SamadhiMuse

Poetry flows when I feel my life coming to grips with itself
the visions coming faster, questions tumble, candy from a jar
are we here as something more than a stepping stone
along the journey of life’s longing for itself?
The wind blows, the leaves fall, the mottled sunlight carresses me
but my mind considers here…
   am I God or man, mortal or immortal
   does it matter, these things I think?
   what does the ant think in the sink
   when the plug is pulled?
                           gallagher
                           23 jun 83 – Irvine, CA

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

      Vector to the heart of things
         its the forms that confuse
            when you look outward
         and the tideswell of emotions
            when you look inward
      Where is the heart…
         it lies not where men bargain with their lives
         it lies not in what the mirror can show of our days
         nor in the clever questions we can pose
         nor in our opinions of right and wrong
         heart lies in living each moment, now
      Love is the finest honing
         whether its the love of the warm wind on your skin
         or the crash of the sea on the rocks
         or you cherishing the eyes and touches of another
      Magic lies somewhere in each moment
         but never at the same place twice…
                                    gallagher
                                    23 jun 83 – Irvine, CA

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

         I met a man today at breakfast
            who lives Roy Walford’s dream.
         He’s followed the minimal diet
          for 15 years and, at 40 looks 30.
         He’s a living testament to what was
            before just a theoretical exercise.
         Surrounded by people unconsciously hurrying
            to press themselves back
         into the folds of the earth
            he wears his mortality so much lighter.
                              gallagher
                              23 jun 83 – Irvine, CA
Mike Carrol ph 714-295-5183
            ph 714-754-0735

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —