just existing, not living



the rain last night 

so reminded me 

of a child 

at first 

only just learning 

to walk with timid steps 

then growing in strength 

and running gleefully 

across the wet yard 

james lee jobe 

I knew nothing but shadows and thought them to be real.

Oscar Wilde

angels rise from a river of fire 

their eyes are blazing

a man standing over a grave 

argues with the bones of the dead 

however the bones do not argue back 

a wild mongrel dog that doesn't care what you want 

the bell 

the damned bell 

it just keeps tolling 

I don't remember why I came here

and I don't remember the way back

nightmare 

my dreams are all dark 

very dark

and I don't really know 

if I can ever wake up again 

james lee jobe 

The more grateful we feel, the happier we become. This is because gratitude helps us realize we are all connected.

Haemin Sunim

the days of your humanity

everyone loses someone  a spouse    a parent 
a friend      a child
you do not get through 
untouched 
on the border 
between sorrow and rage 
someone is counting off 
the days of your humanity
how much is actually left
who is counting

and how do they know the count
remind yourself 
that it doesn't matter
there is no tomorrow  
there is no yesterday
you are alive today 
and you are human 
what shall you do with that 

james lee jobe

Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical. 

Yogi Berra

Imagine this - that living is about what you can bring to the world, not what you get out of it. The rest of it is just existing, not living.

james lee jobe

The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.

Salvador Dali

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James