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Happy Landing .. Religion the Hard Way

10/13/2018

Fluffed carpet of clouds was substantial
seemingly made for strolling upon
I snapped a photo and sent it
transgressing rules of the plane I was on

My Son replied quite quickly
"Looks like you could walk on them"
and who am I to argue
so I immediately acted on a whim

Amazing how easy the door popped up
even though we were quite high
one step was all it took me
to know I could really fly

Soft puffy floor came rushing
faster than I expected
screams of my soul began gushing
sharing this mind infected

I plummeted through the atmosphere
white fluff failed to slow me
realizing my time was near
I started gettin' Holy

"Oh God" I prayed "save this fool"
after all, it was His illusion
"I'll be good this time, just show me the light"
I screamed in wild confusion

He did it .. He spared my life
He gave me another pass
I viewed the light of a perfect sky
.. with a church steeple up my ass

Facker
October 13, 2018

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Drop of Water

9/17/2018

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Time rolls by like a slow moving river .. minutes, hours, days, months, years. And like the river, all precious moments carry with them pieces of our lives .. memories of joy, pain, passion, hope. When our memories become one with the fluid stream of time, they join the greater consciousness which is bound for that place we all aspire to understand, achieve, and attain. That place defined within each individual by an intuitive inner voice which guides and directs when we are wise enough to be receptive. Our Humanity is the river .. soul upon soul of life and light and riches beyond measure. River of ethereal beauty .. that river to which we each add our one drop of water.

Facker
September 17, 2018

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Just Words

9/15/2018

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I feel like writing
just words .. just words

Stuff that passes through my mind
just words .. just words

About our world as it decays
just words .. just words

Concerning Love in many ways
just words .. just words

And when they settle in your minds
just words .. just words

I trust those words to open blinds
just words .. just words

I hope they stimulate your good
just words .. just words

Then I'll have done what I should
with words .. just words

I Love You

Facker
September 15, 2018

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Desert Flowers

9/11/2018

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Gifts of nature
casting their beauty
from desert where few survive

Giving their love
sharing their nectar
joyous to live and thrive

Sweltering heat
harsh dry storms
sea of turbulent sand

So little love
shown in return
for sights we find so grand

Yet despite their pain
again and again
they bloom in the harshness alone

Perfect and innocent
shining pure light
like children of broken homes

Facker
September 12, 2018

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Rhythm

8/21/2018

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Turbulent clouds
nature's drum
pulsating overhead

Power and beauty
terror and grace
all part of the common thread

Brilliant flashes
deadly light
violently thrown to earth

Screaming thunder
stimulates souls
awaiting life and worth

She will not float in
she comes like a woman
strong and proud and true

Announcing herself
with grandeur and passion
proclaiming her time is due

"Behold my beauty"
she proudly declares
"Marvel at my strength"

"I dance for you
while the drum plays
for minutes or hours of length"

Message conveyed
she lowers her shield
gifting pure softness to you

Pulse of her heart
ethereal glow
providing unequaled view

Warrior Woman
then becomes Mother
handing from sky to earth

Rhythm of water
captured by drummers
announces her perfect birth

As the rain falls
I stand gazing upward
droplets kissing my face

Feeling Her rhythm
hearing Her message
respecting and loving Her place

Tap with our hands
raise up our voices
respectful reciprocation

Drums and songs
the gift She shared
Rhythm of Celebration

Facker
August 21, 2018

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Courageous Warriors

8/13/2018

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They all witnessed the enormous creature with strange appendages hanging a fascinatingly beautiful device. Ruby red with four blossoms resembling flowers like those which provide their very sustenance. The creature opened its portal and disappeared .. all was still again.

He was first to explore .. being brash and brazen and brave. He was first to delight in the nectar, as others watched in silence. He was first to know their Universe had gifted them.

Over the coming days, they all made the discovery. To their joy and amazement, the creature returned to replenish the gift when needed. There was enough for all .. an endless supply .. perpetual bounty with four seats at the table and an unspoken promise of replenishment from that which seemed to value and love them. For a few days they happily flew to the life giving device and enjoyed its fruit. There was gratitude .. there was joy.

But He ..

He who had been bold ..
He who now pridefully fluffed and preened ..
He .. self-proclaimed self-anointed superior being ..
He became filled with pride, and avarice, and ego, until greed overcame Him

As others approached the gift meant for all
He attacked

As others attempted to sit peacefully at the common table
He voraciously exercised His desires for both food and power

He was larger
He was faster
He was brutish in mentality

His obsession grew exponentially

With hatred on His face and clouded spirit
He continually sat guard
Watching
Waiting

He, in selfishness, would allow no other to flourish

He became Vile within His cocoon of greed
Embittered
Dispondent
Disgusting

He eventually lashed out in the attempt to quiet His own self loathing

Self styled Super Hero

Vocally Belligerent

Tragic Super Ego

What of the others?

Those driven from the gift which was their birthright ..
Those brutalized, belittled, battered, bruised, and forced into insignificance ..
Those coerced into false acknowledgement of His imagined superiority ..

What of them?

As their Collective Spirit weakened ..
As their will to survive diminished ..

