Poems for Beltane

two. One on a more serious note.. the second on a playful note

Hopes alive on Beltane eve
On fertile ground sow your dreams

if you feed and water them well
harvest time will set you swell

Hail to the Lady and the Lord

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On Beltane eve don't be perplexed
Just grab some rubbers and have some sex

Where do you find acceptance?

For your ideas? For the secret notions you have for who you really want to be? Or think you are? Who are the friends, family or co-workers who are most accepting of your true self? And how do they demonstrate their acceptance? What is different about how they treat you than other people?

The only people who I feel truly accepted around, and who I can pretty much be my "true self" around is my wife, and my friends at VWC. They accept me for who I am, however strange that is :)

I tend to be reserved around folks I don't know, even if we have common interest. For instance, we go to a pagan group and UU here, have been for a couple months, and I'm certainly not my open, outgoing self with them yet, though I open up a bit more each time.. The connection just doesn't seem to be there yet. So I proceed with caution.

My side of the family, or at least those who know about us being pagan, accept it, doesn't mean they agree, but they don't hassle us either.

Helen's family on the other hand is another matter. :)

We live smack dab in the middle of the bible belt. It's mostly protestant's and very right leaning conservative republicans. So yea.. not much acceptance here.

I do find that there are more "in the closet" pagans here though. Use to work with about 10 or so. That was a welcome change.

I think most pagans, likely throughout the world, but certainly here, are solitary. It seems like there are a lot of meetup type groups but no covens (that I've found). The pagan group is a good compromise as they do public rituals and we do projects at the meetings.

I find it hard to relate to solitaries because I've really only done much magical work at camp. Helen and I have done some workings but they always seem like "wtf are we doing, we look silly". I prefer working in a group. Though I realize, to build personal power, I need to do my own work as well.

Guess this is the long way around saying that acceptance for me, lies with a small group of friends.

I see many ways I can help the community, without having to disclose my spiritual affiliations, and that works for me. To me the Work is what's important.

Do you think Donald Trump would make a good U.S. president?

In a sentence or less.. HELL NO!!

I really hate to even waste time on this twit but.. Shall I list a few reason why?

He files for multiple bankruptcies and still manages to be one of the wealthiest people.

We know he's a crook. If you read the article above it spells it out.

Since we know he's a crook and he can't stay out of bankruptcy with his own monies, what makes anyone think he's qualified to run a country?

And just who's interest do you think he'll watch out for? The middle class or the upper 1%?


Everyone pisses and moans about Obama. I'll admit he's spent a shitload of money. It burned my ass that he signed on to Bush's bailout, then did yet another bailout.

But he is trying to do the right thing. Things that have needed to be done for years he has put in progress. Things that SHOULD have been started long ago are now starting. You either pay now or pay later. Later is here and it's time to pay the piper.

Another bitch people have is "but we won't have any retirement. It's going to ruin our kids future." And don't even get me started about heath care..

Here's the thing. Things were going along just fine. Things were getting done when congress was controlled by the Dems. Of course the Reps were crying and hiding and not voting and that was ok, but they wined like little bitches when the Dems pull the same things.

Anyway. Now that the Reps have control, their going to do everything they can to make Obama look bad. So they can say "he ruined this country".. Well no, actually he didn't. He had a plan to pay back the money he's spent over the next 10 years, but you idiots decided to squash it.

I can only hope that Obama vetoes everything they try to squash. It won't get done what needs to get done, but at least it will keep the Reps from fucking it up any worse.

Obama '12

A poem for Earth Day

cool morning
mist rising, mountain's breath

A hint of sun
a promise of warm embrace
after a cold winter
hints of snow still linger in the shade.

a loon calls out from the lake below

Spring has arrived
and with it promise of new life

New faces and old
greeted with equal joy.

Dreams that seemed so far away
now bring renewed hope.

Trees that seemed mere skeletons yesterday
radiate their green brilliance. Collecting energy
for life.

How many are aware of these things? How many care?

Will we every wake up? Or are we simply so vested into this consumption system that we can't see the entropy?

The problems are real, and larger than any one person. But each action helps. Plant a tree, get involved in peace and social justice, farm/garden sustainably. Buy local. Build community. For if we all work together we can effect real change. "It's those who show up who write the future."

Earth Day 2011

So what did you do for mother earth today? Or what did you resolve to do? Or what do you wish you could have done?

IMHO everyday should be Earthday. It shouldn't be just on day we think about and do something nice, though that's great too

I can't say I did anything specific today. Helen and I went outside and played ball with the dog. We enjoyed the spring weather and everything coming back to life. We felt blessed to be able to be outside and enjoy life. I guess one could say we gave some of our energy as an offering.

I thought about (actually may yet) writing a poem about Earth Day

We long ago changed out to compact florescence.

When we are able we have a garden, try to keep it local.

We helped plant apple trees a few weeks ago at the UU.

We're helping out Sunday to pick up trash along a section of road.

We plan to stand in solidarity with the local Islamic center tomorrow. They have been vandalized and threatened in the past few months. We are going with our UU congregation. I know other churches are going but not sure who. The point here is that while we may not all agree on our religious views (or other views for that matter) we all have the right to choose and practice them without fear of persecution.

The point I'm trying to make is that one person can't do it all, but that one person's actions do make a difference. "Be the change you wish to see".

I see all things connected. So how can we talk of "saving the planet" and not think about "alternative energy"? or about "Saving humanity" when we can't even live together peaceably.

Or declare freedom & Justice for all... when the small print reads, "as long as you look like us, think like us, and do as we say"

Just something to reflect on..

If you had to debate a younger version of yourself, who would win?

 

If my current self was debating my former self, I think my current self would win. Why? Because my former self was far more unsure of it’s point of view and would concede.

Now if my current self and former self were plotted against one another in a math competition based on speed, well my younger self would win. Maybe. Former self was faster but more prone to mistakes. Current self is slower but more methodical.

Of course my former self would listen to no advice from my current self because he though everyone was full of shit and out to get him. Some of that remains.. but less each day.. I’m tired of always being on the defensive.

All the shit that’s going on in my life aside, I like my current self much better than my former self.  I like being who I am and letting others think what they will instead of trying to fit someone’s idea of “normal”.

You live your experiences but once. You can recall them but can’t change the past. You can use them in planning  your future.

“Tomorrow’s just your future yesterday”. Craig Ferguson Theme Song

What do you want to accomplish with your blog?

What is the purpose of your blog?
Is it a vent space, a journal of days, or something else entirely?

The original intent of my blog was to be sort of a book of shadows. Perhaps not full of spells as such, but more about how I was progressing along the crooked path. A place where others could view my work and perhaps see a perspective they had yet to vision.

Hmm. or maybe at least a place where one could see, through this progression, how I was seeing the sacred in the mundane.

Well I think I might lose my readership (making the huge assumption I have one) before that happens. Though I do feel a glimmer of hope in those matters. Seems this year is opening my eyes to a lot.

In the long run I guess my blog has become, whatever it is today, simply by me sharing my thoughts, be it on how shitty my day's been or how euphoric my belly lint makes me.

I think that's enough reflection about what my blog is to accomplish.