No Other Way

“Happiness is a shadow of harmony; it follows harmony. There is no other way to be happy.” - Rajneesh

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faceless

faint, stoned, burned-out rock stars

garbed in granite go-go boots

dancing nothing and going nowhere for the sake of suspended movement

stoical philosophers standing at the shore of stark oblivion

photo negative and proof positive

all i could hear was the wail of stillborn cries

latex hands with cracked fingernails plucking dire strings

all i could see was alabaster facades

carved into a stolen eternity

playing our parts

king and queen of broken hearts

black and white

translucent day and opaque night

it's all the same

lost in the turrets of primed existence

crippled song and impossible distance

in the spit of faith's spray

there's no other way

Author's Note

“It is surprising how many great men and women a small house will contain. I have had twenty-five or thirty souls, with their bodies, at once under my roof, and yet we often parted without being aware that we had come very near to one another.” - Thoreau

Reviews

[Sami Khalil]

I feel a deep message in those powerful and chastising lines. People search for happiness in wrong places, weird dogmas and worthless adventures. They miss a lot and at the end, they can't find the right way. Happiness is a by-product of peace of mind. Joy is the by-product of the peace of God.
We as humans need to experience the different spectrums of life. Excellent sir Pete...

[Pete]

amen to that. when we reach our end we realize that we are back where we started after a lifetime of chasing our own tails in circles. admitting one universal truth can save us an awful lot of time, money, and energy. peace of mind is priceless and you won't find it at amazon or walmart. thank you sami ... :)

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! So true and well said. You are welcome sir

[Sami Khalil]

"all i could see was alabaster facades
carved into a stolen eternity

playing our parts"

[Sami Khalil]

"it's all the same
lost in the turrets of primed existence
crippled song and impossible distance"