Field Notes #8

A Contemplative's Field Guide

Tintern Abbey, William Havell (1782–1857)

“The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.”
― Lao Tzu

FIELD NOTES #8

Throwing pennies in a wishing well
seems to most a waste of change.
But after all those years of dead-eyed stares,
I find it worth while to risk a bit of magic.

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It takes a man 
to hang a man
but just one to drown.
If you ever find my body,
leave it for the birds—
in my experience
dying's best done alone.

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Standing in the chapel
under Mary's patronizing glare,
I imagine Jesus running 'bout
	Nazareth,
his mother behind him
screaming: a king knows better than that.

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Sunlight like gold dust
settles on the skyline.

How many men died
to lay the base of Babel?

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