Poetry to Inspire You
Ben Carlos
Ben Carlos evolved
into the super field
always a comic
fun was the sword to wield
splitting the differences
playing the clown
amusing the indifferent
sometimes wearing a gown
being the fool
innocent yet wise
wanting to lighten up
full of surprise
plagiarize the punch lines
pass on the gift
brighten up a conversation
give someone a lift
gagi 01/31/14
Transformation
At what point does the butterfly recognize what she has become?
She had been a caterpillar for so long and then she had rested.
Now, aware that she is being awakened, the butterfly starts to move.
Movement stirs her senses, senses of self and of where she is.
New senses, new form.
A butterfly reborn.
At what point does the butterfly find out she can fly?
Does she fall from her perch and discover she can glide?
Or does she purposely step out and then try her new wings?
How does the butterfly experience her new freedom?
Her ability to travel and see a larger view?
At what point does the butterfly understand her transformation?
Does she ever become aware of her life’s purpose?
Is she ever aware of her own beauty?
Does she have a sense of her identity?
Or is she simply part of the One, the All That Is, the observer?
Does the butterfly with her new form see the world as the same?
Or does she see the world around her as new too?
Is the world new because of her transformation?
Is the butterfly aware of the many cycles that are spinning?
Does she have a sense of where she is in the great cosmos?
Beyond space and time?
And of her own expansion and transformation?
Is it simply a metaphor for what is happening on a greater scale?
Let us simply observe her, that we may see.
gagi 01/11/14
Unknown
you have arrived
there is such stillness and quiet
that even an echo would evaporate
be swallowed
before it could reach your ears
there is no urgency
no need to question
no wanting
no desire to express oneself
you asked to come here
to simply observe
pure curiosity
that was all
the experiential seeker
on a quest to the unknown
and now upon arriving
you experience nothingness
no light
no colour
no sound
no temperature
no movement
no sense of smell or taste
this awareness just is
it is not a check list to explore
you have become part of the emptiness
ahh… so still and quiet
blissful peace
pure nothingness
there is nothing to do
you are being breathed
your heart is beating for you
there is no effort required
simple beingness
a gentle contentment
a gestational peace
nothing to disturb it
nothing to release
the camphor of emptiness
the love of the naught
a simple beginning
to all that was sought
a stirring within comes
an awakening state
a new seeking is birthing
a new way to equate
all senses are alert now
you are ready to leave
wanting to activate
what you did receive
you return to your Earth world
and yet it has changed
you see it so differently
as if all’s rearranged
all life has expanded
all is beauty and bliss
how could you have not seen
all the wonder of this?
all you can do now
is appreciate and adore
the existence of everything
as it impacts your core
this dance how it beckons
you join in and become
a part of the multitudes
and the song that is sung
the credence is happening
the waltz and the skip
the volume is deafening
the senses eclipse
an awareness of everything
has replaced that of empty
all senses are joyously
responding to plenty
the newness of being
in the fullness of now
the total embodiment
of creation’s know how
your expression of gratitude
now knowing what is
is a response from being saturated
with the glory of love
gagi 12/09/13