You cannot, in good conscious or with integrity,
push or try to help another person
solve a problem or attain an insight
that you, yourself, are still working on.
gallagher
31Jul2017
Christchurch
— Copyright 1965-2017 by Dennis Gallagher —
Archive for 2017
2017-07-30 – Paul’s Wisdom
Monday, July 31st, 20172017-08-26 – The Passion of Augustine
Sunday, August 27th, 2017
All roads meet here
where the still-point reflects
the leaves that tumble
before the unfolding of change
The visions and insights,
the drum of rain,
the turning of a page,
the déjà vu again.
gallagher
26Aug2017
christchurch
— Copyright 1965-2017 by Dennis Gallagher —
2017-08-26 – Red China Blues
Tuesday, September 26th, 2017
We are as cheap as the pigs bound for slaughter,
in those corners of the world
where we are just objects to others.
Everything you might think important;
how many times has it all been swept away
down the long road of your many lives?
I can see the execution yard,
the concrete and the stains,
and I can see the men who fire the rounds
waiting for their shift to end
so they can seek their evening meal
and the warmth of their woman.
Enormous uncaring forces move around us
and we can only hope they will not gaze upon us.
Our dreams and our children survive
only by the simple good fortune
of where we were born;
far from the fires of hell
that move through the forests
of some of our lives.
Every minute I breath free and unharmed
is a gift - in a world such as this.
You know, in China, the family of the executed
must pay for the cost of the bullet.
But here, safe, I only have to read the book
that tells the story.
gallagher
26Aug17
Christchurch, New Zealand
- after reading Red China Blues by Jan Wong
— Copyright 1965-2017 by Dennis Gallagher —