Tired

On this slope 100 years
Bone on Bone
Youth and power
Now becoming dust

I will not return
The rope is gone
Cable frayed
Froze in time

Mornings repeat
A breadcrumb trail
The days tick by
A dripping tap

Of the friends
Remains only me
Their memories
Caricatures in my wake

The money, the sex
Deception of love
Pomegranate lipstick
On a pink, pink pig

Laying lanquid
In a backwater
Off the mainstream
I hold my breath

I await the end
Looking through the rip
At the empty beyond

© 2015 Martin H Wilde

To whip Love’s heart

Lovers take back power
Going off with another

Vicious cuts
The desperate make
To set fire to worlds
Not going their way

Persist in flesh
And aren’t erased
By changes in mood
And sentimental plays

Eroticism of darkness
Fucking in anger
Wrestling like beggars
Over a bent copper coin
And a single tear

To whip Love’s heart
In spite
Is to sell your soul
And end your life

© 2014 Martin H. Wilde

Excerpt 29 – An addict’s values

An addict values substances and acting-out an addictive behavior, more than he/she values you or your love.

This is a devastating and horrific truth to come to accept.

During the period of coming to accept this truth, there will be a tremendous amount of denial and wishing for a different outcome, followed always by the devastation of low self-worth. Recovery from this state will occur when you finally value your own self more that the addict values you.

You will continue to seek the Devil’s approval until you leave the Darkness. This requires taking pain.

“Easy woman, you are speaking to the man I love” (Thomas Jackson)

CAMP ROBBER

Hey Camp-robber
Baby steal this diamond ring
Hey Camp-robber
Baby steal a diamond ring
Hey Camp-robber
Baby steal your diamond ring
Hey Camp-robber
Baby steal this diamond ring

Layin’ on floor, in the rose colored glass
Over by the door, where the bubble smashed
Threads on the latch, where the coat sleeve was torn
What’s left of my manhood, by the blood on the door

Hey Camp-robber
Baby steal this diamond ring
Hey Camp-robber
Baby steal a diamond ring
Hey Camp-robber
Baby steal your diamond ring
Hey Camp-robber
Baby steal this diamond ring

Walking downtown, to take in some air
Talking to a man at the bus stop there
“What you waitin’ on brother?”
I said to the street
“A camp-robber, I’m hoping to meet”

Hey Camp-robber
Baby steal this diamond ring
Hey Camp-robber
Baby steal a diamond ring
Hey Camp-robber
Baby steal your diamond ring
Hey Camp-robber
Baby steal this diamond ring

© 2014 Martin H. Wilde

Minnesota Men’s Conference The Gift of Grandiosity | Robert Bly

Robert Bly explores the virtue of exalted energy in a wide-ranging talk that touches upon William Blake, Hafez, and readings and discussion of his own poems. Recorded at the 2002 Minnesota Men’s Conference.

via Minnesota Men’s Conference The Gift of Grandiosity | Robert Bly.

Minnesota Men’s Conference Robert Moore Lecture | The Shadow Brother Inside

Psychoanalyst Robert L. Moore explores the splitting of the self into the Chosen One and the Neglected One through the history of mythology—from the Cain and Abel to Luke and Leia—including abandonment, capitalism, the blessing of elders, and the pursuit of our stolen birthright. Recorded at the 1993 Minnesota Men’s Conference. http://www.minnesotamensconference.com

Art from the Duality Series by Tom French.

via Minnesota Men’s Conference Robert Moore Lecture | The Shadow Brother Inside.

Warrior Medicine – Bob Dylan

Most of the time I’m halfway content
Most of the time I know exactly where it went
I don’t cheat on myself I don’t run and hide
Hide from the feelings that are buried inside
I don’t compromise and I don’t pretend

==Bob Dylan

Thanks for saying this Bob.

 

The 5 Buddhist Precepts

The following are the five precepts or five virtues stated by the Buddha

1. I undertake the training rule to abstain from killing. Killing and cruelty.
2. I undertake the training rule to abstain from taking what is not given. Stealing.
3. I undertake the training rule to avoid sexual misconduct. Acting out sexually.
4. I undertake the training rule to abstain from false speech. Lying.
5. I undertake the training rule to abstain from use of drugs and alcohol which cause heedlessness. Addiction.