Advice from 

the Down Hearted

"Love has brought us to this silence

where the only obligation is to walk

slowly through a meadow and look."

~Rumi

There’s no understanding one another,

so don’t kid yourself.

When leaving the house entails a safari,

summon a smile.

The sidewalks meet your shoes 

as a stranger,

the clouds couldn’t care less

who they float over.

Even the birds will shit

on genius, but

stay vulnerable.

How far can you go on alone?

The price of understanding is:

no one wants to be understood.

Trust me, who would?

When we’re so willing

to file each other away in a drawer.

One wrong move and

you could lose everything.

From here on out

best to live without

needing to know more.

How accurate it is

to be alive and in charge

of nothing but oneself.

How simple.

Make your work

your innocence.

Pray to deserve 

what comes.

Even if it’s not happiness,

your life will make sense.

Rise quietly in the morning.

Dress yourself and go to work.

When you want to walk, walk.

When you want to sit, sit.

Hanker after nothing

and be free.

6/5/21