Don’t Be Pathetic
11 July 2024
Sometimes, we take God to be a Pasar Malam traderWe negotiate transactions and attempt to make deals with himSometimes, we even try to make a
Sometimes, we take God to be a Pasar Malam traderWe negotiate transactions and attempt to make deals with himSometimes, we even try to make a
Fleeting moments of bliss are glimpsesOf the possible, of the heavenlyMoments of small, beautiful dreamsWithin a largely nightmarish reverieTingling and exciting the sense of senses
You can be in many placesYet in reality, and with no surpriseYou are actually, nowhere at allFor you were never there, in the first placeWhenever
In a jungle deep, where shadows playLived a boy, bright as the dayWith eyes that saw beyond the treesHe led with wisdom, like the breeze
By MAYA GREEN One of my earliest recollections, I recallIs in reaching out for the light, aflickeringI had to crawl on all fours, to that
By MAYA GREEN When we live in the shadowsWe tend to see all kinds of thingsThings that are not really thereFor the shadows are on
By MAYA GREEN I sit here by the sea shoreOn the edge of an endless oceanThe view is as far as I can seeThe tides
By MAYA GREEN In a world of multiplicityLose not the sight of the underlyingWhilst we are seeing the manyKnow of the Unity in the underlying
By MAYA GREEN Despair not, for the best of fightsCan come in times of despairAngels will appear, when all seems lostSo pay heed to that
By MAYA GREEN O Savour you, the sunshineYes, whilst the sun is still upFor soon will come, the night lineYes, it’s fast coming up! Take
