Updated: 20/12/11
Occupying Myself / A Future Present.
One day
the world changed
while we were
otherwise occupied.
They asked us
for an alternative -
We threw it out
for democratic debate
but it got lost in the
ever-shifting avenues
of an ever-growing
city of tents
(& is yet
to return)
I mapped it out for myself
& held it up to Reality
but my eyes were like
magnifying glasses
& it burned up
in my hands
All you ever did
was say how
it wouldn't work
All they ever did
was business
as usual
Meanwhile
the alternative
happened
.
It happened
all of its own accord
(just as big changes tend to)
&
(being truly an alternative)
it wasn't quite
what we'd thought
It wasn't the enaction
of some grand plan -
not the fruit of the mind
nor the work of The Man
It was an initiation really
an encounter
with a great teacher -
a lesson from Death
Our world
was held up
to Reality
& when we saw thru
the paper-thin skin
of civilisation to
accept the truths
of a bigger picture -
when we saw our story
glowing as if depicted on
a decorated lampshade &
felt life itself animating us -
& when we then became the bulb
filament & firmament ablaze! -
Our world burned up
in our eyes - no longer
to obscure the brilliance
of our heart-led minds
it fertilised
the long-forgotten
fields of our ImagiNation
and we saw
the true alternative
as if for the first time...
Wisdom.
We were finally ready -
we had wisdom, now
we could have anarchy!
JoyInUs!
Limited Edition of 36 Books produced. 10 dropped in the library at the St. Paul's camp (the first of my books to ever be stocked by such an institution!-) another 10 dropped at the Bank Of Ideas on Sun Street (walked in and saw someone had drawn "WISDOM" on the wall, seemed like the perfect place to drop them, on my way out I noticed that someone had moved them to make space for their laptop, can't help but imagine a pile of my books being shifted from place to place, not being read by anyone... maybe I should've written a more rousing poem? ;-) 10 books to be gifted to next 10 customers, remaining 6 books given to friends. (20/12/11)
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