Longing
AT pulls at my heart so
What tells me to roam
What drags me and lures
From chamber and home
AT pulls at my heart so
What tells me to roam
What drags me and lures
From chamber and home
Did the people of Viet Namuse lanterns of stone
Did they hold ceremoniesto reverence the opening of buds
Were they inclined to quiet laughter
Did they use bone and ivory,jade and silver, for ornament
If you want what visible realitycan give, you're an employee
If you want the unseen world,you're not living your truth
Both wishes are foolish,but you'll be forgiven for forgettingthat what you really want is love's confusing joy
Ex...
O what is that sound which so thrills the
Down in the valley drumming, drumming
Only the scarlet soldiers, dear,
The soldiers coming
My voice rings out, this time, from
It rings out from the house of my mother and
In Sham
The geography of my body changes
What do I want in these rooms papered with visions of money
How much can I make by cutting my hair
If I put new heels on my shoes, bathe my body reeking of masturbation and sweat, layer upon layer of excrement dried in employment bureaus...
VE - what is love
A great and aching heart;
Wrung hands; and silence; and a long despair
Life - what is life
Now what is Love,
I pray thee, tell
It is that fountain and that
Where pleasure and repentance dwell;
What if you slept And what if In your sleep You dreamed And what if In your dream You went to heaven And there plucked a strange and beautiful flower And what if When you awoke You had that flower in you hand Ah, what then
This is widely beli...
Resembles Life what once was held of Light, Too ample in itself for human sight
An absolute Self--an element ungrounded--All, that we see, all colours of all shade By encroach of darkness made
--Is very life by consciousness unbounded
Pray to what earth does this sweet cold belong,
Which asks no duties and no conscience
The moon goes up by leaps, her cheerful path In some far summer stratum of the sky,
While stars with their cold shine bedot her way
"How much do babies cost
" said
The other night upon my knee;
And then I said: "They cost a lot;