PHILOSOPHICAL DEFICIENCY

I tripped up on posted thread
So I went to emergency.
I asked the doc, "Am I brain dead?"
"You look all right; but let me see.

You have a pulse, that's one good sign.
Your hearing seems to be OK.
You have a growth but it's benign;
Yet interferes with what they say.

You also lack a 'philo' gene
You need in order to compete.
So if you do, protect your bean
By wearing Wellies on your feet.

Don't worry Doug", he said to me,
"It doesn't mean you are less bright.
Though without the philosophy
You can't contribute to their fight.

Don't try to rehabilitate.
Just keep on doing what you must.
You won't contribute to more hate
If it's your guidance that you trust."

My guidance is biology.
It tells us what we can become.
Of realized capacity
We all have our own unique sum.

WALLS

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WE........
BUILD...
A...........
WALL....
ROUND..
US..........
AND.......
TALL......
THEN.....
STOP......
ITS.........
FALL......
TO..........
KEEP......
OUT........
ALL........
But now we've locked the void within
And that's where terror will begin.
Continue to create that pall;
Humanity will surely fall.

Enclosure

LOVE

Our love is either rose or thorn.
One leaves us whole, the other torn.
Which one is which? There is no trick.
The first we smell; the second, pick.
When we pick love we end our growth.
Not just who's picked but of us both.
Together we must each have 'ground'.
That's where love's nourishment is found.
The 'ground' is our capacity
Which realizing sets us free
From self-destructive tries to fill
The void with love; we never will.
 

MOTHER'S WAR

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My mother said, "I don't get war.
This killing makes no sense to me.
If I kill you I'm sent to jail;
In uniform I kill for free.

You have the answers, tell me son".
I know just where I will begin.
It's all about philosophy.
Ours is the one we need to win.

If I kill one that's personal;
A crime we can not tolerate.
When we defend our way of life
We kill no one; we're killing hate.

"What can we do?", my mother asks.
"This killing's going to do us in."
My mother's wise beyond her years.
She knows in war no one will win.

So this is what I said to her.
Just look at our philosophy.
It's meant to fill the void within
Ignoring our biology.

Capacities we have to fill
That are unique in all respects.
Unless we act within ourselves
Our conflicts are the sole effects.

If we realize capacities
Our paths of life run parallel.
It's when we try to fill the void
Created life resembles 'hell'.

And so the 'hell' of war we have
As constant in our daily life.
But if we see 'hell' is in us,
We'll live in 'heaven' without strife.

MOTHER'S DREAM
MOTHER'S GAMES
MOTHER'S HOPE
MOTHER'S LEAVING
MOTHER'S MARKET MEMORY
MOTHER'S MEMORIAL BENCH
MOTHER'S SAD ATTACK
MOTHER'S WAKE

MOTHER'S MEMORIAL BENCH

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Down by the water is a bench.
We went to sit on it today.
It is a small memorial
Of Cameron who has passed away.

There is a plaque on which it says
He loved to ski as well as fish.
To share these lovely mountain views
Now seems to grant his one last wish.

I sit with Mom who's ninety-one.
Some private tears fall in the lake
As thoughts that precious memories
Are all that from her life I'll take.

I do my best to stock my mind
With scenes that will forever last.
I know the time for all of us
Is short and will diminish fast.

I am not sure how I'll go on
Without her smile to light my way.
She's been with me for six great years;
It hurts to know she can not stay.

I know what I'll put on her plaque.
It's one out of so many things.
"Although you felt you tied me down
You gave me joy and eagle's wings."

MOTHER'S DREAM
MOTHER'S GAMES
MOTHER'S HOPE
MOTHER'S LEAVING
MOTHER'S MARKET MEMORY
MOTHER'S SAD ATTACK
MOTHER'S WAR
MOTHER'S WAKE