The Holocaust and other killings of massive scale (e.g. Cambodia’s Killing Fields, Stalin’s Great Purge, etc.) How does villainy triumph on such vast scales? Is there something in our nature that’s just not right, that’s ripe for lunacy under some conditions? What the hell is wrong with humanity?
walking a streambed:
ancient carving worn & cracked,
stands guard… for me?
two sailboats
tack toward collision,
then glide smoothly past.
A parachutist from Czech Republic
never ever did have too much luck.
He dodged a tall spire,
bounced off a high wire,
hit a wall and knocked loose some pub bricks.
While any individual’s ability to substantially change the world is minimal, one’s ability to change how one experiences the world is vast. Cultivate the dispassionate witness. #Sakshi Bhava
Also, how to swim, change a tire, and juggle while riding a unicycle.
the pasture sprawls:
once dull & docile cows
now have feral eyes.
The Ruins: Poems by Hui Ye
The Wanderer’s Song: Essential Poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Tiger Riding for Beginners 