THINGS! - pipTalk Forums

How to Join	Member's Area	Private Library	Search	Sanctuary		Login
Main Forums	Discussion	Tech Talk	Mature Content	Archives	A home without a wall, Our haven without ends, A circle we all call Our Family of Friends!

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2009-05-20 03:40 PM

When it comes time to do something
it seems that things multiply
and suddenly another thing
cries, “Me, me, me, me, me”
and you look at that thing wondering
if that thing fits other things
or whether it’s just a thing
creeping into other things
where nothing belongs.

So come all things, those merry things,
into life’s Pandora’s box
where they commune with other things
and intertwine their very own things
with one rare and special thing
to make of that thing a mishmash
of all and everything.

Things and things and things
and they all band together
though hardly in tune or melodic
in the circumstance of other things
all trying at once
to be more important things.

But in the way of hierarchy
there’s always a thing above
and a thing above, above, above,
all of life’s so merry things
banded together and intertwined
in Pandora’s box.

The box, the box, ‘tis just a thing
of the nothing, something, everything,
that dresses up in layers
to expand and multiply
one plain and simple, ordinary,
unimportant thing!

Helen / 20 May 2009

Oklahoma Rose
Senior Member

since 2008-02-28

Posts 1586
Oklahoma USA

1 posted 2009-05-20 03:56 PM

LOL! I have a whole lot of those unimportant things. I know, it is time to get rid of all those unimportant things.

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

2 posted 2009-05-20 06:15 PM

Honeybunch - things, and things, and things, perhaps there are just too many of them...

BC

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

3 posted 2009-05-21 12:53 PM

Thanks "guys". I think it's easier to get rid of physical things than the mental ones but I'm working on it. Perhaps that mere "working" is creating more things and so there are things and things and, yes, too many things.

Helen

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

4 posted 2009-05-21 06:32 PM

Ahhh, to be unencumbered, dear Helen! Material and mental things that crowd our lives can be an obstacle to receive new gifts.

So let's make room and happily expect the true great things!

You got it right, significant reflections as always and put together so very well.

Love,
Margherita

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

5 posted 2009-05-21 06:39 PM

I am smiling sooooooooo wide here.

My room is full of things.

It is so full of things, I've been getting rid of things, and when I did finally clear one corner by the window?

I found a Jade plant in dire condition.

It was so bad, I gave it to my green thumbed neighbor, who promptly gave it a new home, thinking that it was a hanging plant, because it drooped so badly.

When I showed her what a proper and healthy Jade plant looked like, she was appalled.

"What happened?"

I blushed and confessed that I thought it was just trying to find a way out of my room.

(Sorry to intrude on your thread with my story, but I have things on my mind now!)

You're wonderful, and I very much enjoy your poetry.

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

6 posted 2009-05-21 06:43 PM

enjoyed

Oklahoma Rose
Senior Member

since 2008-02-28

Posts 1586
Oklahoma USA

7 posted 2009-05-21 09:19 PM

Oh my Honeybunch, I think I have more of the mental things to get rid of, than the physical things. And NO, it's not an easy thing to do. It's not even easy to get rid of the physical things. But, like you, I am working on it.

Osprey
Member

since 2009-04-12

Posts 249

8 posted 2009-05-21 09:31 PM

Above all those things, lies hope. Hope for whatever we may wish

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

9 posted 2009-05-22 12:30 PM

Dear Margherita - What you say is so very true. Here's to the clearing process but how we accumulate as we go along to make the chore an ongoing one. I'm not one to let go of a very good thing though so I'll just keep at it.

Karen - Amazing what one can uncover even if it be a gift to another. Wonderful? Still trying to find that but thanks for saying so. We also sometimes need that to know what to look for. If you come across a million dollars you can always send it my way.

Vandana - Thanks.  Glad you enjoyed.

Sue - Many hands (minds) make light work especially when they band together with a common purpose.  We'll all party at the end of it.

Osprey - And above hope lies attainment.

Thanks everyone.

Helen

	⇧ top of page ⇧
All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format.