a good poem conveys volumes of wisdom

in very few words,

i like simple poetry

that i can understand with one reading,

i’ve decided that anything complicated is simply untrue, 

or at best, irrelevant,

  I appreciate activism and at times give in 

just to show my support 

but I’m older now

and like many of us

am deciding that changing, 

correcting, improving, and making myself a better place

to live, will do more to change the world 

than all the impassioned outward action in the world, 

everything I need to know

for guidance, 

can fit comfortably on a bumper sticker:

be the change you wish to see

embody your knowledge

trust in a loving universe

awaken from the illusion of our separateness

if,  or when I stop altogether

interfering, sabotaging and postponing enlightenment

by ignoring my souls patient, relentless voice

calling me to the highest life i can live..

oh boy, won’t that be the beginning of a 

deliriously joyous adventure.