Famous

it's not me that needs to get famous

it is the simple truth that needs fame.

it is beauty in the ordinary

that needs acknowledgement

not i.

i would be wrong

to call your attention toward me

or rather it would be an incorrect

interpretation of what I do.

i only hope to speak on behalf

of truth and beauty

muted by the allure

and clamor

of modern man's madness.

Magnetism

Feel something right inside --
it may be you aligning with something

ancient as the desire to save your own life

which evolution says

goes way back 

way before Jesus, even.

Feel that and then listen

as the chorus of angels 

exhales unanimous relief

which escapes as energy

which is transformed as it passes

through time and material

such that when it gets to you

it is a webpage, an out of place shoe,

the rain

the magnetism that

swirled all those things

round you

even pulled down

a part of the sky

to show you that

love

is

real.

Without You

Passion needn't be reckless.  And wild needn't be dangerous.
Intense needn't expire before mild.
All hearts have a rhythm.
One should never speak in absolutes, you know
it takes creativity, sometimes, to accept the truth.
Delusion to love a truth that is not for you.

And truth is not an argument of words
but whatever asserts its being
before your own.
No great thinker ever said,
I am perceived, therefore I am.

The saint called Peter will hold
a picture of you as a child
next to your old and weary face.
If there is a trace, not of youth,
but of that former you;
if that child was protected
you will step forward
transubstantiate into wave and photon
no less the you
you now are.

Can't you see?
Infinity is incomplete without you.

Memo:

Normal people: Try to be different.  You're boring.
Different people: Try to be normal.  You're not as interesting as you think.

random thought

While it is true that we can always improve upon things (what we make, how we are, etc.) it is also true that what is, as it is right now, is also an accomplishment. We mustn't be ashamed to be satisfied with the present state of things, even if we can see that they are not yet complete -- for they may never be.

Sleeping on a plane

Sleeping on a plane.
Can't be done.
The airlines doesn't want
you to take up too much space
and think that you don't have enough of it.

A claustrophobic is the second to
last person you want on a plane.

They pump in cold
air to shrink wrap you
shivering in a cubic
foot of inadequate recline
with a pillow too small
to fit between the seat
and that window cavity
so it just falls
into the lap or feet of the guy behind you.

The blanket, however, is fine:
made of the hair of a blue angel.
It actually makes you colder.

I woke up shivering.
Correction, I opened my eyes
and simply quit pretending to be asleep.

How to ride a plane

1. You will not find homeless people
in the airport.
If you are not sprinting to your gate
you are sitting for no less
than an hour and a half
or a day.

They took your water away,
but not mine --
mine is buried in my carry-on
and I just lucked out at security.

There is a metaphor for life
at airport security.

The absurdity of traveling at
35,000 feet crosses every mind
jostled by turbulence
just for passing through a cloud.
Flying could be the worst decision
you ever made.

They used to smoke cigarettes on planes.
Just imagine.

There is as much technology
in the window separating you
from the enormous clouds
than there is in the clouds themselves
or your eyes, even.

You're breathing, after all
and you're not impressed by that.
You're reading a book.

These passengers are probably
not too different from yourself.
The fact that they are flying
says a lot.  On a plane, a bit more.
A few questions will unlock smiles and gently
murder Time without anyone noticing.

2. Short flights will only provide drinks
and you will have to pay for the alcoholic ones.
Best not to accept credit card offers
even if the 40 thousand free frequent flier miles sound enticing.
Few human being can manage a credit card responsibly.

Don't forget to pray before and
give thanks after a flight.
Science and engineering can't take
all the credit.  Some nano-
fraction of that happy landing
was out of reach of science, engineering
and their instruments.  Call this extra
the Remainder if you prefer not to use
words with religious connotations.

Feel free to clap at the end,
once you are sure the plane is safely
landed on Earth.  Even if no one else claps.
Because not even on a plane
should the joy of getting where you got
be contained.