October 26, 2023 – A

Where do you spend your money?
Where do you spend your time?
There you are.

I wander among the exhibitions
of the natural world,
taking refuge in what it has to offer
as a buffer against the goings-on
in the world of normal, apparent, reality.

There is much there I don't like
and can do nothing about,
so, I turn to lotus flowers
and lily pads,etc.--
and reestablish through them
my connection with more than words can say,
taking solace in the presence 
of the transcendent wonders
of space and time
to offset the latest incursions
of hate/fear/greed
which disrupts my balance,
scatters my harmony,
and brings high-level noise
to demolish the silence
necessary for orientation and direction
in the here/now of the day.

Using the tools/weapons at our disposal
to maintain our perspective 
and sustain our attitude
through the circumstances
coursing tsunami-like
through our world
is daily fare 
in the times 
that are upon us.

And we have to do what it takes
to have what it takes
to do what needs us to do it
moment to moment,
without a break
every day. 

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