Is Earth a Prison? - 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!

Open Poetry #40

Is Earth a Prison?

WindWalker
Senior Member

since 2001-10-12

Posts 1218

0 posted 2007-02-10 11:21 AM

A stranger’s footsteps
lead me down an unfamiliar way:
I realize things now
I never knew I knew!

The question arises:
Is earth a prison?
It seems we are:
we cannot leave at will
but must wait for death.

Surprising how such a thought
makes many people laugh
when I share this belief
and I wonder,
when are earth humans
going to change?

I hear the stranger’s voice:
“As long as Humans
enjoy their stay in their cell;
as long as they fail to realize
they live within a trap,
in binding, blinding rules
and endless limitations,
they will never try to go
beyond that point.”
For the wheel of karma turns
not in judgment or punishment
but in mindless repetitive turns.

His voice fades into the darkness
but I know what my quest is now:
to discover light travel
so I can freely leave this place,
and that, without any regret
when I know my time has come.

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

1 posted 2007-02-10 11:49 AM

well you could always become an astronaut

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

2 posted 2007-02-10 01:26 PM

Ah...but don't we, whom see, leave this place at will? Returning, to mother's arms long enough to refuel on her beauty.

You have such exceptional thoughts WW.

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

3 posted 2007-02-10 09:40 PM

Possibly...to those that think that way...others have different opinions...James

The Lady
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

4 posted 2007-02-11 02:31 PM

ah WindWalker
you caught me struggling with the paradox
the Tao and karma
and you spoke my language

and the answer is yes
or maybe no
and ultimately
does it matter

and I love this poem

DennisTheMenace
Member

since 2005-09-04

Posts 240

5 posted 2007-02-11 04:11 PM

no it's not
the mind is a prison

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