THREE THINGS – BUDDA

THREE THINGS
Budda

Three Things
Cannot Be Long Hidden:

The Sun,

The Moon,

And The Truth.

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On a Hill in Wales, Father and Son

1.

To the beginning son, go back with me
Remember how I stood beside you when…

No, you only remember my absence.

Here we return with precision, an arrow
Fired by the great Tell who reveals us.
The apple on our heads, the gift of Eve
Who saw in us the beginning of Love.

The Four Chambered Heart

Now, where are the words
The heart needs?
Sort through its four chambers
To mix blood for the body to keep moving,
If not forward,
Any motion is better than none.

From chamber to chamber
Soft walls,
Trim dangles,
Ceiling cracked,
Windows frosted with dust.
These images attract hope.

RAINBOWS

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Rainbows,
A Vision Of Beauty
Amid Cloudy Skies
A Symbol Of Hope
And Promise

Depression – 2

“Sleep isn’t just a sleep anymore, it’s an escape”

Teary eyes with Muffled cries

Strength lost and Hope dies

Thread of Life

on this round leaf, of blue and brown
you let me in, a tendril with a heart
curling my feelings, of yesterday
thinning my dreams, into tomorrow

THE GRASS IS GREENER!

photo by Jacco Rienks via Unsplash

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Look Elsie!

Erma was right!

HAIKU: I SURVIVE THE PAIN

By Charles Robert Lindholm

I Survive The Pain  

AN OBSTACLE

By Charles Robert Lindholm

I have an obstacle
to achieving inner peace

I do my best to attain
inner tranquility
each day   

HAIKU: I SIT IN DARKNESS

By Charles Robert Lindholm

I Sit In Darkness

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By Charles Robert Lindholm

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Twelve months one

No. 6 of 12 in the Jemverse ‘Twelve Months’ series

Delicate, I bow my head
To the first day of the year
And give to it my blessing
For happiness and cheer

Twenty eighteen, here at last
January one
I bring a snowdrop promise
To the year that’s just begun

HAIKU: DUST TO DUST

By Charles Robert Lindholm

I am made of dust

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By Charles Robert Lindholm

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By Charles Robert Lindholm

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From time, to time

All the more
they say,
I switch back
in time ..

To times,
I have been on a high
with all the love
poured with joy..

Open Doors, I search..

A tiring day,
with those drenched brows
I walk out
in despair and no hope..

Looking down
at the earthly floor
I look up
for a shoulder for my tears to pour..

August, 1987

August, 1987

-Linda Lee Lyberg

I wait in the wings for my one true love

Grasping my memories near my heart

I want to shout to the heavens above

But my voice ends in silence before it starts.

ANGEL TEARS FALL

By Fiona Renshaw and Charles Robert Lindholm

Angel tears fall from the sky,
As they lay watching from the clouds,
Saddened by the world they see,
They cry to see our fear.

Glow

When I’ve lit a warming fire,
the blooming flames go licking higher
engulfing piled up timbers-

We Have a Choice

WE HAVE A CHOICE

Shut off the news

and choose beauty

Let a song well up in your throat

and fill the air

Almostness

Being with you, and yet not being
one with you creates a burning
that would surely consume me

HAIKU: OFF BEATEN PATHWAYS

By Charles Robert Lindholm

 

I cannot wander

too far off beaten pathways

HAIKU: IN THE DARKNESS I HOPE

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

In darkness I hope

for the light I cannot see

HAIKU: BE LIKE THE SNOWFLAKE

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Be like the snowflake

live the life you intended

I BELIEVE IN THE LIGHT

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

I believe in the light
that isn’t shining yet
I believe in the dawn
of a brand new day 

The darkness surrounds me
the silence is deafening

THE DREAM OF REALITY

By Charles Robert Lindholm
 

the lights blur in the distance

my thoughts are doing the same

surrounded by darkness

with only momentary

and passing

instants

of clarity

and consciousness

LEFT IN THE WOODS

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

If you get left in the woods
don’t worry, be calm
someone else will come along
don’t chase after
the one who left you 

First Responders say, “Stay Put”
and they are the experts
when it comes to
the left and abandoned