by Bela Johnson | Sep 7, 2014 | lifestyle, musings, poetry, Uncategorized
I cannot fathom the man; no way to creep inside skin and hormones in order to sense pride or longing, nor to perceive cultural differences save observation; no first-person proficiency for priorities, dreams, visions. Can one ever truly know another? Meanwhile inside...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 31, 2014 | lifestyle, musings, personal, poetry, Uncategorized
I wanted to be short, landed somewhere in between; longed for slim hips and blond hair, blue-eyed Aphrodite piercing hearts with her Colgate smile. Trading politics for popularity, no idea how to fit in, delving into purgatorial perambulations; sex, drugs and rock and...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 26, 2014 | Hawaii, lifestyle, nature, people, Uncategorized
Laughter alchemizing leaden to light, a child’s eyes lit up from inside a man not yet shrouded in decorum. Search for the Buddha all you will while life continues in ordinaries; teachers everywhere from leaf mold to lovers. Only the mind waxing preferential, maroon...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 19, 2014 | lifestyle, nature, philosophy, poetry, random thoughts, Uncategorized
Why be conflicted with death? It’s no new trend, fluorescent Nikes in the wake of black and white. This is not a game of thrones over which we could prevail; no defeat-able foe, steroidal match of will or wits. United in helplessness if nothing else, our humanity...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 12, 2014 | creativity, lifestyle, musings, personal, poetry, Uncategorized
How can we hold harmless the jealousy of poets, artists of the mind who articulate where others flounder, dry-docking on their facts? Words spoken burn daylight and time cannot retract itself, no excusing, bowing out. Forgive us then, the endless pondering, refining...
