Opening scene I can’t believe They were so all over the place * The.band or team A well-oiled machine It might just get right in your face * Coping and mean We need relief Stand and fight or lead the next chase * Thickening plot Like it or not We all get caught Even if we keep up the pace * When the movie rolls through the credits Do not forget that the lives that we lead make up each scene The whole entire universe Is much like one amazing dream * Check out this scene I can’t believe All the ways that we make our plays * This band and team A fine-tuned machine It might just get right in your face
At once full of fear Now feeling courageous To solve problems here Does that seem outrageous? We can’t live in fear We assess the situation And either bite off a piece Or tackle it whole Alleviate stress That is the goal * Get far above fear Break out of our cages Try to maintain cheer As we get through stages We can’t live in fear Of pain or wicked sensations We embrace light to find peace For our life and time Then pass every test Most days feel fine * Rising higher than any troubles Throw them down So that our time doubles Are they needed or avoided? Face them in context Break their bubbles Or climb back up and get above it * At once stuck in fear Then rip out those pages Write safe notes down here Secure better wages We can’t live in fear So assess the situation If we can find our own piece And be one with the whole We achieve our best That is the goal
What is riding, coming up on the next wave? We are fighting for air Can we still be saved? * What is chasing? What creature is on the chain? We are pacing, aware Does there have to be pain? * Are we blind? Unleashing hell on our own day Without light to prepare We will not get away * We must fight to survive For God’s sake, Fight together If we do not stay close We will be lost forever * Can’t we see? Isn’t it clear? Without our people There is no love here * No comfort No joy Just conflict and fear * So Be free Together One thing is clear With all of our people We can find a better life here
Sunday afternoon poem. I started this lyric, this morning on my bike… just posting now.
Stars to the Core
It is the world going on Sometimes I have to ignore If I pay too much attention It can start to eat at my core * Carrying on with our daily business Sometimes the world is too much to witness * Is the whole world going wrong? Losing the entire war? Within us there is too much tension For some much less For some much more * Then when we find content In a moment Beyond the trouble at the time * Is the world coming around and opening up the door? Is it within comprehension that peace is something to explore? * I think it is worth mention That we can even up the score Then work to get ahead again Get up off the floor To get so much more The world to the stars Stars to the core
For hours we work Fighting the good fight Engaging life with an Excellent appetite * Must be a winner Get home for dinner Nice to be in the light And having a bite * For days we strain Fighting for insight With payment ripe for my Excellent appetite * Ethics outstanding As we do the planning Standing up for what’s right And feeling tight with the giver of resources Of course we are working for it We will never ignore it We keep it in sight And fight the good fight * For years we work Fighting for highlights Engaging life with an Excellent appetite * Not a beginner Outlasting the winner Nice to share our warm light A candle at night * Forever we stay Fighting the goos fight It plays out fine for my Excellent appetite
Thought provoking article With exclusion of one angle When we get right down to it It is all that we can handle * The opinion of us all Should never ever fall Take a reality check And think about our life ** Working to be practical We introduce our own angle Then we read between the lines And it all seems to be planned out * The deep meaning in us all Is written on the wall We can deny or accept And think about our life * Sometimes I read into things When I think I have an angle I have to be so sure Only truth can endure We can not believe everything we read We should let way more Logic take the lead Ask ourselves is this a safe news feed? Does it aim to help? Does if create and support a better life and health? or it more about the ways to store stale wealth? What is worth believing? How can we help our world? Let’s have another word
Some of these weekly poems are snapshots of a philosophy, maybe not something that I can enact or endorse all of the time, but something in the context of the moment at the very least.
In the picture below at White Rock, there are dozens of sand pipers (or similar type bird; I am not sure which). They are balled up and then in a second fly up in a synchronous blanket, shifting with every moment in perfect harmony.
I hope that I always have the pesence of mind To avoid falling behind In my deep respect for life and with the simple necessities
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I can focus on this And then focus on that Respect can look different From each different angle And in the time what makes sense to me
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I have to fous on what comes up at the time Each new angle that I find Every second is designed What is best for life is best for me That has to be my philosophy
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I have to put up with myself and my decisions in the moments In some ways I have to be first With my vision for all my causes And with my efforts In all I feel, hear and see What is best for life is best for me
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I can focus on this And then focus on that Respect should be excellent From each different angle And in the time what makes sense to me
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I have to fous on what comes up at the time Each new angle that I find Every second is sublime What is best for life is best for me That tends to mean Balance everything
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I have to keep up with my health To find provisions for the moments In some ways I have to be first In my mission with all my causes And with my efforts In all I do, think and speak What is best for life is best for me
Life can be Made up of one steady mood It is about how we handle it Like how we balance With our good attitude * Life can be Just like our favourite food Full of just what we put into it With flavours we love to be tasted and chewed * Life is what we make it The perspective we take Shapes all our days As we stay in this place Calmly aware And trying to take care Or starting a blaze Trying to make space There are many ways That a good life stays * Life can be To you what you have accrued If for you, money and wealth make it But our shared comfort Seems truly far less crude
I’m just going to start a poem, while I have my coffee…. As usual…
And it is now ready. Not even finished my coffee!
All Time
The day starts just like this It’s about what we know What we learn before we wake up From our dreams on the go And everything before that That is part of the show * Is there something I missed? Should I go with the flow? Will the ice start to break up In this season of snow? So soon we will get past that We don’t have to feel low * We are grounded Connected But not laying down We surmounted The hectic And hot rays we have found * From the sun in the sky That will never die The light that it shines Will last for all time ** The day ends just like this It’s about what we know What we learn from the full daytime From our dreams on the go And everything before that That is part of the show * Is there something I missed? I still go with the flow Now the days start to heat up In this season that grows With these weeks on a fast track We’re all in the same boat * Are we counted? Selected While they play around All the mountains Protecting The hard days we have found
Choose the sun in the sky To open our eyes The light that they shine Will last for all time
MacroMichael 