Miners

Shrinks aren’t head-shrinkers

we are miners

treasuring the ore

of stories and memories

To Save the World This is All we Need

 

(Some Thoughts after reading the Obituary of Poet 

Bernadette Mayer, WSJ, December 10, 2022, p. B14 )

 

 

 

We come in all sizes and flavors

pigtailed or well-coiffed, etc., etc.

Our nationalities are many 

and to save our world

We simply have to recognize

that everyone needs to be seen

that everyone needs to be heard

that everyone needs some kind

of appreciation for who they are

for what they stand for

and hope to sort out

creativity from destructiveness

to share our thoughts and feelings

our gripes and delights

to open our ears and sights

to the possibilities of beauty

and ugliness in the nature of 

our being and to capitalize

on the beauty, to minimize the ugly

and to hear what is there 

as well as what is not there

and to love and love and love

which means connecting

and appreciating something 

within the heart and soul  

of each one of us