News of the country and the world ride high in the thoughts of many of us. High energy prices probably dominate the headlines. We've gotten used to the deaths and injuries of service people in Iraq and Afghanistan so that doesn't rate much in the way of coverage anymore. What I think will happen with the gas prices is that we will become accustomed to them, too, and some other matter will replace them. I do believe in conspiracy theorists, and I think they know full well that the mindset of the economy will adjust and come to accept big oil's increasingly high prices. I also believe that we are bound by customs, habits, traditions, and dogma, so much so that we cannot break those chains and can only wish for someone to do it for us.
On the edge of thought, knowledge
and insight lie desert-like
beyond that ragged ridge. Years
squandered, deep understanding
sprints ahead, just out of reach.
Limitless hopes get replaced
by limited achievements.
Thoughts fired by a rising sun
dim, then hide under dark clouds
of tradition and dogma.
Wondering years set in late;
then our heading's determined
not by maps of reasoning,
but bee-lines of prejudice.
Desires of materialism
supercede contemplation,
and because we could not stop
it, the shadow of a life's
day has lengthened twice its height.
Who can bring change to a world
that prevents or resents it?
