A Beautiful Mess

It’s been a while

A Beautiful Mess 

a rainbow of experience 

equals life 

beginning with empty slate

we build blocks to

bring experience 

bring life 

and it’s a beautiful mess

to sit back and and observe 

the rise, the fall, the cycles of

existence 

to remain equanimous

stuff happens, stuff breaks, life hurts

this beautiful mess 

hands held forward 

offers gifts

little treasure if insight 

can become little treasures of light 

if we allow it

and this beautiful mess 

shakes us, breaks us, 

knocks us down

screams us to acknowledge 

the innate knowledge 

we all share …

spoon-fed information 

will never allow our own thought 

How will we ever resonate backwards to

the original mustard seed?

I am in love with this

Beautiful Mess

Reviews

[Melinda McQueen]

I like this. Life is a mess but it's also beautiful. We have to take the good with the bad,and when we can, turn bad into something beautiful.
Beautifully written.

[Cassie]

Wow!!!!I am in the beautiful mess currently, I totally relate and i could see as i read this poem the building blocks my daughters build, the mess in the house..this is exceptional

[barleygirl]

Your poem doesn't actually SAY this, but it brings to mind the reason people are not doing a very good job of embracing the mess this world is in . . . JUDGMENT. Humans are rife with the urge to judge every little thing under a microscope, whereas "letting go" requires that we take a few steps back so our perspectives can take in much more about all the ways things happen. There are good aspects & bad aspects to everything, but it seems people are too bent on selling their viewpoint to have a discussion about anything. It's all shove-it-down-everyone's-throats, a harshly bifurcated way of seeing everything. I sit on the sidelines & read these epic political arguments scroll between friends & I honestly can see both sides. I can even appreciate the messy process of these friends trying to tell their side while seemingly not listening to anyone else's side. At least we're free. At least we can have these discussions. At least the basic goodness within most of us allow people to come back together as friends after vicious arguments (sometimes). If anything, these trying times have taught us to be better fighters. I love this poem becuz I'm in love with the whole damn mess & I only hope we defeat Trump becuz he's a bad person, but otherwise, I kinda understand the people who support him (many Trump-supporters among my friends becuz I live in an agricultural area). Sorry for going off. The sign of a great poem is me going off! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[duff]

A journey of rolling hills and plains. Storms and sunshine. A great reminder to keep your feet on the ground. I like it.

[augustus]

Life is, without a doubt, a jumble of everything! I like your style!

[KWP]

Hey Augustua - Cheers my friend - thanks for the drop by

[augustus]

You are more than welcome!

[Gabby The GAB]

fav line, stuff happens, stuff breaks, life hurts. This wasn't a mess but it's beautiful :)

[KWP]

ahhh thank Gabster:)

[Serene Star]

Life is messy
For some people that could be beautiful
For others - anything moving away from idealism - is ugly
I love your take on this concept !

[KWP]

hey there and nice to meet you ... life is the perception we create, yes? it's in the choosing. Thanks for the visit :) X

[emmajoy]

Perhaps we create our own rainbows, make what we want of life> Seems your words infer that what we do, what we see, how we feel is how bright or dim our view of life is. Which the pessimist, which the optimist

I wonder, do our rainbows shine brighter and clearer when our mood is good, hopeful.. or the reverse if what's around us, knocks down intention? Food for thought here, and, thank you so much for it.

So hope life is treating you and family, kindly, and safely.

[KWP]

I think if we all read the Heart Sutra, but then not only read it but live it we would have your answer to the above.

Hello you! from the distant island in the Pacific I wave - its a crisp blue-skied day here and I am settling in for some writing - so you - dear one are a lovely surprise :D X LOVE

[emmajoy]

Surely rainbows variable come, go.. and thus could be considered as a transient part of the Heart Sutra? Guess I need to find out for myself. Yet another job for life! Take care, keep safe.. waving.. ..

[Davidgeo]

"innate knowledge/ we all share" I love that kind of s**t.

This is technically a poorly written poem with more than an error or two... but,

that's not why we read each other.

Your my favorite writer here.

[KWP]

You know me, I’m not a rules gal - that’s what I appreciate about you appreciating me - not many appreciate the free birds in sincerity

[Coyote Poetry]

Wonderful poetry shared dear friend.
"I am in love with this
Beautiful Mess"
I did like the above lines. I hope you are doing well, be careful and be safe.
Coyote