Poems 1998
by John WorldPeace
Copyright 1970-2014 by John WorldPeace
Albuquerque, New Mexico USA
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Death
The wind blows
through the trees.
Who can say
why some fall down
and
some
remain standing?
John WorldPeace
5:05 pm
980109
Sailing the Cosmic Sea
The sea of life spins
and
within all that lives.
Through the endless
ocean of worlds
this island makes
its way.
One small life
beats its tiny heart
a hair out of rhythm
and all is seen.
Holding on to this place
as peace beckons from
out
there.
The road has been long
and the long path
rolls
over the horizon
in this linear land
Yet form the top of the world
in the shadow of the earth,
I am so
much more
experiencing the pain of
being so much less.
John WorldPeace
6:20 am
980207
With two feet
each in two worlds
life
goes on here
with transparent
knowing of
there.
Silence and peace
permeates all that is -
the
absence of worry
and fretting,
fear and desire.
Breathing in,
I remember.
Exhaling, I see
Each moment is precious;
coming like tidal waves,
changing,
moving and changing.
I release my desire.
I joy in the moment
finding
peace in the
chaos and confusion
to which my
body is attuned.
John WorldPeace
7:40 am
980515
The air turns cool
and the clouds overcast the sky.
The seasons have come
and gone fifty times
but in
my mind
nothing has changed.
Many have gone away
not to return
as they
were;
not to be seen again tomorrow.
But the land remains.
The ageless dirt still blows dust
and the
sons of hawks I knew
still hunt on the wind.
The water trickles down the creek,
the big rock holds firm.
I begin
to blow into the wind.
Away,
I prepare to go.
John WorldPeace
1:24 pm
981124
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