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In a Land Made of Wood

29/10/2014

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In a land
   All made of wood
Flesh and blood
   There I stood

Soft amongst a world so hard
The dangers I cannot retard

So I let
   my fear go free
And bounce along
   Quiet merrily
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Rules for the Fools

22/10/2014

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In addition to all the acceptable rules
   There are those abided by only the fools
These we should heed for the fools creed is to make light of heavy and let go of greed

The role of the fool
   In time classical
Was advisor and protector to those in control

With humour and honesty
   For all the royalty
They were the few who could speak freely

So bugger the rules
   Act more the fool
You might even enjoy it
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Build Upon Dreams

16/10/2014

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Still and serene
   The world doth slumber
Yet mine heart doth carry on
As does my digestion

No stillness in body till death gives its grip
   Few are thus equipped

Sleep now and connect
Our daily dose of collective unconscious


Our daily taste of the unknown
No matter what dreams we have been shown

Tis only a piece
   One part of three
Must be some cause for the concept of trinity

Tis not just two
  Awake and asleep
For whilst we are waking,
   Daydreams do creep

Into our mind, our body, our known
The conscious mind drifts

So to when we rest
Tis not one phase of consciousness

There are two to the pattern
Dream sleep and deep are distinct states to be in

This leaves three
Awake
Dream
and unknown deep reality

The more we still the waking mind
  We see clearer the dream
This the phase bridging 
  the seen and unseen

Let your heart and gut carry on
  Let your body take you anon!
For dream are what this reality is built upon
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Autumn Sunrise

6/10/2014

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Stunning sunrise
   Blazed through the skies
Orange - Red - Yellow

A moment taken
   In appreciation
Head stuck out the window

The cool air did rush
   Onto my epidermis 
Brisk autumn was the touch

Awake and aware
   Stand there and stare
The breeze
A bird
Swaying treest
Morning Hush
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The Fearful Unknown

3/10/2014

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How do you handle the great big unknown?
Do you cower in fear?  Scream and moan?


Perhaps anger takes hold that you can't understand
Maybe you hunker down and come up with a plan

Fear is a path that comes up for plenty
The results of this fear are varied and many

What if instead we reacted with truth
Truth in ourselves and out ability to adjust

To accept and to grow in both light and in dark
Our senses can only adjust when our eyes open stark

The unknown is there around every atom
No matter how much we learn we cannot all fathom

The depth and complexity of this consciousness
But we can all feel what it is to exist

So when the unknown does read its shapeless great head
Don't get mad, or get scarred, or run off to bed

Embrace it instead and take fear to tea
"Hello, I'm the unknown, perhaps you have heard of me"

Say yes and accept
Oh great unknown, I'm glad we have met
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    Douglas Karson

    I love poetry.

    It can be whimsical or epic, unbearably long or just two memorable lines, mature and dark or light and childish.

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