Whatever! Let's Be a Yellow Tulip!

First, it bloomed in my garden, in a burst of life and color. Then it came to my desk. Exuberantly, it opened its yellow arms during the day, filling me with passion and enthusiasm. "So brilliant life can be!" the magic tulip whispered every morning. At night, it closed like a shell, cozy, recharging energy. Unassumingly beautiful.

It made me happy, it brought me inspiration and awe.

Then, a few days later, the petals started dropping...
one by one, until the last one, hanging by an invisible thread, was refusing to fall. The  pistils were still intact, breathing life in vivid color.  But the last petal fell.

I gathered all the petals and the center part of the tulip, with that magic drop of sap. How sexy!

The tulip has accomplished its time in the soil, and in the water. Now the parts are lying flat, in between pages of a thick book. They will dry, and be forever my magic tulip. The energy is and will be always there. Because so I believe.

That prompted a deep thought... the notion that we all are here for a limited time, too.  And in the end, we will vanish, too.  It's comforting to think that the end exists, and wise to know that while it does not come, we can be simple and happy like my magic yellow tulip, because it didn't care for whatever was coming. It just existed and made the world better! 

With this boiling in my mind, while in a boring meeting, I wrote:

Whatever

In the end, what does it all matter anyway?
Things will happen, one way or another
so you'd better face it.
Can you control it?
Yes? So do it!
No? So, forget it!
One way or another you will pass through life,
'cause you are here, already!
So, you'd better make the best of it!
“How?” - You may ask from time to time
when the load seems really heavy to carry.
“However” is the answer. It doesn't matter
how you handle things, as far as you do it.
Because there isn't a “right” and “wrong”,
there is just what you can do at the moment,
with the tools and skills you have,
at that moment.
There isn't a real recipe for happiness. There is only
one ingredient: acceptance.
When you accept what you can and cannot
do, be, and have
you have got it!
Why to struggle, when the best part of being well
is the well-being?
So be it!
Because, you are
going to die
anyway.
And if you are alive
tomorrow,
great! Some more time
to play.
And if you are dead
tomorrow,
great! You'll be out
of sorrow!
In the end, what does it matter anyway?
Whatever!


Rose

When a Malware Wipes Out the System

You know when your computer freezes... you lose files, you start over and you can't recover them, you feel like going home because the system crashed!  Yes... I know how it is, too...

When a Malware Wipes Out the System

The system froze!
I have shut off so many times
restarted, re-booted
called for your assistance
but your hot-line was unavailable...
I've wiped off my "see"
and ignored the error messages;
I've dipped in your blue, screen of death.

But you keep popping up
and occupying too much space
hogging all my memory
trillions of bits per second
unwanted sounds and images
you slow down my system
overload my capacity
to process information.

You've locked the screen
and frozen the navigation.

Nowhere to go
nothing to do, but kill
the programs...

I'm deleting them
One by one...

I'm deleting all the bits,
all the bugs,
and all bullshit
you left on my board.
You messed up
my binary system
where there were  two digits;
now there is only one...

I set fire on your wall
you opened the gate just
to allow a hacker to break
in. A malware wiped us out.

I have a backup of your photos
and text files -
yes, you know where?
in the trash can!

The audio file with your voice
I burned,
the flashdrive with your thoughts
I drove the truck over.

I cleaned my virtual memory
I scanned for virus
I tossed your hardware
from my slot
away from my view,
now my "soft wears" are new.

I removed you from my
FaceBook
my notebook
and I hung myself on a hook
like a winter coat
needing to be renewed,
waiting
to delete you now
from my IM
if I could ever know where
- without your bits -
the heck I AM!

I'm pushing the OFF button now. Goodbye!

Rose

Beliefs, Changes, Energy ...

Decisions... and poetry! Is this what Life is all about?  :-)   Yes or No?  Tell me what you think!

Energy of Life!

Earthquake of words...

Tremors,

astounding discoveries.

What was that sound?

Something was found!

No explanation,

but documents, books

and alike...

There was a certain mention,

and the story is what it looks

like.

The questions remain:

How's that possible?

What's that?

Energy?

Universe?

Coincidences?

A God or two?

You?

'Nothing' seems enough...

Just when defeat is a bluff

Then what?

Faith? Farce?

A rut...

Passion is bold,
Fool's Gold.

Numbs the senses.

Red are the fences

that emptiness jumps

wild, in clumps

to meet passion -

the rage in a strife

rescuing in new fashion

the Energy of Life.

Rose

Amazing!

That's why I write!  ;)

Rose

This is Inspiration!

An example of Passion!  Passion for Life! Passion for Writing!

This is the inspiration of a reader of The Passionate Rose, who is also a great poet. He is also becoming a friend of mine, and... would I dare to say, a fan as well?  ;-)

Here is to you, Daniel!  Thank you so much for this sweet poem you wrote for me!

Rose

Lady De Flores
by Daniel Curtis

I met a Beautiful-Rose; a Rose without thorns
they say She comes from Brazil

that's where thornless Roses are born

In a valley, on a beach, between fruit-laden hills

the Rose frolics, blissfully;

as only a Sao Paulo Flower does...

I saw her through a window

teeming with souls passionately following

that Beautiful-Rose

The spirits listened intently

to the words of the Rose

that flowed, spellbound, like sensual-prose

I peaked through that window, hoping in vain

to glimpse the Lady De Flores

and let her take away my pain.

The End

Happy Renewal!

If seasons help us to remember that we too must change, this is the greatest one! I love spring because it takes me away from death! That cold, dark, monotonous winter is gone for good! Well... at least for now!

And as I am a kind of pagan by heart, I love to celebrate the resurrection of gardens, warm days - and of myself! Those are the biggest changes! Our own rebirth! Mother Nature is just telling me, once again, to lift my chin up and breathe... breathe... and move on!

It's Spring Time!  Finally!


I am renewing things around here: not only objects around the house, but emotions inside myself. With a certain object go its memories, unnecessary and painful memories some times. Even the good memories can be painful, when there is no hope for them to materialize again!

There are still a dark shirt in my drawer... a CD, a couple of pictures and a few other relics, and several emails that must go. That's just the beginning. The most difficult part are the ghosts - those memories! - that keep knocking on my door. Eventually they will go, too...

Emptiness is what must remain - so there will be space for the new. For the rebirth.

Emptiness

Coming from the past

is now only this feeling

memories at their best,

waiting for some healing.

It's a weird sensation

not to be alone, but lonely

First was exhilaration

now, emptiness only.

I guess it's good to feel a little "hollow" sometimes! Then, comes a ...

Storm Renovation

Clay under water spout

survived the drought.

There comes the wash out...

sudden energy taking away

useless pray,

a pout...

You built this ridge.

Now, it's all water

under the bridge.

Happy Changes to All of You!
 
Rose