Some Poems & poetic Reflections

These are unprecedented times

times that will make us think

what is real for us

and what is not

I will be using the stay-at-home-order do do a week of fasting and meditation
being still
praying for the most vulnerable

I want dedicate this energy
to the homeless
the refugees
the migrants of this world
who are falling thru the cracks
now

we, the stateless

we, the homeless

we, the stranded on your borders

we, who left in hope

for better life

we, who run away

from violence

we, who go hungry now

we, who are tired to the bone 

we will die 

if not from the virus

then from broken heart

we will just lay down

because there is no more

hope

i feel you

(Metta Meditation is a Buddhist method of extending loving kindness)

home confinement  / shelter in place

there is strength

in silence

there is power

in staying still

there is answer

in letting-go

This ocean

This ocean is like soul

deep and mysterious

un-knowable for land animals

for us mortal personas

We see only the waves

the surface, the horizon

we can not comprehend

its depths

the whole gestalt

If ocean is soul

then water is spirit

Like Atman and Brahman

the Vedic scriptures would say

hard reset

When the computer gets sluggish

very slow

some programs need endless to start

files are not saved anymore

and it crashes more often than not

you try to restart

and then it completely stops

then it is time for a reset

a hard reset

operation system re-install

the last possible option

You will loose some files for sure

some of your programs will be too corrupted to work again

much of what you loved will be lost

and a lot of work ahead

to get it all back up and working again

Anger  comes first

you feel your workflow disrupted

your deadlines and lists

then shame

you forgot to backup

for always being too busy to clean up your hard drives

delete all the unnecessary jumble

for never updating the anti-virus program

then you accept

take a deep breath

and go to start from scratch

life must go on

sick & tired

I am 66

endangered species

according to the doctors

the statistics are clear right now

mostly the old ones are on the way out

the retired

the sick

and tired

But honestly

and without meaning to be cruel

there are too many of us here!

7,773,067,025 of us right now

7.8 Billion soon

Governed (or ruled) by … mostly older men

I guess Gaia decided that she needs a break

and human society needs a heavy infusion of young spirit

mostly female, i guess :  )

people who know to care for others and the world

Need some examples?

Love in the times of Coronavirus lockdown

Imagine

You are this guy

You live in Milan/Italy with your family of 7

or in NYC

You live in a decent but rather crammed flat

You can not leave the house without a special paper for shopping

You are stuck

Your wife is nagging you to do the dishes

Your wife is nagging you to do something else, anything else then watching TV

Your wife is edgy about the money

Your wife is grumpy as hell for doing all the work herself 24/7

The only conversation on the table is about Corona virus infections

Your five kids are all over the place

You have no idea what to do with them

You can not escape to the bar

You can not see your buddies

You can not go see your little mistress

You can not watch porn

(obviously everybody is watching you all the time)

Even the bathroom is occupied mostly (the smaller kids playing swimming in the tub)

You can not even have sex with your wife

(your tree year old insists of sleeping in the middle)

Your teenage son – playing online war-games  nonstop – is sucking all the bandwidth out of your wifi

You are getting very cranky

You are getting very edgy

You can almost touch the anger in your belly

Fuck! Stuck!

And no idea how long this will last!

But you actually don’t want to lash out at your children

not even at you wife of ten years

Actually you are not this kind of dude

Actually you are a kind of decent normal guy

You work in construction every day

You bring home (most of) the money

You go to church as a family 

(afterwards to the bar)

A lot of pictures on the wall can proof

that you are actually a good family man

But now!

You have no idea what to do!

How to handle this!

You don’t even know anymore

who the fuck you are!

Day twenty of the lockdown

You are half mad re-watching every episode of

Games of Thrones

You can not stand it any longer

You throw the remote into the corner

You get up

You go to the kitchen

Your wife shrieks when she sees your face

You open the fridge

… and you start cleaning that fucking fridge

Top to bottom!  :  )

Imagine, that this is the end of the story Part 1

Imagine in Part 2

Your wife is so happy that she starts singing

because you finally lend her a hand

Imagine you even start cooking together

Imagine she reminds you of your favorite dish

back when you both started dating

And she wants to cook it for you

Now!

Imagine a floodgate opens between the two of you

that gate that was fortified for so long

Imagine you two start talking again to each other

after the kids finally sleep

Of things that matter

Imagine …

Imagine, what such a little Coronavirus can do!

Un-fucking-belief-able!

;  )

… to be continued.

Take care & may you be in peace.