They awakened

Looked upon one another
Rediscovered Love
Rediscovered Will to Live
Rediscovered Their passion within the angst of tyranny ..
and They were empowered by the realization of Equal Creation

They became Warriors
Strengthened by Right
Fortified by Need
Driven by frustration
United in their disdain for Him
and
Courageous in Honor of that enormous creature with strange appendages
That Creature who showed them Love

***

Today they zip and zoom
Today they joyously partake
Today they bring their young

Stories of bravery flow like the nectar they savor
No feather fluffing
No ego stroking
Only Pride of Rising

Theirs is Regained

***

And Him .. what of Him?

There is always a seat at the table ..

Love one another and Share the Bounty

from deserts ... to tropics ... to the brilliant lights of Paris

Much Love from Tucson,

Bill

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Ascending

8/7/2018

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Sunset from our Tucson home

July 4th our flight ascended from Lihue, Kauai. We were on board, with one way tickets to Tucson, Arizona .. new home .. new life. Five years ago I wrote a post which reflected my feelings about living as our innate selves .. rediscovering the child within and the gift or gifts which are the pulse of every individual. I wrote about living solely for those gifts once we found them .. about the importance of spending every moment possible enveloped in our joy of Creativity. I am happy to exclaim "When the plane landed in Tucson, my creative spirit ascended". Having focused on that moment for the last five years, I have indeed become "Comfortably Poor".

http://kauai-to-paris.com/blog/comfortably-poor

Wishing each of us the exhilaration of self discovery and courage to follow our dreams

from Kauai to Paris ... and all places between

Much Love from Tucson

Bill

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Solitary Endeavor

4/15/2018

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Electronika has given a new world of access .. access to view incredible accomplishments and feats of others. With this access can surface feelings of inferiority when realization strikes that "they" can do so many things better than "I". When this knowledge becomes apparent, it is time to shut off the computer, move away from the television, detach from the Iphone, and connect with personal gifts residing within.

Creativity is a solitary endeavor .. one which requires only that we quietly connect with "Self" .. individual passion .. purpose for being. Within this action of self exploration lies the key to giving and a life of fulfillment. Once enacted, this detaches us from the impossible task of emulating others and gifts us with individuality which others cannot emulate. I believe Humanity will be perfected when every individual voice is discovered and shared in this beautiful symphony of realized gifts and inner peace.

When I write, I am performing an act performed by no other person .. writing being as unique as the individual wielding the pen or tapping the keys. Not to say my writing is anything extraordinary, but what comes from within me is mine and mine alone. What an exhilarating feeling .. to know I have a unique voice which I can freely share.

I wish you discovery of your voice .. your personal gift .. your innate passion. I wish all of us the experience of perfect harmony within our "Human Symphony" .. magical music which will be born as more and more seek and experience Solitary Endeavor ..

from Kauai to Paris .. and all places between

Facker
April 23, 2018

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Mental Orgasm

4/15/2018

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Seed was planted
now follow vision
trusting what spoke to this heart

Enter pure angst
fear unknown changes
raped mind soon torn apart

Knowing the path
these feet should follow
yet frozen I stood alone

Hey Universe
I need a break here
please toss this poor boy a bone

Simple it was
got up off my ass
purposely jumped the chasm

Fear to the wind
action in practice
gives me mental orgasm

Oh yeah Baby
it was so simple
to conquer what glared at me

Like a sweet Lover
lost in her passion
my soul and mind now fly free

Facker
April 15, 2018

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Talk is Cheap

4/12/2018

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Talk is cheap. Opening my mouth and spouting out verbalization of what I am going to do, what I have done, what I wish I had done, when I'm going to do it, and all the associated how's and why's of doing what flowed so freely from my tongue (or pen) is cheap talk if not followed by courage and associated action designed to institute significant and necessary personal growth and change. I have written for a decade now about the importance of discovering our innate gift/gifts .. our passion .. what we were placed upon this plane of existence to "do" .. to "be" .. each individual being completely unique to all others .. special in that uniqueness. A decade of "talking" about it .. cheap talk. It is time for Action.

Discovering our innate gift/gifts is the simplistic part of this equation. Our personal essence is that which gives us the most joy, seems natural for us to pursue, and constantly gives to others as a result of our fulfillment and happiness. Sounds so very easy, and it is easy .. if you are ready to gaze into the mirror until that person gazing back reveals secrets buried under years of living for the pursuit of everything except the one thing that truly matters .. creativity from the true self.

I can only speak honestly about my own experience .. you, of course, are invited to be voyeurs to this experience over the coming months as I completely turn everything in my life upside down in active pursuit of my higher self. It has taken me some time now to exhibit the courage and take necessary actions which will eventually give me freedom and the exhilaration of exercising my creativity as I know was intended.

The first step of my journey has been instituted. I have placed our wonderful home on beautiful Kauai for sale .. not an easy decision. This action is based on trust .. trusting my newfound belief that working in the pursuit of monetary gain is the most unfulfilling act of all .. trusting the voice within which assures happiness only if we reunite with our true self .. that child we once were. With children there is no cheap talk .. I want to be that again.

I'll keep you posted .. in the loop .. aware of all happenings .. and maybe, just maybe, one or two of you will join me in pursuing your true self .. blessing the rest of us with gifts only you possess ..

enhancing the lives of everyone you touch ..

Creating ..

from Kauai to Paris .. and all places between

Facker
April 12, 2018