samsara begins

Cherry

By seannelson

Wed, 08 Jun 2011
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in the hospital
amid flowers and visitors,
baby yawns and
samsara begins

here begin joy and hope,
fear and adversity,
desire and discipline

a beautiful son
formed in wondrous detail
with vibrant health in his eyes,
and a strong mother
ready for her long devotion

a new tree
planted in the old earth,
a clean slate
to be written on in
the same old language...
hopefully better stories
to be told
this time around

outside the hospital,
Rahu eats the moon
and this flashing world is restored
to sweet primal night
for some years yet
(until chalk boards and teachers)

amid the flowers
and the cards,
(it's hard to say it)
samsara begins

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Submitted by JoseHdz on
love the simplicity/fluidity of this piece. Great job! cheers

Submitted by Highhat on
Beautiful Sean- So many congatulations with the newborn. How wonderful! Such joy. What is he to be named? ha ha ;)Pia

Submitted by Mangone on
I don't know if it is related to being a father again, Sean... but your poetry just gets better and better!

Submitted by seannelson on
Thank you Jose and Pia. His name is Elijah, a name I didn't pick but am quite okay with. Thank you also, Mangone. On that note, I'll say that I've been working hard at my writing for so long... that there have been a lot of peaks and lows as far as quality. I've lived a little wildly so my creativity has sometimes been disturbed by upheaval or depression, etc., and then I have to re-build. So I'm trying to be more of a stable person. Being a father for the 2nd time, and the first time I get to be involved... is really inspiring for me. So thanks for your kind words all of you.
"If I send you post-cards from the side of the road: photographs of movies, and hearts about to implode"  -  Elliott Smith

Submitted by Mangone on
I’ve always been an extremist and suffered for it… until I learned to be extremely moderate ;O)

Submitted by seannelson on
thanks Mangone. you know, I appreciate your comment that you see progress recently. it's nice to hear: we can't always see our own direction as clearly as a discerning outsider(especially since I'm an inspiration based writer and don't reflect a lot on my own work.) I get very depressive moods, so I appreciate being validated as a writer. and I ought to clarify about my 1st son, I've been involved, just not directly involved because I couldn't be; I actually just helped a lesbian friend conceive and stayed in touch.
"If I send you post-cards from the side of the road: photographs of movies, and hearts about to implode"  -  Elliott Smith

Submitted by celticman on
Lovely.

 

Submitted by shoe on
it's beautiful, and the last two verses are fine indeed. how lovely for your little boy,:} P.S Just looked up samsara, wonderful word!