philosophers are always aware
of good for our lives
their voices forever desirous to share
with views so worthy of loudest fanfare
often come and often scare
and we become active, productive beehives
*
we begin our lives with a sudden cry
then hastily join that lifelong queue
toiling, toiling, wondering why
finally pausing for a well-earned sigh
to soar above the mountains high
and find what we were born to do
*
it’s not that we must begin our lives anew
we merely must our lives unfurled
to finally accept for a grand debut
and find what we were born to do
and begin to do what we love to do
to help improve the rest of the world
*
© Russell Kendall Carter, B.A., M.A.T., D.Lit.
Meditating to Heal 