“True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings.” ― Pema Chodron
Author Archives: Suzette Benjamin
Field Trip – A Haiku
Family field trip Walking in each other’s shadow Birds of a feather
Breathe – A Haiku
Oxygen breathes In Terra’s celestial nuptials Waves exhale
Fireflies – A Poem
The Spirit like fireflies dancing in lanterned hope: Elliptical spotlights pirouetting away the dark. The Comforter’s torchlight inextinguishable, Unravelling the trials of life’s entwined rope, Sequestering mortality’s Loosely fitting cork. **** Written for Sadje’s What Do You See # 77 #WDYS #keepitalive
Twice a Year – A Poem
The Earth Loves Spring so much That it hurries From one hemisphere To the other, every day That it is Spring there Collecting Spring blooms To exchange for Fall’s harvest In the other hemisphere. So that hearts everywhere Feel the joy of Spring Twice every year.
“Our mistake…”
“Our mistake is in taking this for ultimate reality, like the dreamer thinking that nothing is real except [the] dream.” ― Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, The Bhagavad Gita
Takeout – A Haiku
Fast food garbage bin Western gulls circle for pickup One collects takeout
“Courage.. “
“Courage doesn’t happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions.” ― Shannon L. Alder
Sunrise – A Haiku
Sunrise posts Daily reminders Of rainbows
Icicles – A Haiku
Touching Winter’s hem Icicle remnants blossom Clinging to petals
