selfishness

  • My Birthday

    My birthday's here; today's the day.I'll throw a party! Can't you stay?Ah, I see, you've plans and soreluctantly you've got to go–you've got a dog who's not been fed;you've got a child who's sick in bed;you're working late; you have… Continue reading

  • Selfness

    Someone has suggestedthere is a third way: somewhere between selfishness and selflessness,lies a placewhere the need to care for ourselvesbalances the need to care for others. It is the way of selfness. I need to find this place of selfness,between… Continue reading

  • Voice of the Prophets

    Each day around the worldin brutalitysprout the seeds of death,a ghastly gardenwatered by our averted gaze,our lost sensitivity,our lives of distraction. The time to reap approachesand our culture of consumptionshall fall beneaththe harvester's blade. Text and image © 2011 by… Continue reading