We all want to be.
But not to have been,
one who was and nothing more.
Rather to be this or that,
that we think grand.
Of those that were and more,
we think landed, gifted, chosen.
This is what we think,
and live that error of mediocrity.
-Chris McCowan June 24, 2001
Either Or Fallacy
How many different notions, emotions and expectations does love comprise
Did I learn it with ears or eyes
Is there different kinds of love for sure
Can we know if it's the love or person pure
Does the purest being powerful love express
Or does the power of love bless
How many different notions, emotions and expectations does love comprise
Does love thwart ego, greed and lies
Can we know if it's the love or person pure
Would any wickedness pure love cure
Does the purest being powerful love express
Or is evil an expression of love emptiness
-Chris McCowan April 24, 2001
The fighting pacifist
is the finest warrior
S/he fights with strong ideas
that cannot be defended against
they cannot be disregarded
only denied in the short term
while they compromise the structural integrity
of the other's will
building themselves into the psyche.
Patience wins without resistance.
- Chris McCowan April 15, 1998
Perception
Silence speaks unpenetrating notions
in my innerconcious state
reflections of my conscious state
cast upon psychic algorithms
take a whole new shape.
Each day I awake
subtle changes in perception.