I used to be so vague

in the sunshine

above the truth –with wishes – twistingin their tail –pulling at the stringof the heart –until – soaring –we, up there too –looking down on present self –from our own future –up there too,faith, loving-kindness?

yeah yeahthose old Greek guysdid they spend their timedreaming up quotes?there goesDemocritus (460 – 370BC)(though of course he didn’t knowit was BC did he…?)saying‘It is godlikeeverto thinkon something beautiful andon something new.’and just for a momentyour mind stops mid-scroll:what was he wearingthat day, was it warm,was he wearing the standard togain off-white or Persil white,sandals…

of being a perfect Sufi,insan al-kamil,a perfect Friend of God?My Beloved saidYou will never in your life be sure;and that is just how it should be;that way, you will be safe in Me;instead, seek always where My secret might be found:as you walk, look closely at all of nature;every flower, every tree, every lake, every…

and on a Saturday night, thatthe speaker must be world-famed in his field,making his first visit to the college.A French scientist of renown –cognitive theory or some such –turned Buddhist monk these thirty, forty years,he carried the blessing and the curse,the burden of responsibility not only of his vocationbut his fame. The hall was packed.Serene…

was plaintive. And even afterwe’d swept them all up andfound homes for them,bandaged their paws, andgot them down from the treesand chimney-stacksthere were stillpoodles in the street.