Stay Away

Stay away from the altars and the malls, Stay away from the markets and the stalls, Stay away through the night, Day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute.   Stay away from the rumors and fables, Stay away from gossip and fake news, Stay away from the pain and...

Happy Birthday Love!

Welcome the day that gave you birth! And may it often come to bless, The girl who graces the earth, With her surpassing loveliness, Having been named Faith, The evidence and substance, Of all, I ever did dream of.   And may through all this life of yours, The...

Thoughts on Turning 31 Today

“Father of light and life, though Good Supreme! O teach me what is good, teach me Yourself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and fill my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss!” Been...

Who by Water

Who will live and who will die, Who after a long life, who before his time, Who by water, who by fire, Who by hunger, and who by thirst, Who by the virus, who by the plague, Who in the night time, who in the sun shine, Who by slow decay, who by the gun, And who shall...

The Blind Men and the Elephant

The Blind Men and the Elephant, A HINDU FABLE.  By John Godfrey Saxe   I. IT was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. II. The First approached...