Early 2009 Short Pieces
DONKEY, HORSE, MAN & GOD
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There once was a donkey that bore many burdens until he knew himself to be a horse.
There once was a horse that bore many riders until he knew himself to be a man.
There once was a man who prayed to the gods for strength…
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ALL HAPPENING WITHOUT YOU
(song)
I am free,
we can kill time all day,
and it won’t injure eternity;
Don’t give ear to my song if I sing out of tune.
But if you listen to the choir,
be there please something new.
Let’s not talk or dream of freedom,
When nothing holds us down.
Every thing passes by the…
silence behind the sound.
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THE ONE DEFINING FACTOR
Today’s lines are different than they were yesterday. I go by one name but I’m not one thing – I’m constantly changing, different every moment. Is all I am a mishmash of who I see and what I do – what foods I eat, whose eyes I stare into?
If so, I should never deny myself the greatest food and the greatest eyes on this plentiful earth – for only then can greatness be multiplied.
If not, where can I find a version of myself that isn’t so transitory – that doesn’t sway with the opinions of my friends, that can love without wavering.
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