perplexities of nature #1 (of many)

I find it interesting
how when snow falls,
it erases the footprints

set on snow itself.

side by side

There are two pictures in the news today
printed side by side

one of earthquake and despair in Haiti
the other of celebrations in New York City.

Karen New Year

Birthday

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Cake, champagne, presents
Oh what a day of celebration!

But how much happier could these make you?
When your everyday can be filled with untainted joy
[from within]

pure yet lasting,
precious yet abundant,
entrusted upon you since
the day you were born.

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4 Jan 2010

coming and going

Fluid as steel, I am
drawn to the magnet of
unfamiliarity.

Certain as a pendulum, I
return to my
beginnings.

Repeatedly
I surrender to
the incomplete truths of nature.
(What is the engine of gravity, and
the fuel of magnetic attractions?
What drives a human soul?)

Too weak to resist nature
I stopped searching for truth and
let nature set path
became less certain
of the destination.


On this path,
Am I going,
leaving behind comforts of familiarity
Or am I coming,
nearing the end of a labyrinth?
Only to become familiar with and
repeat the cycle of coming or going
once again.