boast of quietness

Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1996), Jactancia de Quietud, from Luna de Enfrente, 1925

Christmas Comet Lovejoy

Writings of light assault the darkness, more prodigious than meteors.
Escrituras de luz embisten la sombra, más prodigiosas que meteoros.

The tall unknowable city takes over the countryside.

La alta ciudad inconocible arrecia sobre el campo.

Sure of my life and death, I observe the ambitious

Seguro de mi vida y de mi muerte, miro los ambiciosos

and would like to understand them.

y quisiera entenderlos.

birthday's are the best

I just celebrated my birthday. This year was different. I did not unplug as usual to go on retreat. 

Because my sister thought I was turning 60 we ended up booked for my birthday dinner at Asiate - Mandarin Hotel's fine dining aerie restaurant in New York City - overlooking Central Park and Columbus Circle. 

Birthdays are the best! A new beginning, the cycle of life completing its circuit of 365 days. The unique and special life stream of an individual and the world of experiences created, circling close at each year's end.

Peace on Earth - goodwill to all our relations

flame in my heart
internal eternal flicker
living breathing fumes
kindled passion pureed
in the fire of my soul

furnace of my desire
internal eternal inferno
living breathing fervor
fevered fury ablaze
in my core and being

myth monger / hagiographer

I will have become
the lunatic lumbering
through a life lost
muttering meaningless myths
the meaning of which
has long been lost
to me.

I will be the being
I have insisted on being
and finally am being.
I will be
all I have intended
all I have pursued.
Garbed in righteous raiment
I will ascend
past my intentions
past my pursuits
reborn and renewed
to me.

I will be unlike any
revealed in all glory
envied by many.
My joy will be
extra ordinary to all
every day to me.
Lover of life
I will find
true happiness.
Creator of destiny
I will manifest
mythical miracles.
Redeemer of revelations
I will embrace
this full being
to me.