Teach not: find
Teach not: find
:- Doug.
We will not survive
the perils of living
conversations along the way
are the elder’s destination
our leap into the source
:- Doug.
Archive for May 20th, 2017
We will not survive
More I cannot say
More I cannot say
says the teacher
Elder teaches that which
student already knows
So too I stop
:- Doug.
cross, even dive
We attend. By grace, the between arises to us. Hovers of its own accord. A narrow ridge back and forth we cross, even dive into.
:- Doug.
Modern emigrants
“Right up to the last minute,”
Joelle said to me
“the soul has work to do”
Weeks later her words
lead me to ask
What if it were more than disease
this Alzheimer’s
& these our tribe’s tired
left behind by our
busy-ness and mad rushing
forgotten by us
and themselves?
Are they wanting to forget,
to go off,
these modern emigrants
freeing themselves
of memory
of what so recently was round?
Is this releasing of living?
What is life when it encumbers?
And are we willing to see
perhaps to carry
their food and bedding,
some of their burden in continuing?
& What if it were more than disease
& these our tribe’s explorers?
What might they discover
learn & teach
these modern Magellans
freed of memory?
What is learning
if released from memories?
What is life?
Traveling unencumbered
by memory
how might they move?
Where go?
Maybe it’s we who
hold them back
with talk of yesterday
and this morning
and 5 minutes ago
& we their Sherpas
carrying their food
bedding & tent
while they attend
their ascents
:- Doug.
Footprints in the Windsm # 1694–Stay close
Footprints in the Windsm # 1694
Stay close
her life is unwinding
more is being given
from her
for her
Stay close
conversations now
are unweathered courses
for you both
a change of worlds
Stay close
Please pass it on.
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Pontoons and birdfeed
Today is for many things, for pontoons and returning, birdfeed and poetry, posting and swirling: mainly swirling, swirling in you.
:- Doug.
Eldering is close
Eldering is close to the grandchildren
close to the ancestors
close to community
the universes
close to God
:- Doug.
