Imperfect

Imperfect

Hypothetical
theoretical

the end seeming static
a mental projection
a wished-for Wonderland

during, meanwhile, in-between,
the transitory states
are all that is

a durable dynamism

diversity, plurality, multiplicity
also all there is

eternal ephemeral
infinite insight

Other than your judgment 

what is imperfect?

...

David L White
Copyright June 30, 2015

Moment - #3 Revised

 Moment

Moment by moment / the background chatter  / softened to white noise

the tick-tock stopped / the room fell away

Still

We held one another  / as if there were  / nothing else to do

Moment by moment / time melted away and / eternity blossomed

A thousand people came through  / hundreds were in the room,

dozens and dozens of times  / the single story retold

the cleanup begins while  / the somber celebration  / comes to a close

finally we took our  / time together / relaxing ... breathing ... healing

For all the hugging that day 

this 

was 

not 

that

no condolence given / no story told / no squeeze of elbow

no patting there there / no sighing / no crying / no tears

The next several days / that blossom held sway / the fragrance

arresting . attesting

days later while / the blossom still bloomed / I called her to find

I was not alone in that room

————

For MP

DLW © 2015

#3 Revised June 29 2015

Moment

Moment by moment

The background chatter 

softened to white noise

The room fell away

The tick-tock stopped

Still. 

We held one another 

as if there were 

nothing else to do

Moment passed moment

time melted away while

eternity blossomed

For the next several days

that fragrance held sway

There was much hugging 

that day and this was not that

no condolence given

no story told

no squeeze of elbow

no patting there there

no sighing

no crying

no tears

A thousand people came through 

Hundreds were in the room.

Dozens and dozens of times 

the single story retold.

The celebration was coming to a close

the cleanup had begun and

finally we took our time together

days later the blossom 

still bloomed

and I called her to find

I was not alone in that room

————

For MP

DLW © 2015

June 22 2015

Breakfast with Einstein

...

Breakfast with Einstein

Bacon and eggs

Peanut butter and jelly

Time and space

You may have heard one of 

your spiritual friends 

use the phrase timelessness. 

As if time were an arbitrary construct 

with no real presence.

It's gotten casual. Like imagining 

breakfast with Einstein 

without questions.

But space-less-ness is something 

I will have to think about 

for a little bit 

by myself ... over there.

Some where.

...

Audio
https://soundcloud.com/davidlwhite/breakfast-with-einstein

4/23/15

DLW

I came back for you

I came back for you

It’s 42° and nearing dark in a very busy intersection 

while a young woman with stringy hair and baggy clothes 

was in the southbound median holding up a homeless sign 

other impertinent and illegible words also scribbled on. 

I was the second car in the left turn lane and

in the couple moments to imagine logistics

my green arrow signaled. There were cars behind me.

I went on to the mini-mart to buy some lottery tickets 

came out, went around the block, made a U-turn and 

timed the lights and the traffic so that I could give her 

something.

I don't usually do that; less often with men. I flashed 

the lights, waved, she leaped. Something about her. 

She was very polite, smiled, had lip piercings I'm glad I 

didn't know that earlier on. It might have gone another way.

“Thank you very much, sir. God bless you.” 

"Bless you too. I said I came back for you."

There were only moments. The light changed. I went to

the next u-turn and came around again beeping and waving.

~~~~~

April 22, 2015 © David L White