Philosophical Poetry

The Soul's Canvas

kindness

  • Love and Hate

    Love and Hate

    The opposite of love
    Is harm.
    Love gives
    Life a meaning.
    Harm gives life
    The illusion of a meaning.

    Truth whispers,
    Lies shout.
    One nurtures the soul,
    The other depletes it.
    Authenticity blooms slowly,
    Deception wilts fast.

    Kindness ripples,
    Cruelty destroys.
    One throws bridges
    Over rivers,
    The other makes them
    Torches.
    Through empathy hearts
    Come together
    By indifference
    They move apart.

    Change is accepted
    By growth,
    While stagnation
    Fights it.
    One unlocks
    Better opportunities,
    While it locks
    All options.
    Curiosity
    Broadens horizons;
    Ignorance
    Abridges them.

    Forgiveness
    Gives freedom;
    Resentment
    Enslaves.
    One can heal scars
    While another widens them.
    Compassion enlightens
    But apathy darkens.

    In this theater,
    We direct
    Our own paths.
    Every move
    Is a stroke
    Towards life.
    Love encourages
    Various colors
    While harm
    Uses a single dark hue.

    Filed under: 🜁 Self – tracing the inner landscapes of thought, feeling, and becoming.

  • Today’s Greetings

    Today’s Greetings

    With open hearts,
    I greet the welcome words of today.

    In each face sincerity and genuineness,
    In each heart trust and confidence,
    In each word truth and love,
    In each act of kindness and gift,
    In every message and word of today’s greetings.

    The warmth of every smile
    Is like a morning sun
    Lighting up humanity’s common path.
    An understanding slight nod head
    Expression of love at first sight
    That had gone through hardships
    A gentle voice devoid of judgment

    Strength of a handshake during today’s greetings
    Comfort of an embrace as part of today’s greetings
    Tomorrow’s hope lights up my smile

    With arms wide open
    I welcome today’s greetings

    Filed under: 🜂 Other – reflecting on connection, relationships, and the spaces between souls.

  • Perspectives & Mirrors

    Perspectives & Mirrors

    Your mind’s beauty is shown
    Throughout the world like
    The canvas which has been
    Influenced by perception’s hues of color.
    The world just mirrors beauty of mind.

    The design is so complicated and perfect
    In its detail that the only thing wrong about it
    Is our vision –
    All full of prejudice scribing concepts
    That criticize creation’s masterpiece,
    That state what is good and evil.
    People do not ever see their evil;
    We claim to fight it and invoke demons.
    This is a holy place for evildoers.

    Would we not have different perceptions
    If we could make this world a better place,
    Marked everywhere in light of day?
    Ignoring the narrative
    That remains largely unheard,
    Of kindness by deed
    That does not involve any sound or sign.

    When volunteers give their time
    To gentle creatures,
    With a loving hand they rear otters.
    And parents working day
    And night without rest in this unfriendly world
    To raise up their kids well.

    Healers give away their skills,
    Others give to feed the starving.
    Isn’t it what we refer to as goodness?
    The stories that deserve to be appreciated.

    It’s high time that we balanced tales:
    One part illumination, one part obscurity.
    For a word that describes both the internal and external beauty
    Within and around us, it should be “love”.

    The beauty that we see in this world of wonder
    And woe
    Defines who we are as individuals.
    Let us now narrate
    The comprehensive story
    According to which all shine
    As distinct brilliant stars.

    Filed under: 🜁 Self – tracing the inner landscapes of thought, feeling, and becoming.

  • The Gardener’s Song

    The Gardener’s Song

    In the soft glow of evening sun,
    Grandpa whispers a tale just begun.
    His life’s experiences echoes,
    Lyrics of lessons, stories told.

    Truth dances in each moment’s breath,
    Reality, our collective quest.
    We shape the world with dreams and deeds,
    In unity, we plant the seeds.

    Seven steps to heaven we climb:
    Awareness, Kindness, Knowledge prime,
    Understanding, Love, and then
    Wisdom, Oneness without end.

    We are the gardeners of light,
    Tending life from day to night.
    Not fruit alone, but roots we seek,
    In silence, let the heart speak.

    Your attention creates your world,
    Choose wisely where your thoughts are aimed.
    For what you think of,
    Multiplies in the canvas of your skies.

    Life’s not hours, but who we’re with,
    Each moment a precious gift.
    We’re songs with highs and lows linked,
    Captain of our journey, unconfined.

    Friction sparks the light within,
    Be gentle as your tales begin.
    You’re the story, music, and art,
    Imagination sets you apart.

    In every face, a mirror gleams,
    Fragments of our shared dreams.
    We’re co-creators in this symphony,
    Bound by love, not circumstance.

    Like trees, we root and reach for sun,
    In giving, our strength has begun.
    Live fully, don’t just survive,
    In connection, we truly thrive.

    In the quiet of the night,
    Stars twinkle with infinite light.
    Your voice, a brushstroke on life’s art,
    You paint wonders from your heart.

    Speak your truth, sing your song,
    In the narrative’ miracles, you belong.
    The pen is yours, the stage is set,
    Write your story without regret.

    Filed under: 🜂 Other – reflecting on connection, relationships, and the spaces between souls.

  • The Science of Generosity

    The Science of Generosity

    Neurons fire,
    Endorphins surge,
    When hands extend.

    Our brains light up and rejoice
    When kindness we scatter.

    Caring pumps the heart,
    Empathy flows through veins.
    The helper’s high,
    Eases life’s heavy strains.

    In giving,
    We receive unseen,
    A gift from the soul.

    We share,
    From abundance,
    A wellspring that never dries.

    The science of generosity,
    Makes us whole.

    Naked kindness,
    Reveals a profound truth,
    In acts of love,
    Wellness is found,
    We become complete.

    Filed under: 🜁 Self – tracing the inner landscapes of thought, feeling, and becoming.