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Open Poetry #46

Of Tea and Simply Free

gilead
Senior Member

since 2008-03-10

Posts 1067
nevada, USA

0 posted 2010-12-17 10:32 AM

Tea and simplicity,
To immerse the mind
In the pool of ideas,
To drown prejudices,
To be absorbed
In clarity of thought,
To cast off the ballast
Of restraints of mind,
Soul, and body---to rise,
Transcending the brightness
Of false enlightenment,
To ascend into the blackness
Where light is exposed
By the purity of darkness---
All of this from an armchair,
Eyes closed wide, a cup of tea,
And simplicity . . .

Come, go with me
To the land beyond the land
Of to do and not to do,
To the place of to be,
And not to be, but free . . .

gilead
Senior Member

since 2008-03-10

Posts 1067
nevada, USA

1 posted 2010-12-17 10:40 AM

This is as close as I’ve come---if, indeed, it is possible---to the solution of the existential trap of being-in-the-impossibility-of being!

Art

s1nfully_1nn0c3nt
Senior Member

since 2003-10-26

Posts 1105
Watertown, NY

2 posted 2010-12-17 10:46 AM

quote:
To ascend into the blackness
Where light is exposed
By the purity of darkness---

Indeed, a light is at its brightest- when in the dark. Enjoyed.

-Trina.

You'd be surprised by the pain I can imagine inflicting and receiving.

JerryPat
Senior Member

since 2010-10-30

Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

3 posted 2010-12-17 11:35 AM

Well said, and delightfully optimistic. I will join you with a cup of green tea spiced up with honey and lemon and the words of this enlightened poetry. Thanks.

http://swamprighter.wordpress.com/

Novus_Os
Member

since 2010-07-21

Posts 115
West Coast, USA

4 posted 2010-12-17 09:01 PM

This is an excellent poem, well composed
in all manner. Thank you. It flows with a
zen quality.

Novus_Os

Life is meant to be enjoyed, not just endured.

Andrew Scott
Member Elite

since 1999-06-24

Posts 2558
Redlands,CA,USA

5 posted 2010-12-17 09:05 PM

I'm all for a cup. Got three weeks off and the land of nothing to do sound like a pretty good place to be. As alwasys, I enjoy your style and content. Solid

"We'll chase them like rats across the tundra."

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