When winter approaches on frosty paws
the trees dress up in warm colors
to entice the wind
to ask the leaves
up for a dance.
After the wildest storm
one leaf remains
alone.
One morning
when heaven holds its breath
the leaf gets hit
by the blush of dawn
and falls slowly to the earth
where it lies listening
to the sleeping forest
pregnant with spring.
(from Natures Jinns by Joel Miller)
It’s difficult to see the rock as being behind the tree. It is. Way behind. It is however slightly in front of the reflection of the tree in the water. The shadow of the tree falls on the rock as well but leaves no reflection.
The rock doesn’t seem to mind.
(Did you notice that the tree shed its leaves to cover the sleeping rock.)
– They say that we don’t see with our eyes, but with our mind. How do you feel about that?
– I don’t mind.
Dartwill Aquila
“Many people do not know what they know until someone tells them that it’s so.”
Dartwill Aquila
“We’re weaving threads of knowledge on the loom of our experience.
The fabric of our needs will be strong.
Each of us will sew a bit of beauty.
The robe will sit majestically
on the shoulders of humanity.”
Dartwill Aquila
The word spread thru the grass that the lake had captured the moon. The grass gathered to praise the lake and see the wonder. Fools, cried a group of straws that stood above the rest, the moon has come to admire our beauty and grace.
The wind giggled.
“They follow the herd because of what they have and haven’t heard.
Search for knowledge themselves? Don’t be absurd!
They must keep looking down to avoid the turd.”
Dartwill Aquila
“When the generations unite to find the path to a sustainable future,
grandmas will lead the way.”
Dartwill Aquila
“If it’s not good for life, it’s no good.”
Dartwill Aquila
As the USA is spending billions and billions on bullets and bombs to defend the world, present the following evaluation to a citizen of the USA.
Put the figures 1 to 4 after the choices below. (1 is strongest and 4 weakest)
I feel most threatened by
– the banks ( )
– a foreign country ( )
– the health system ( )
– the government ( )
“THE EMPIRIAL RAP
Rules, standards and laws
are not without their flaws.
They can be used to power wars
with flags hiding power’s claws
waving money’s ahhs and awes,
paying pols to act like whores
while young blood drips from jaws
roaring ours are holier than yours.”
Dartwill Aquila
According to the official conspiracy theory a dialysis patient in a cave in Afghanistan arranged the hijacking of four passenger planes under the noses of the most extensive security organization in existence. The hijackers got on the planes without getting on the passenger lists and then got through the locked cockpit doors using knives without any alarm being sounded by the flight crew. Two of the planes flew into skyscrapers and one flew 35 minutes unchallenged into the heart of the strongest military power in the world. The government decided not to investigate the crime but to invade the country where the dialysis patient was hiding. Anyone questioning this theory is called a conspiracy theorist.
“When bullshit is piled as high as a skyscraper
the stink spreads throughout the world.”
Dartwill Aquila
“If we are determined to follow the light, we will find a way.”
Dartwill Aquila
System Humanity 