Earth, Wind & Fire (8/11) - Thats the way of the world

Betrayal

What do you mean I can't trust anyone?

Why do I have to keep things to myself forever more?

How is it no one takes care of their own house

Before going in to someone else's

Now I must find my own path

Now I must rely on my own choices

To guide myself through the darkness

For fear of being betrayed again

The pain is there

So is the fear

Why can't I bring anyone near my heart?

They claim to understand

But all they want is to control

To insinuate and regulate

Now I must find my own path

Now I must rely on my own choices

To guide myself through the darkness

For fear of being betrayed again

I thought I had left the darkness

Finally to break free of this haunting night

Funny when I stopped to smell the roses

All that crap came back to me

Now I must find my own path

Now I must rely on my own choices

To guide myself through the darkness

For fear of being betrayed again

Why have you betrayed me?

Was I not good enough?

Or strong enough

It seems I was convient enough

Or is it you who is betrayed

Now I must find my own path

Now I must rely on my own choices

To guide myself through the darkness

For fear of being betrayed again

Sorry if this has been said earlier....What does it matter what Mr. Martin was doing that night, what does it matter what Mr. Zimmerman was doing that night....What matters is that inexorably 2 families are changed forever, our nation is once again being divided by painful memories of OUR shared past...What matters is not the armchair quarterbacking that is going on right now...what matters is what WE are going to do about it....How are WE going to fix this situation so that WE ALL can live in peace....I know in my heart we have such great potential....Can we stop the mud slinging and hate mongering long enough to start a true dialogue....Can we agree to disagree and treat each other with respect, love and kindness that we all deserve?

late autumn

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Something I realized…..

I was just looking at some old photos of Schwabach and realized that I should have never left Germany….

It was one of the few places that felt ‘right’…….

I know that if I hadn’t PCS’d to Ft. Hood, I would probably still be on active duty today….

The one thing I realized that had changed my life forever was this….

“I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.”….

When I got to Hood, I was so home sick for Schwabach that I acted up and got stupid.

And forgot those words….I found them again and never will I cast them aside any more.

But I also know that everything happens for a reason…..

So thank you to the Marine…yes a Marine….for helping me to remember, who I was and what I stood for……

Thank you

To all my brothers and sisters in arms.... Thank you for your service and your courage... thank you for your dedication and honor.....to your families, thank you for your sacrifice and support....thank you for believing in something greater than yourselves..... together we chose to be defenders of those who could not defend themselves....may this Veteran's day find you a day closer to peace

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A note from God.......

I wrote this, not long after my Father died.....I then read it at Cafe Cultura about a week later......

A note from God.......

My children, and I want to make it perfectly clear that ALL OF YOU are my Children, no matter if you are young, old, rich poor, black, white, purple, Jews, Gentiles, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, whatever.

All though I am all powerful, I would appreciate you not helping out so much with the making of angels and other members of my Heavenly Host.

More rapidly than any of my other creations, you have begun to fully grasp the power that I have imbued you all with.

You have all but mastered the power to end life in all forms and manners that are too numerous for me to say.

But please realize that I gave you more than that, I gave you the power of creation, the ability to shape your world anyway that you wish. You can create wondrous works of art and music.

You can create thru an act of Love, not only that but if you are all a bit more patient with each other, you will find that you can shape your world a lot easier, together.

So, I just wanted to remind you of that. Take it to heart.......

You'd think we'd learn

You'd think we'd learn......

You would think that after all the evidence, mangled vehicles, broken bodies, and devastated families that we would figure this thing out. You would think that humanity would realize that everyone with a driver's licence is driving the equivalent of a weapon of mass destruction, that driving is NOT a right, but a sacred trust and privilege to be able to make our lives a bit easier, a bit more enjoyable. But it's becoming more apparent everyday that we seem to have a tendency to cause ourselves needless pain and suffering, that the normal day to day is just not enough of a challenge. We enjoy a celebration, a promotion, a wedding, a birthday with a drink or two, maybe some 'recreational' drugs and we are having a good time....Then here is when that tendency kicks in, we think that we are capable of driving a vehicle that may weigh a couple hundred pounds or as much as several thousand pounds and we get on the road. The reason for this rant....This morning I observed the aftermath of no less than three accidents, and the bewilderment in my mind is that only 23 hours earlier, a person made the same choices they made 2 years ago that caused them to be arrested for a DUI, had now caused a massive traffic delay, the destruction of 3 cars, a semi tractor trailer, the injury of four people and the death of 2 people, one of which is our erstwhile driver. Come on people, can we please have a return of common sense, maybe...dare I say....the use of that bit of gray matter between our ears? There are several options available for the party animal to remain on this side of life.

