I don’t know a soul
who thinks EVERYTHING is fine
yet we all pretend
give an elaborate show
hiding shifting thoughts within
Leroy Pudd
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both sides
If one only shares
things that are happy & good,
that is all others see.
Sharing tough will help a few
to know they are not alone.
Leroy Pudd
too little-too late?
When kindness comes…
there are no puddles;
dry parched soul-seeking solace.
gentleness sucked from the air…
No fat drops of happiness;
leaving the atmosphere
tense & arid.
Mother Earth
a question
Why is it that some
have a poet in their soul?
Others feel nothing…
Happy to watch and not try
to express themselves.
Mother Earth/Leroy Pudd
yogic mind
When I’m able to
step back, take a breath, relax
into a moment;
disengage mindset, only
then can I see what is real.
Leroy Pudd
choice
When something happens,
One has a choice;
To react or to step back.
Reactions are real to us
But they may not be what’s best.
Leroy Pudd
succession
Corporations are
like choking vines in gardens.
They blend-quietly,
taking over, pushing up
till nothing survives but them.
Mother Earth/Leroy Pudd
rising tide
There is a quiet
Anger burning deep inside.
Rising up pushing itself
Out of my stillness.
It says enough…
Don’t be still any longer.
Mother Earth/Leroy Pudd
release
Stressed I walk outside,
irises have bloomed.
Waving in the quiet breeze.
They tell me-sit still.
Tension flutters off in waves.
replaced by silent insight.
Mother Earth
disengage before sleep
I’ve found that everyone I know is different when it comes to sleep. I’m an early to bed early to rise person….don’t show me an intense movie within hours of bedtime. I have read myself to bed my whole life. Recently I read a book titled “Nickel & Dimed” a book about how the minimum wage earners are not able to provide a living, by Barbara Ehrenreich I ate this book up. It changed me. So I naturally began to read the next book, “Bait & Switch”.
This book is about corporate America. I’m an ex teacher from FL. I didn’t expect to relate to this book, other than commiserate with a lot of my friends who lost their retirement to overseas cheaper labor. Basically the dissolution of America’s middle class.
The second chapter; Finding a coach in the land of OZ, really hit home. This is so familiar-how come? I always suspected that teachers were jerked around by corporate America. If students did better, then it was the program that was pushed on the school system. If they did worse, then it was the teacher’s fault. The books were changed every year. I kept the books that I liked. My students would file in and almost have a heart attack when they saw a big pile of books on their desk. Books were what they should be, a resource, not a lesson plan. It got to a point where we were told basically what to do & when to do it. I got out of teaching, because it had become a business. It’s been 13 yrs since I taught. I don’t really know what is happening now. Perhaps with the dissolution of America’s middle class, students are left alone.
But this is not the point of this blog, the point is to relax before bed. I think that night I could have cleaned 10 houses & still not slept. This book awakened a sleeping monster hidden in my gut.
I read, now a little more careful of the content, my husband tubes out, a good friend of mine takes a night walk.
Do anything that will help your mind disengage.
Oh and I will finish this book, though I’ll do it during the day.
Mother Earth/Leroy Pudd
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