I've always been one for wishing,
I wonder, have you been too?
I think it's strange and very odd
But don't you dream like I do?

Stay there for a little
Or maybe I should run to meet you
Either way, promise me
Either way, I'll be true

That fragile strand of yarn
Peeking from a woman's bag
Makes me think of summertime
And laughing in the library

Tea with half a spoon of sugar
Spilt a bit over the edge
Sort of like the days when
We ate on ends of the screen

The greatest problem for Hinduism is its lack of a moral foundation. Recall that in a Hindu universe, good and evil are equal opposites, created both by the mind of Brahma. In such a worldview, it cannot be said that there is anything wrong with evil.

“That Hinduism has shared her lands for centuries with Jains, Buddhists, Parsees, Muslims, Sikhs, and Christians may help explain a final idea that comes out more clearly through her than through other great religions; namely, her conviction that the various major religions are alternate paths to the same goal. To claim salvation as the monopoly of any one religion is like saying God can be found in this room but not the next…” (Smith, 73)

The Hindu worldview is spiritualistic but not especially relativistic. Before entering the realm of the Hindu concept of the universe, there are two important beliefs to be considered: the law of Karma and reincarnation.

As stated in the first part of this essay, Hinduism offers four paths, or yogas, each made for a different personality type.

For the primarily reflective individual, jnana yoga is made “to convince the thinker that she is more than her finite self” (Smith, 29). An intuitive combination of reason and spirituality, it claims to “turn the knower into that which she forms.”

1. Freckles
you have a lot of freckles
i had never been close enough to notice
they all kind of join together
i like them

2. Oops
i thought i was over you
seriously, this time
but she said you were cute
and i wanted to claw her eyes out
oops
here we go again

3. Well Okay
letting go
is harder
than i thought

4. Oh Well
i can miss you
with all my might
but you won’t
miss me back
it’s okay
no big deal
i’ll keep missing you anyway

It started with folding clothes.

My mother enlisted my brothers to help, and after a small lesson on the proper folding of shirts, they were off. We stood around, quietly working, our eyes occasionally flashing to the episode of Supernanny that was playing.

My brother was handed one of my shirts-- an Orange Crush, vintage-y looking thing. He held it up. "Oh my gosh. Look how small this is compared to all our clothes!"

I laughed. "It's an XL. It's not small."

"It's an XL? That's disgusting!"

My mom told him to please keep folding, and he did.

Prologue

I wanted to thank my friend Miaele Rydar for the inspiration to write this. A disclaimer, this is sort of a sequel, or as I call it, an inquel, which is during a story, but not mentioned directly. It relates to her story, Blood-red Tear, which is WIP for now, but I want to say that I don't claim ownership of the characters Periculus or Kesulitan, those are hers, but Kelti is my own creation. Go check out her story, and I hope she sees this.

Compared to Others

You are so skinny sometimes
Like
Seriously, Dude

Speak My Mind

I can honestly say there is nothing I hate more
Than false hope
"Guess it's not a big deal when I drop the Xbox remotes"
"Yeah, but I pay for the phones."

Feels Like a Dream

People have no idea
They just have
No idea

Like Dad

You know what I just realized is
Some people take after their fathers
And that isn't always
The best thing

Half Full Heart