Enthralled: Making a Long Story Short

Yearning for inspiration
But receiving only consternation,
Reaching an impasse
And feeling pressed,

Flatter than a dime,
Way too much time
Wasted on nothing much,
Basic living and such,

Hours on the phone
Because of feeling lonesome,
Longing for good news
Or even a few clues!

Seeking some kind of balance
And a new way to use my talents,
Not finding a way,
Merely finding no way,

Maybe no way is best
And everyday miracles do the rest,
Seeing the mundane in the miracles,
The simple as more complicated than calculus;

Then it’s back to buying vegetables
And trying to make my handwriting legible,
Frightened by the ordinary
And unimpressed by the extraordinary,

Trying to see how they’re interlaced,
Getting lost
And wondering what that is
And marveling at being found,

Unable to make anything work
But would be boring if I knew what it was
That gets in the way,
There’d be no more games to play.

Entertainment: Not Sure

Not sure
What to say
As
The mind is quiet,

Not much
Going on,
The word factory
Is silent,

And then,
Just then,
Although I didn’t notice,
It started up again.

But now
Is just now
And
That’s all there is to it;

I can’t see through it
And I can’t get rid of it,
I’m a little fed up with it
And yet, still with it,

Life comes and goes,
And I’m content
To sit with it,
Relaxed and attentive,

Enjoying the view,
Although it’s misty,
A translucent fog
Having come up,

Not sure
What that’s about
Or what it is,
Or what’s the difference.

Entertain: Now is My Only Home

My home is now,
It’s the only place
I’ve ever been
And the only place
I will ever be,

There can be
No other location,
Never was
And never will be,

Whatever is
Happening,
Is what’s always
Been happening,

Whatever I see
Is what
I’ve always
Seen,

Whatever I think
Is what
I’ve always
Thought,

There is
No continuation,
Only
The continuity of now,

Even though
There is change,
There is no change,
As I’m always here;

I can be nowhere else
Even when
I don’t know it
And cannot see it.