to places unknown,
into the dark of night thrown,
into the very fibre of mystery sown?
to places unknown,
into the dark of night thrown,
into the very fibre of mystery sown?
Laughter is the essence of happiness,
and happiness is the essence of life,
just as life void of happiness, is no life at all.
knowing this, enjoy the abundant fruits of life,
and laugh whenever opportunity permits.
to places unknown
a life lights a brief candle
beware hand-grenades
se non e vero, e molto ben'trovato
between hand-grenades
dodging death at every turn
danger lurks nearby
*
"Courage is not the absence of fear but the judgment that something else is more important than fear." -- Ambrose Redmoon
CR: Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert
JF: Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. My review is here.
Danger lurks nearby
Fear of losing her pride
Matters no longer
I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew.
Matters no longer
open for more discussion
now written in stone
*
"Courage is not the absence of fear but the judgment that something else is more important than fear." -- Ambrose Redmoon
CR: Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert
JF: Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. My review is here.
Now written in stone
The age of this growing world
Older than was thought.
Faith is believing what you know ain't so - Mark Twain
The preachers deal with men of straw, as they are men of straw themselves - Henry David Thoreau
The way to see faith is to shut the eye of reason - Benjamin Franklin
The teaching of the church, theoretically astute, is a lie in practice and a compound of vulgar superstitions and sorcery - Leo Tolstoy
Older than was thought
Younger than was imagined
Age irrelevance.
*
"Courage is not the absence of fear but the judgment that something else is more important than fear." -- Ambrose Redmoon
CR: Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert
JF: Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. My review is here.
age irrelevance
no more discrimination
based on shades of grey
se non e vero, e molto ben'trovato
based on shades of grey
make no choice without contrast
allow fence sitting
Then we sat on the edge of the earth, with our feet dangling over the side, and marvelled that we had found each other.
allow fence sitting
only where the rail
can accommodate
*
"Courage is not the absence of fear but the judgment that something else is more important than fear." -- Ambrose Redmoon
CR: Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert
JF: Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. My review is here.
can accommodate
must allow all free thinking
first amendment right
Then we sat on the edge of the earth, with our feet dangling over the side, and marvelled that we had found each other.
first amendment right
freedom of speech even for
those who don't think first
*
"Courage is not the absence of fear but the judgment that something else is more important than fear." -- Ambrose Redmoon
CR: Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert
JF: Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. My review is here.
those who don't think first,
and refuse remembrance past,
fall by the wayside...
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
Fall by the wayside
frazzled threads of worn out thought
where is the Phoenix?
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty
~Albert Einstein
Where is the Phoenix?
Did it get killed like the owl?
Or did it survive?
I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew.
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