Thursday, July 1, 2010

Desire and Wisdom


Desire is an urge to explore,
to experience more deeply.

Some desires are best followed.
Some are best left undone.

Knowing the difference
is the work of wisdom.

3 comments:

Dr. Mike said...

Tag One

Repulsion is vertiginous nausea
Both intellectual and physical

Plummeting from a great height
Down to unimaginable depths

Asphyxiated by compression
Or torpedoes from submarines

Spun about in this whirlpool only
Later passion becomes compassion

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Dr. Mike

Dr. Mike said...

Tag Two

There is no wisdom
Without caution.

There is no caution
Without calculation.

In passion, one plus one
Lets nobody take sides.

Calculation arises from
Cold-blooded cruelty.

Cruelty is the flip
Side of love.

All too often, wisdom’s little more than
Monday-Morning Quarterbacking.

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Dr. Mike

Dr. Mike said...

Tag Three

Abstractions are like
Quicksand

People think they know
What they mean

Connect the dots to find
The Pleiades

What stories they tell
Mariners at sea

On solid ground
Lightning strikes

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Dr. Mike