A dry, meaningless belief

The desert stretched, a dusty space,

Ignoring every human trace,

Yet a tribe chose to embrace,

A frantic, funny, foolish pace,

To build a castle in that place.

A little lad, with a list so long,

Sang a sad and sensible song,

He said, "Is this right, or is this wrong?

To seek a meaning we prolong,

Is it worse to believe, where you don't belong?"

"Oh, little one," an old one smiled wide,

"We don't build to last, we build to hide,

From the endless emptiness outside,

Our meaning's found deep down inside,

In the love we feel, and in our stride."

They built with a spirit brave,

A meaning they had hoped to save,

From the endless, empty wave,

A beautiful moment they could crave,

A noble purpose from the grave.

 

Alone up disease destiny intemperance

 

Love is a cosmic joke

We planned our partners, fine and grand,

With perfect points held in each hand,

But lusty lightning crossed the land,

And left our logic in the sand.

Your virtues all were veiled from view,

My failings too, unseen by you,

That dizzy dance, we muddled through,

Till baby boots were peeking through.

I loved your laugh, a joyful blare,

You swooned at my debonair hair,

Ignoring habits hard to bear,

Like socks you'd leave upon the stair.

The list of likes we thought we'd find,

The kindred soul, the matching mind,

By Eros' edict, stayed behind,

As primal urges intertwined.

So now we chuckle, old and gray,

At how that madness ruled the day,

That chemistry that wouldn't sway,

And brought us here, come what may!

 

Again used own dead wisdom

 

Important illusion

A mighty galleon of my own making,

its keel laid with the finest tales of my achievements.

I was its captain, its crew, and its glorious cargo,

sailing a bathtub sea of self-regard.

The mainsheet of my importance billowed and blew

until a single pinprick of honesty

let all the wind out.

Now the planks of that magnificent vessel

are the raised beds for my vegetable garden,

and my profound achievements grow carrots and kale.

 

Greater soul them is intangible