are you free,
what desires
chain you
to hollow tasks,
stealing your soul;
what is superfluous
in your life,
can you let it go,
is there a simpler existence
for you,
a place more in harmony
with your soul
History
this has happened
before,
history crashes upon us
in repetitive waves;
it appears new
if we are unprepared,
if we have not
unchained our curiosity
allowing it to bring us
the wisdom of the dead
we will repeat
the mistakes
of our predecessors
again and again
being left to wonder:
if this is the worst
life has ever been
Disease
the disease
afflicting so many
throughout history -
passed from age to age -
is the one
which has toppled empires,
and shattered lives,
the one
which has kept us searching -
living with a constant hunger,
an unslakable thirst -
forever wanting;
the one
for which
we've ignored the cure:
the insidious
disease of more