Ascension ( For the worldwide day of Poetry )

If poisonous minerals, and if that tree
Whose fruit threw death on else immortal us,
If lecherous goats, if serpents envious
Cannot be damn'd, alas, why should I be?
Why should intent or reason, born in me,
Make sins, else equal, in me more heinous?
And mercy being easy, and glorious
To God, in his stern wrath why threatens he?
But who am I, that dare dispute with thee,
O God; Oh, of thine only worthy blood
And my tears, make a heavenly Lethean flood,
And drown in it my sins' black memory.
That thou remember them, some claim as debt;
I think it mercy, if thou wilt forget. 

John Donne (1572-1631) Holy Sonnets, Ascension 

Painting by Cedar Lee

For what it's worth...

Boom! Just like a bullet in the air, a choice can turn your life upside down... Be your studies, work, family or love-affairs, it is this mixture of choices by you and your enviroment that magically interpolate your dreams on the everyday world. Could be a bad interpolation? Of course, yes... Actually, most of the times the software crushes and you find yourself lost in translation. Is it still your choices then that govern your life? And who is the Ruler of this software that decides what is a good or a bad choice-interpolation? Briefly, all of us.

 We have created this world and we provide the choices -or not- to be taken... It is the whole world, our noble and peaceful societies (!?) that are the actuators of lust and love, war and peace, psychophrenia and piece of mind! The choices are already made, you just have to pick up one.

 Could someone create a choice on his own? Of course he can! These are the people that break the norms, and finally the ones that do shine between the masses.

 Is it easy? Think about it... Think about the people around you. No, it is not at all easy. It needs guts, it takes a lifetime and it demands sacrifices that few are willing to make. 

Is it worth it? It worths giving the people the option of choice. Letting them know that they can be free, they can go live in a cave in Hawai or build a rocket on their own. They can revolute against their oppresors or take hold of the flame that rests in our inborn feel of solidarity and demand the change that they need. Even if you are not able to make it for whatever reason, if you understand, sharing is gold. Make believe, is the only way to feel what are we searching for and not spend our lifes like sheeps. We have to start from somewhere and I really believe that this is a good start.

In an ocean of dirt, it's not worth learning how to swim... It's worth cleaning it up.

Sharing is Learning.

 It's your choice. 

C.K.