paradox – Simon's still stanza

Dappled Day

Dappled Day

Dappled day

Dotted with the delightful

among the drifting

detritus.

Might we catch

a glimpse

of the delights

amid the drift.

Simon C.J Falk 8 August 2017

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Life Unfolds in Paradoxical Ways

Life Unfolds in Paradoxical Ways

Our life unfolds

In a paradoxical way,

Of light and shadow,

Of night and day,

Of invigorating acts,

Or a drudgery fray.

At times, we are glad,

At others, become sad.

Some days we feel lucid,

And others, going mad,

But the colours and shades,

And rhythms of days,

Are formative of us

In so many ways.

As we learn patience,

And some self-control,

We discover what gives life,

What exacts a toll.

We look on our lives

As admixture of things,

When our voice seems so flat,

When, on occasions, it sings.

I embrace now my life,

In its paradoxical way,

With light following night,

And shade following day.

Simon C.J. Falk 20 June 2017

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We all know the frustration of not living up to the standards we would wish for. The lines below point to, and wrestle with, the paradoxes of our lives. Some say, especially those looking to Jungian writings, that we cannot accept paradox until we come to the second half of our life. In my own Christian Tradition, the Apostle Paul, lamented that he did not do what he wished, but did what he did not want. These words are for all of us who feel the exasperation of the times we just don’t believe we measure up. To be taken, of course, with a good laugh!

(i)

Hot and cold

Driven and despondent

Loving and lustful

Peaceful and agitated

Tender and aggressive

Committed and scatty

Centred and distracted.

Our seesaw

Then

Down.

We step

Forward

Slide

Back.

Our lives are

A collection

Or scattering

Of opposites

Inconsistencies

Paradoxes

Contradictions.

Integrity and hypocrisy

Stamina and inconstancy.

We are absolutely relative

And

Relatively absolute!

Betwixt the between.

Splinter in another’s eyes

Plank in our own.

Welcome

Humanity.

Oh how we wish

It were not so!

(ii)

We stray

But

We re-join

The path.

Knowing others

Fall

With us

Beside us

And

Rise with us

And step on.

Many have gone

Before us

Gaining great ground

And falling

From their heights

Of self righteousness.

Standing

By who

We are

In our imperfect paradox

We begin to behold

Where our shadow

Adds tones

To the refraction

Of our light

Not condemning us

But refining the consistency

Of a beautiful brokenness

An artwork emerging.

Simon C.J. Falk 15 June 2015

When – a Diversion of Desires

When – A Diversion of Desires

In some ways this poem is a playful, even cynical, swipe at our human life and our discontent. It can also be read on a deeper level. A longing, to linger, to be more present. More present to ourselves, to each other and to the vicissitudes that life gifts to us in the here and now.

When – A Diversion of Desires

When we are

empty

We hunger

to be full.

When we are

Full

We wish

To be empty.

Just another bit

I’m sure I can have more

The recipe is a hit