Patterns

12th century '8 point' Celtic pattern on tomb cover for Scottish knight.

Isle of Iona, Scotland

Patterns

4/11/11

All civilization is an accumulation

of designs that preceded us,

or at least bits, pieces

our ancestors developed over centuries

through genetics, culture and thought

diversifying as environment, society demanded,

trying new states of consciousness

realizing problems necessitate original approach

born from intuition, and reflection

outside of 'normally' accepted perceptions,

which take courage to implement

if 'ignorant' masses stubbornly refuse

inevitable change while there's 'choice',

not wanting disruption to comforts

insidiously robbing them of aliveness,

while feasting on entitlement, arrogance,

hedonism, gluttony, devouring possibilities, resources,

or improvement that revitalizes interactions

with partners family, friends, strangers,

caught in 'sound bite' matrix

repeating 'talkshow wisdom' until rooted

as truth in electoral psyche

pitting 'one against the other'

in familiar wrong, right tension

humanity's judgmental mantra, minus discernment

needed to dissolve obsolete patterns.