38 Notables
Be careful of The Company You Keep *1
Rather than at life's end you sit and weep
For in that War of Wrath by the Valar was lost
Many things that should not have come to aught
Cortlandt *3 was dynamited by its creator
For Altruism *4 he didn't feel was better
Than a construct of Niggle in whose Parish
Was built and consecrated a fervent wish
That all things bright and beautiful
Should live in Yavanna's *5 land of thrill
Where nature would fashion and become
Like the Eden in What Dreams May Come *6
At Kirrin Island *7 we found a joy springing like a fount
That would in later days come back to haunt
Us for we amidst the rat race had lost our Voice
In the Wilderness *8 faced with little choice
But to rediscover the Flame Imperishable *9
Set in the heart of every man able
To Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun *10
And with Agape *11, set our souls to Burn *12
*1 - Movie by Robert Redford
*2 - Last chapter of the Quenta Silmarillion
*3 and 4 - The Fountainhead which reveres the Individual over misapplied Altruism
*5 - Tolkien's Goddess of Nature
*6 - Movie of Robin Williams
*7 - From Enid Blyton's Famous Five Series
*8 - Song by Cliff Richard
*9 - Again, from Tolkien's Ainulindale
*10 - Pink Floyd Song
*11 - Agape - the love that consumes, Paulo Coelho
*12 - Song by Jo Dee Messina
| What | Info |
|---|---|
| Topic | That Inner Spirit |
| Date | 6 Aug 2017 |
| Work | infused |
| Collection | swan |
| Dedication | Tolkien |
| Category | Spirit |
| RhymeScheme | Consecutive |
| Description | For Tolkien et alii - a tribute to books, movies and songs - hence the category Medley. "to rediscover the Flame Imperishable - set in the heart of every man able". |
Pieces in "That Inner Spirit:"
- 21. The Path to God Describes God and the divinity within. A path to "guide the traveller to his journey's end".
- 33. Sivam Devotional - For Mahakala and Mahakali (the Primal Aspects) - Lord and Queen of TIME. "reveal themselves they do to a few - seers and saints in every hue - to instill in us a sense of direction - to stay the course".
- 38. Notables For Tolkien et alii - a tribute to books, movies and songs - hence the category Medley. "to rediscover the Flame Imperishable - set in the heart of every man able".
- 259. Dear Mother For the Mother Foundation and how Mother Earth would want us to be.
- 339. Twenny Four About a friend whose stood by me "we barely know how to cry... And wash away the nightmares in our dark past... Has the time come to grow in the light at last"
- 421. Galvanise "Just a change in our outlook as we ride the escalator to heaven... I may seem old and haggard, but I tell you I've much time well spent, In daring to plot the reform of tomorrow, plant a veritable Eden."