True Love
do you know what love is?
reading Rilke to each other
naked in bed....
sipping good brandy.....
old dog asleep at the foot
of the bed....
phone unplugged!
dont give a damn
what day it is!
poem by Eric Cockrell
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Dysfunctional
a dysfunctional
delusional family,
battling and babbling
incoherantly over
borrowed money!
while their own children
lay dying of starvation....
and the world turns away
in shocked disgust!
poem by Eric Cockrell
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Lippies!
he said:
'you one of them
old hippies turned lippies? '
'huh? '
'you know,
do a lot of talking
about change,
but not much action! '
kinda makes you think
about the way you live
your life!
poem by Eric Cockrell
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Madness #2
lover, no saint!
i cherish devils and nymphs;
the undressing of raindrops,
and original sin!
a thousand tiny deaths
in your kiss and your touch,
when more is less,
too little's too much!
poem by Eric Cockrell
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Road To Infinity
the biggest step we take
on the long road to infinity...
is
...the
.....day
.. .........we
.............choose
to be honest
....with ourselves.
a matter of choice....
....a day of beginning!
poem by Eric Cockrell
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Ambrosia
your tongue
...wrapped
......in mine;
you open an old book,
your fingers caress the pages....
you take in the scent
of words built on lifetimes...
struggling together...
ambrosia!
read me!
poem by Eric Cockrell
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Love is.... (Not The Rose)
love is not a room filled with pure light,
it is a dirty and grimy alley, that stinks of trash!
it is not the rose that blooms in the middle of summer,
but the manure the bush was planted in!
poem by Eric Cockrell
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Tao (Human Heart)
the Tao of the human heart
never tried to buy anything,
to own anything, or anyone,
or to change anyone!
the Tao of the human heart,
is understanding, and acceptance.
you could call it love!
poem by Eric Cockrell
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Fill the Cup
pour the water
from the cup and
watch it drip to
the floor...
salvation is
merely the spirit
leaving the body
to go on a long journey...
and then returning,
bearing gifts...
fill the cup again!
poem by Eric Cockrell
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Rise Up, And Walk!
standing over my coffin,
i looked down at my body.
and in a voice low and thundering,
i spoke to my soul!
'rise up, and walk!
finish the work...'
reincarnation, no time!
too much to be done!
poem by Eric Cockrell
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