moonlight through the open window

"Friend,

what can I count on?"

"The brightly lit moon to define your sadness --

and your fingers, of course."

Just that, and moonlight through the open window.

Nothing else.

-

On my old cactus,

the flower blooms just one day.

Oh sweet, lovely life!

-

Do not remind the world that it is sick and troubled,

instead, remind the world that it is beautiful and free.

There is no yoke for the world to strain against,

no chains to enslave it. The world spins, the tides

rise and fall, sunrise and sunset happen perfectly

again and again through the smiles of time.

The sick and troubled parts are real, and so is sorrow,

but so is joy, and hope, and promise. And faith.

Faith is real. Friend, just as you and I need to hold on

the good and the positive, the world needs it as well.

-

Awake way past midnight.

Through the long night the starlight

Lays soft across the window.

Is it any wonder that in my heart

I sometimes still feel young?

-

My prayer is for all the refugees trying to escape danger and hard lives. May they find their way here to safety. May the racists and nationalists find it in their hearts to let them in.

-

James Lee Jobe

Please support this blog with a small donation through the the Buy Me A Coffee link at the bottom of the page. Thanks.

-

Good work finds the way between pride and despair.

Wendell Berry

-

We have to walk in a way that we only print peace and serenity on the earth. Walk as if you are kissing the earth with your feet.

Thich Nhat Hanh

-

The nature of the mind is emptiness, the unified state of being both cognizant and empty.

Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche

-

There is a time to live and a time to die but never to reject the moment.

Lao Tzu

Bassist RON CARTER, Tiny Desk Concert (from home)

Lamb, a poem by Richie Hofmann

Under the Poplars, a poem by César Vallejo

Please consider making a donation through the BUY ME A COFFEE button below. It's done safely online, and just takes a moment. Thanks! 

James