Culture

Where is the culture?

It's where are three or more people

Some gather under a tree,

 Or some gather for hunting

to secure food in the forest or desert

Two humans can

more easily adjust to be just

But when a third one comes along

and insists on a must

It generates a harder unwanted thrust 

And it kicks up the dust

This modifies the original culture

Cultures often originate

On the banks of ponds, lakes and rivers

So humans can get food by hunting and fishing

And gathering fruits and roots

When a male was attracted to a female

They first interacted with signs and sounds

Then they exchanged gathered food

This allowed them to have physical contact

The communication with all their sense organs

By collecting information and intimate actions

satisfied their mutual interest of survival)

This kept them together at a place 

for short or long periods of time

which resulted in them creating culture

As long as the culture had no concept

of ownership or required occupations.

People were content and stayed intact 

with their secured survival and safety. 

It was easier to have harmonious culture 

Try to Know Us!

Did you ever know that

You’re emotionally hurting us

Do you know this will not assist you?

Did you express regret for your actions?

Are aware that you believe 

your situation is unique

We know all your talk was false

And filled with hollow promises

Do you know that you would agree

if you were to reflect

You must know that we care for you

But we can’t support your wild dream

that hurt our family future

Our place is not just for sheer pretense

It's a place to learn and earn respect

So you will know thyself

My innocence and sadness

Can't be ignored forever,

So look now don't laugh 

and turn away pretending to cough

Question ourselves?

When we hear of a hurting heart

Are we doing anything to assist?

When someone has painful hand

Are we willing to offer a hand-massage? 

When we see someone with lusty behavior

Are we willing to gather our courage and say, "Stop!"

When we see someone stumble

Are we willing to help them up?

When we know performances are wrong

Are we willing to make them aware

of their duties to society?

When we are aware of difficulties within a family

Are we willing to inquire and visit them?

When we catch ourselves doing something wrong

Are willing to accept our mistake and correct it?

Protect the Animals

In the desert the camel runs the fastest

But they are hard to find other place

Mongolians mostly drink camel’s milk

Americans mostly drink cow’s milk 

Indians train camels to transport items with a cart

Americans have trained horses to work on the farm

Camels have no legal protection

nor are they protected from meat eaters

Cattlemen have organizations

to protect their vested interest

Think of different choices of usefulness

such as defending livestock to reduce poverty 

Change for harvesting benefits

Change should be made

upon agreed and accepted benefits 

Not just a chance of taking

an advantage form situation

It is easy to just go along with just flow

But when change is due to

attraction that can produce a blow

Check what the benefits valuable

to all involve not just a few

Don't take a chance just

because it’s tempting to change

Morning is the best time for change

Your brain is fresh to think

Please have patience

with difficulties that arise

Balance persistence

with humanity in mind

Courage is the spice of change

Encouragement to accept change 

for the good of all promotes goodness

Day of a Silly

The work in my home office

of paying the bills causes me

to recharge my brain for good

so I can assure my family health and wealth

Is my duty to serve the crazy relatives?

Suffering with this crazy duty

They are turning and twisting stories

I experience nightmares for a week

Next day I check into the hospital

I've been acting so lousy

Time is up for me to go home

and once again be in my home office

All I hear are lot of complaints

from my old business companion

and other extended family members

It must be day of money hungry people

With thousands of excuses a day 

Do they know they are acting greedy?

Talk with a Butterfly

Yesterday I was walking in the woods

I saw a butterfly sitting on a flower

I asked the king butterfly, "What are you doing?"

It said, "I'm gathering honey."

He was smiling for a while in side

Which I thought was unusually funny

I asked the butterfly to walk with me

but it laughed loudly and flew away

I wished to invite the butterfly to be family guest

Honey! I said. "Do you think he opens Email?"

I'll Be Seeing You!

How long can I keep dreaming?

My smiley face can face the facts

When you are part of our dream

Hidden tears can't keep us apart

Keeping a smiley face is an art
Don't focus on aches and pain

I adore finally finding a voice of my own heart.

