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Archive for May, 2006

captive

immersed again
the gap dissolves in moments of denial, just
a child pretending
we’ll never need goodbye
memories stretch from now to then
a silken bridge riding the breeze
so familiar
so paper-frail

a step would mean my death again
and I should know by now, but
daydreams tell me I can cross, then
nightmares watch me fall

they tell me I can free myself
with just a simple choice, but
where is the will to turn away?

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  • a prayer for friends gone by

    obscured in haze
    your brilliant light becomes only
    a glow, indistinct and cold
    barely discernable from the fog
    gathered and tightly contained
    these private clouds
    emanating from wounds not yet closed
    grant me release from these fences
    to resume the breeze
    and restore the clarity
    to see the good in you.

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  • Buddhism 2.0

    I found this collection of articles on improving one’s life through tranquillity and other concepts advocated in Buddhism.

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  • finally…some good news

    I happened upon the website for The Foundation for a Better Life today.  I instantly recognized some of the graphics from their Billboards section…I had wondered who was paying for those.  They aren’t promoting any specific religion, just a set of values that tend better the lot of humanity.

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  • In ZMI, customize the member_search_results to change this expression:

    results python:here.member_catalog(request);

    to this:

    results python:here.member_catalog(request, sort_on=’getCompany’);

    getCompany is an index on the member_catalog that was autogenerated by virtue of “company”’s index=’ZCTextIndex|schema’ property in the custom schema of my CMFMember-based product.

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  • fatal optimism

    elsewhere remade
    novel and shimmering
    to the sound of the last one tearing

    surrendered their wings not yet frozen
    as you closed to consume
    yet I looked on
    somehow sure I would be spared
    untouched at the corner

    only a moment
    to reflect on this denial
    as the poison enters my heart

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  • union

    opposite the divide
    standing at each precipice
    they notice the other
    close enough to touch

    leaning far beyond the boundary breached
    fingers meet their match a moment
    before feet slip away
    together and alone
    they embrace
    weightless
    in freefall

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  • look up

    feeling motion sickness
    planted steady, holding still
    wild eyes frantically chasing
    spectres searching for an exit
    as they crash against the walls
    have I so soon forgotten
    the edge spins into a blur, but
    the center does not move

    ready to discard this distraction
    regain the mind’s eye view
    with focus now, step to center
    the air is clearer here
    the echoes of this tired discord
    fall fainter as I rise

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  • I came across an insightful article today titled Why We Haven’t Met Any Aliens.  Its premise is that as the intelligence of a species increases, so does its members’ tendency to occupy themselves with self-gratification rather than attempt to communicate with other beings.

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  • stage four

    lingering spectres
    dead by their own joined hands
    have spun my weakness front and center
    and bled me of my will

    a character, a plot device
    whose relevance will pass
    this story’s nothing new
    a perfect portrayal
    this vague wandering
    mired in metaphor
    point to point
    to pointless

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