We are all in this together, let us start acting like we actually care.....

and I will find strength in my resolve I will seek the power within myself to do those things which only I can do and will live a life filled with promise

To strive for excellence is neither easy nor instant. The key is patience; I will find strength in my resolve I will seek the power within myself to do those things which only I can do and will live a life filled with promise and love. There is nothing in this life that I cannot achieve if I truly wish it to be. I will be the inspiration and the light inside. I will seek that which truly challenges and defines me as a creature of spirit and light.

My sorrow

My last post was about my Father.....But two months and nine days later my Mother would join him his eternal rest. My brother, sister and I were devastated and it has taken me awhile to come to terms with that loss......

My Dad

Sunday around 4:06 am, my Father, Joe Horace Mucker Sr, passed away..........

At Peace.....

October crisp air

Full moon hanging in the sky

People running around doing busy thing

One early Sunday morning

Still dark outside

A lot of things for me to do

I am ready to run my course

Phone begins to ring

Start to answer

Barely miss call...I press redial

My sister at other end gives me the news

My Dad is at peace

Darkness Again

Darkness Again

This ever-pressing fear has swallowed me
I don’t know if I can find the strength
To cast off its far-reaching grasp and
Reclaim my identity

My heart is filled with joy
My spirit with pride
And yet I am shadowed
By a sense of dread

How does it find me?
Why does it stalk?
Where does it lurk that I can not see?

It reaches a place that feeds my core
Takes pleasure in my struggle to evade
Holds my essence in bondage
Brings the darkness to me and crashes it over me
Like a grim reminder that I will never be free
From its hellish grip

Perhaps it can be appeased
Maybe reasoned with
Could I convince it to leave me in peace?
To find its sadistic pleasure somewhere else?

No, this is my burden
This is my curse
Stop that is what it wants
To convince me that I would have to battle it alone

No more can it hold sway over my life
Nor shall it gain another measure of dominion over me
I have discovered that which the darkness fears

It can only take you if you choose
To isolate and segregate your self
From those whose love strengthens your own

The darkness fears friendship

lyric undertone of life

Poetry is the lyric undertone of life, the pulsating current that at one time brings a quiet vivaciousness to ordinary situations and generous subtext to the extraordinary. The elegant, almost sublime textures of a football game are enhanced by its startling brutality. Birds calling out to each other, some seeking a mate, others calling for a parent emphasize the fragility and majesty of life's constant circle of wonder. Poetry is in the heart, mind and soul of us all. It fills us with a passion of simple things and a need for complex textures in a world that by nature is both chaotic and ordered.

Order

People try so very hard to maintain order in a world that is inherently chaotic, while I concern myself with a more focused corner of my mind.....

Betrayal

What do you mean I can't trust anyone?

Why do I have to keep things to myself forever more?

How is it no one takes care of their own house

Before going in to someone else's

Now I must find my own path

Now I must rely on my own choices

To guide myself through the darkness

For fear of being betrayed again

The pain is there

So is the fear

Why can't I bring anyone near my heart?

They claim to understand

But all they want is to control

To insinuate and regulate

Now I must find my own path

Now I must rely on my own choices

To guide myself through the darkness

For fear of being betrayed again

I thought I had left the darkness

Finally to break free of this haunting night

Funny when I stopped to smell the roses

All that crap came back to me

Now I must find my own path

Now I must rely on my own choices

To guide myself through the darkness

For fear of being betrayed again

Why have you betrayed me?

Was I not good enough?

Or strong enough

It seems I was convenient enough

Or is it you who is betrayed

Now I must find my own path

Now I must rely on my own choices

To guide myself through the darkness

For fear of being betrayed again

Troubled

My mind has gone and left me troubled
I have found a friendly shore
There is peace and quiet
And lots of friendly people
and they say I'm not a bore

My sprit has gone and left me troubled
My will has fled the scene
Tho the smiles are warm
And generous too
I still feel they may mean me harm

My body has gone and left me troubled
My joints and muscles ache
The trip through darkness has taken its toll
I feel so cold
But soon I may feel whole

Journeys

Journeys



The journeys we take are for a reason...whether we realize it or not they have a beginning and middle and end but we never really know when or where we are.
We only know that our main journey started when we attained cognizance of who we are at that moment. We want to believe that we are in control of our lives and our surroundings, that we are masters of our domain. But we are not nor will be masters of this world. We are merely caretakers and co-habitants here. We have a divine purpose that compels us to act within and without malice to assist Gaia and heal that rift between us and nature. We have done a great disservice to our home and we can no longer allow it to continue.

To continually pursue a mastery of something that we can never control is pure folly and will lead to further ecological disasters. We have lost touch with reality.

We have lost our way.

Gaia is calling to us but we do not hear. The winds are reaching for us but we dont feel them. The trees are quivering, but we dont see them. The animals are running away, and we dont care.
We need to care or it will be too late. There is not much time left. We need to choose. Renew ourselves with our Earth or try to master it. Think about it. Now