Keeping dreams alive can support

Smiling with love and no one deports  

Emotional storms can last long

Keeping silence will have a limit  

When neither one submits

Longing for a taste just right

Keeping a smile that's bright

Isn't right when you're not in sight

How long will it be for you to leave twice?

Maybe I should shake the dice

rather than choke it down with force

Keep a smile on your pretty face?

While you're processing it 

Keep your inner peace

The story is changed!

There was a period
when we use to appreciate leaders
we were able to praise them
Now some of us don’t even care

There was a period

when someone indicated a good deed

We were able to admire them

Now some of us don’t even care

There was a period

When we use to plant flowers

and people were able to reflect

Now some of us don’t even share

There was a period

When we use to build plants

People were able to work

Now some of us don't have the necessary skills

There was a period

When younger ones learned to use manners

People were able to admire

Now some of us don’t inquire

There was a period

When adults proved useful so

People were able to promote

Now some of us don't aspire

There was a period

When people smiled away

People were able to just appear

Now some of us have disappeared

Why has life changed?

We are now in a different range due to our age

Let’s arrange to exchange words

by telephone or e-mail.

Stay Brave

I will be healthy

Don’t worry

Stay Happy

I will be alright

Don’t be tight

Stay bright

I will act calmly

Don’t be hasty

Stay safely 

I will act firmly

Don’t be gloomy

Stay quietly

You’re wealthy

Don’t be stealthy

Stay elegantly

You’re lovely

Don’t be crafty

Stay cleverly

Brave to Leave

When hard to smile

I start laughing evenly

Whatever happens

I start walking briskly

Where ever possible

I start talking bravely

Where pain is existing

I start massaging there

When relation denies

I start forgetting

I aware of memories

I avoid storms it

I agree to leave

I’m harmless

My first Lesson

It was a little booklet with a few pages

It had the number table with pictures

Under each number I had drawn fruits

I saw them but I didn't understand

After of a week playing with it

One day I got courageous

I asked my loving mother

Rather than my father

She handed me a few fruits

which looked like the ones in the booklet

I shook my little head 

and saw that they matched my drawings

It was quite view to see them all match

My sweet mother said, "Say on picture, one fruit."

I said, “Look, the fruit is in my book."

She shook her head and picked up the fruit

Then she put it in my little hand

and she said, "One fruit in your in your little hand.

Now you know the numeral one."

I understood my booklet due to my mother

and her way of teaching me the numerals 

What I had made without knowing was fruits

Oh! Rain

You came to me on a dark night

When we will be riding on the clouds?

You were running here and there on the farm

You scared my cows and children

You were so loud we were awakened

You were emptying dark clouds as you should

Our boats are still good)

Next time come slow, so I can sing along 

The song, "Rain Drops Keep Falling on my Head" . . . .. 

Please don't increase your speed next time

Sometimes you bring water without a stir

which builds a feeling of trust in our people

and they can farm with confidence

Then we dance in the slow rain

Because our crop will not go down the drain

When you hide in the forest

That's the best time to harvest 

Our family doesn't have to work its hardest

Childhood

When we play with a friend

on a hot summer evening

We have happy time

Even when we lose a game

There are no tears in our eyes

That is a joy of a blessed childhood

When we see a dancing swan

while fishing in the lake

Whether it's raining or not

Or we didn't even catch a single fish

We may be sad but we don't complain

That is a joy of the best childhood

 When a new toy breaks

and our heart is broken

and we run to one's mother with tears in our eyes

Then she says "Let's go and buy one more."

so we jump in the car

That is the joy of a cheering childhood 

Getting wet in the first rain of the season

and playing in the mud with no blaming

Walking deep into the woods freely

to have a picnic with friends

and singing with friends

That is the joy of a zestful childhood

Taking away each mother's worry

By baking cookies for a party

Waking each other up to tell a story

Not for the glory, but for the fun

Making-up with a sibling by saying we're sorry 

That is the joy of a tested childhood

What a Relief

Although there are no foot marks

Someone was in my room

I have a sharp pain between my toes

It is unbearable! Proof enough

My mind is numb for a moment

The pain is reducing

I look around and see nothing

I pick up the grass stuck to my foot

I adjust my glasses and out drops an ant

Quickly I called my sweet little aunt

She came running and removed the ant

I raised my hands and said, "Good-bye!"

