..had served me in it's part
Revealing that the crossraod..was really my own Heart

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Perhaps this Verbal Adventure (with some visuals thrown in for good measure) is best measured, by it's potential to provide not only a platform for personal expression...(for some, a stage to perform their arts & smarts)...but ultimately a forum of honest dialogue, to link us all via the "web" of consciousness...a place of wonder that turns logic "insight" out...where those who try and "win" lose...and "losers" win! the unexplainable is lived...and the unattainable is done for fun!! this is a playhouse for spirits, and a laboratory for independent intellectual pursuits...So let us learn from one another and help keep "Hope" alive..."Faith" & "Charity" may follow...if we leave the trail well lit and passable! So live your life like it has meaning...and perhaps you will find that it does...beyond the judgement of others...and even your own!!