I cannot die today, no
I can't afford to crawl
on my belly like a sidewinder
or a sick animal.
Or dry up and fall away
like a bud in a drought.
No, I won't die today;
I am cactus flowers after rain,
a fuchsia climax among thorns.
I am a nomad, a dromedary crossing
love's desert, following yesterday
and tomorrow’s stars.
I've drunk enough tears on tap
to regret it the next morning,
enough to fill a sixth ocean, enough
to plant my own oasis
where I'll grow dates
on palm trees.
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Reviewed by Vesna Perkovic (Reader)
Reviewed on January 12, 2007
No time bound concept or 'path' can lead to where you already ARE.
– No conditions can bar your 'way' IN this natural presence.
– There is NO path 'to it' or 'away from it'. - THIS is it!
It is what you are. – Simply know that as the fact that it is and I can guarantee that ‘everything will fall into place’ for the mind.
All the problems of being a ‘seeker’ along with ‘the seeker’ itself are just reference points in mind.
There you have it -
No you cannot die today!
A composition that strikes imagination... I have enjoyed its contents and imagery. This:
"...a dromedary crossing love's desert,
following yesterday and tomorrow’s stars." < <
>> did reach the doors of my mind, and activated my creative tools.
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– No conditions can bar your 'way' IN this natural presence.
– There is NO path 'to it' or 'away from it'. - THIS is it!
It is what you are. – Simply know that as the fact that it is and I can guarantee that ‘everything will fall into place’ for the mind.
All the problems of being a ‘seeker’ along with ‘the seeker’ itself are just reference points in mind.
There you have it -
No you cannot die today!
vesna
Well Done.
Tina Martin
A composition that strikes imagination... I have enjoyed its contents and imagery. This:
"...a dromedary crossing love's desert,
following yesterday and tomorrow’s stars." < <
>> did reach the doors of my mind, and activated my creative tools.
Thank You, Poet for sharing "I Won't Die Today".
In admiration,
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
~Linda