treating each other well
Law is ultimately about
people treating each other well
Law is about love
:- Doug.
Archive for October 25th, 2014
One bird chances
One bird chances
upon my feeder
others notice
and try it out
a crowd and a turn-taking
:- Doug.
Foster conflict?
Ought we then foster conflict
to the point of life and death crisis?
To find the flood and funerals and tears
and picking up the pieces?
The pieces may be what is
most real about us
:- Doug.
Why we flee conflict
We are emotional creatures
afraid of our emotions!
That’s why we flee conflict
:- Doug.
paper thin skin
On my hands paper thin skin
like my grandparents’ was
surprised am I that I am not exempt!
:- Doug.
Do right now for the good?
What can I do right now for the good of others, for the good of the whole?
:- Doug.
What makes you think you can tell us how it’s going to be?
What makes you think you can tell us how it’s going to be?
:- Doug.
Footprints in the Windsm # 1463–Don’t promise me no nursing homes
Footprints in the Windsm # 1463
Please don’t promise me
to never put me in a nursing home
Instead, take me to visit my old home
bring from there my favorite things
But do not kill yourself
cleaning after me, picking up my weight,
cajoling me to take my meds:
I’d rather have your love
and give you mine
than see you stooped and wrung out
I put myself out for your
excited stories and ouchies
and puppy loves
counting it all blessing
now what I most want
most want to give you is
your hand gentle in mine
Please pass it on.
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