Month: December 2017

Contemplation on Choice

At the centre
Of every thought
Pivoting
Holding, poised to act, if but momentarily
Is Choice

Often unattended
And more often, habitually led
Is Choice

On a filament of fine decision
Delicately placed between this and that
Are the constructions to build or
The consequences to tear down
Worlds, hearts, minds
And all that’s in between

Does my my mind make me? or
Do I make my mind? Or
Is it both together?

My desire, in either case, is to become agent and author

The one that knows it knows
The one considered and considering
The one spontaneous
The one informed

The one conscious and aware that it
Is Choice

Martinos @ 2017

The Possibility

In the homecoming    joy

in the barring    regret

 

of letting go    freedom

of craving    imprisonment

 

at the welcome    belonging

at the termination     abandonment

 

with waking up     insight

with shutting out     ignorance

 

in kindness      self nurture

in aggression      self harm

 

upon reflection       knowledge

upon dogmatism       blindness

 

with helpfulness     growth

with ill-will       stuntedness

 

with unity through shared purpose      nourishment

with self interest       scarcity

 

and remarkably within every unique experience

always the universal possibility of      illumination

 

Martinos @ 2017