This musical instrument is a travel souvenir from Egypt in 2007. The wire art is a more recent gift I received from someone who knew that I write poetry and love flowers. Together, they are a delight for my eyes.
Flowerpoet Shelley
The Whirlpool of Hatred, Violence and Revenge
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Beware the Whirlpool in the Sea of Life!
Watch as it swirls in Contention and Strife.
Caught in that Energy, many backward turn.
To Destruction they go as the Waters churn.
Discordant Religions
speak ‘love’ then ‘kill’,
Beliefs that do harm,
claiming God’s Will.
Wealth of deadly Weapons,
Powers of the few,
mass murders justified,
World Crises ‘on cue’…
Let go the Old Gods
of Vengeance, Violence and Hate.
BE the LOVE that UPLIFTS.
BE the HOPE of Your Fate.
(revisions: 1980’s, 2011, May 17, 2021)
Shelley Wilson
My Political Views
1. In a True Democracy, there’s No Deception, No Coercion, to gain Support and maintain Power.
2. In a True Democracy, Honesty and Responsibility anchor our Rights and Freedoms.
3. In a True Democracy, Differences do Not lead to Conflicts that Damage and Destroy Lives.
4. Democracy can be Explained and Demonstrated Simply, even to Educate a Little Child.
5. As an Adult, I Observe that Every Political ‘ism’- Capitalism, Communism, Socialism, Fascism and Every Theocracy, Every Democracy, Every Political Structure in History is a Pyramid of Power, Top to Bottom.
6. Changes come and go, fast or slow, yet always one Elite just Replaces another.
7. It has been said that Politics is our Spirituality Demonstrated. I have No Religion or Political Affiliation. My humble Vote goes to Those who Actually Demonstrate a Clear Understanding of True Democracy, with No Deception or Coercion, who Demonstrate Honesty and Responsibility, Respect for Rights and Freedoms, and Choose Peaceful Ways of Being.
(May 16, 2021- Shelley Wilson)
The Creator Continually Creating Creation
Through God’s Creative Energy,
the Energy of Life,
every Atom of the Universe
is Sacred and Divine
and speaks to us
a Holy Language,
wondrous and sublime.
Reverent or indifferent
though we may be,
the Language is Divine.-
Through God’s Creative Energy,
the Energy of Life,
every Colour of the Universe,
the Full Spectrum
between Black and White,
speaks to those who see
God’s Art in Light,
a Holy Science
of wonder and delight,
even Black and White-
Black Birds and White,
Black Cats and White,
Black-skinned Humans and White-
All are Life’s Creations and delight.
(May 16, 2021- Shelley Wilson)
Symbols and Metaphors
We are separated and divided as a Species,
united in small parts here and there,
using Symbol and Metaphor often,
collectively and individually,
to express our Minds and Hearts.
We mistake Symbol and Metaphor
for that which they convey
and to them we give our power,
then live slavishly to obey…
Politics, Sciences, Religions all
carry histories of countless strifes
on the ‘backs’ of Symbols and Metaphors
to which so many give our very lives.
In Revolution and Evolution, we choose
a cross between self-sacrifice and sacrifice
of so many other precious lives.
Examples: +, the Cross of Spirit in Matter,
Equal, Spirit and Matter, Life,
Life Itself ever, all ways, always One-
a Symbol often used to dominate, subjugate,
ironically, even to kill in countless battles
and wars either lost or won.
Our Book of Life is ‘written’,
not in written Words and their Sounds,
not in Marks called Letters, or in Numbers.
We create and co-create, impacting Life around.
It’s ‘written’ in our feelings, attitudes, actions,
everywhere Sentient Life abounds.
Life Itself is Sacred. Everywhere is Holy Ground.
May the Language of Symbol and Metaphor
be the Music and Poetry of the Soul
through which we feel and see more clearly
the Oneness of Life, our Source and Goal.
(May 13, 2021- Shelley Wilson)
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