October 12th, 2007 · 6 Comments
By now you have all seen the pictures that have been flowing out of Burma. Most of you have heard the stories of the Burmese military prompting a revolt. The protests were in response to a 500% hike in the price of gasoline fuels, but in actuality was just another abuse in a long line of abuses targeting the people of Burma.
Two weeks after the bloody crackdown by Burma’s junta against peaceful demonstrations led by Buddhist monks, the world’s authoritative body, the UN Security Council finally issued a statement on Burma.
The 15-nation council, which previously had been blocked …
(Read More) I begin to search
the empty rooms of my memories.
Nothing but dust and decaying veils,
crumbling do I find.
A thought rises and dies,
a silent agony.
Rooms dimly lit, where no happiness rests.
I reach for words,
that simply fall away.
I stretch for meanings,
that elude my tender touch.
Without the light,
I am fading.
Without the glitter of so sweet sounds,
my ears hear nothing but a crushing silence.
I must find a way,
through these rooms of soundless voids.
Until finally I may rest my straining eyes
from peering into the dark.
That I may …
(Read More) We are each of us
a repository of the universe.
In each of us sleeps creation.
If on this page you see the clouds
that rains upon the forest
and feel the paper in the tree,
then you are a poet.
For the cloud rains down upon the earth,
to nourish the tree so It can grow
and be harvested for many things.
Nothings exits in emptiness.
As alone and solitary as you may feel
you are a part of every living thing.
So when in your hands
you hold a warm and golden mango,
see the tree, the grower, …
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