Sunday 23 October 2022

Not Happening

 



There are some things I know aren’t happening

although I’ve wanted them with all the force

I could muster from the very beginning.

A dormer window. Guava tree. A course

on floating. A tripfree tongue. The universe

has other work, can’t always be listening,

aligning the Rubik’s cube of perverse

desires that snatch at arbitrary things.

 

Some things aren’t going to happen I know

they’re going to be always denied me - 

what earthly use is a dormer window

on dead flat roofs? It’s an anomaly.

Still I press on, undeterred. Who knows? Maybe

next time, next life? Maybe just moments to go.






It's Diwali, which is actually a festival of five days the main point of which is the festival of lamps. Shubha Deepavali if you are celebrating/observing. 

May the light of peace and plenty shine brightly around you always. 









12 comments:

  1. Hari OM
    aapako aur parivaar ko deepaavalee kee shubhakaamanaen! Blessings of light to all. YAM xx

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    1. Thank you. Aapko bhi Diwali mubarak ho. Dher saari shubh kamanayein.

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  2. Your final sentence and wish is all encompassing. Thank you.

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    1. That wish is year round also. Thank you for being here.

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  3. Hi Nila - yes ... we can't do everything ... but we can live our lives to the full and for the best - especially now during Diwali. Cheers Hilary

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    1. Absolutely, Hilary. Trying to be the best I can and do my best too, and the first thing on that list is to know when to let go of unrealistic expectations, especially relating to dormer windows haha

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  4. Inspired by the light of peace. What else can we do?

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    1. 'They also serve who only stand and wait.' Applies to each one of us. Thanks, Joanne.

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  5. "Still I press on, undeterred. Who knows? Maybe
    next time, next life? Maybe just moments to go."
    Lovely Words! :D

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