No longer am I his shroud!

Apple A Day

I'm a sweet apple

Let me fill your lunch bag

Eating me after lunch

Keeps diseases away

Cute apples are ample

Making cherished health simple

Let’s eat an apple a day

to keep doctor away

The Ocean waves

Let's sit on the beach by the sea

Children are playing with sand

And making a dream-castle

Young couples are riding waves

With the courage and determination

In the adventure lane of joy

Ocean-liners are carrying oil

which fogs the cities with smog

and creates global warming

Youngsters are counting the waves

Adults are baking their bodies

Seniors are taking it all in

We are done counting sea-waves

Now it's time for us to steer ourselves,

With thoughts of togetherness  

Let's ride the waves of the sea

in the direction of our destination

to stop the terrorism in high motion 

to achieve a joyful, peaceful mission

Smart Girl

She looks like a fairy

Without being airy

She swims like fish

But she never makes a dish

She is like a chirping bird

But plays with words

She dreams under the moonlight

But never wakes up at midnight

She glows like the morning sun

But she bows to her son 

She loves to care

But she pays the fare

She sings a melody 

But has no enemies

What Happened!

There was a period

When my every action

was admired 

There was a period

When my voice

was magic  

There was a period

When my smile

was sweet

There was a period

When my touch

was intimate

There was a period

When my irritation

was noticed

There was a time

When my teasing

was funny

There was a time

When my silence

was peace

Where have my dreams gone?

Why did all of this change?

What exactly can be done?

Who is responsible for it?

When did this happen?

Whom should I ask?

How can I change?

The story is bold

and for true gold

It should be told

I Want

I don’t want to read words

But I do want to see your sunny face!

I don’t want to hear words

But I do want to hear your silence

I don’t want your looks

But I do want to see what you write

I don't want bunch of flowers

But I do want a hot lunches

I don’t want fine art

But I do want an open heart

I don’t want money

But I do want my honey

I don’t want a tooth 

But I do want the truth

Melody of Success

Yes! ---

We have removed the obstacles

We are facing reality

All worries gone

No more fear left

We are not losing time

We can sing songs of hope

Fruits of our efforts have ripened
We are celebrating success 

Because -----

Well before spring

There was an inner peace

Regardless of any outer threats

Our life is complete within creation

No matter how many difficulties arrive

If beauty of the peace is in the heart

The energy of hope will be stable

 of inconveniences 

We deleted our foggy imaginations

There are no more noisy songs of uncertainty  

No more problems of a dog-eat-dog world

(And no more butterflies of unknown susceptibility

There is no more looking for variety

And no more painful anxiety

We are living quietly 

We have serenity  

Animals Vs Human

Some animals are better others

They do not hunt just to kill

Their motive is to survive safely

And fill their stomach daily

Some of us humans are fooled

By ego, jealousy and envy pulls

us to malice and selfishness

keeping others from nourishing fullness

Some of us believe life is to serve

And keep away hunger allowing people to thrive

 Assisting the good in others brings peace

Being money-hungry equals no peace 

Our compassion is not dead

Our inner-self is getting ahead 

Animals know how to live 

We can be better by pulling up our sleeves

I’m Not Alone

Difficulties were pouring in like rain that day

My life came to a stand-still for awhile

I rise from it and I'm on my way

But I was left alone again

My colorful dream was broken,

My suffering was bone-deep

I played with your scattered promises

finding a way to heal immediately

And paying the bills alone

I missed the best opportunities

I became weak for a week to all futurities 

I forgot all formalities with regularity

Memories of you now carry me

I'm not left alone and have 

the strength to be on my way.