WHAT IS THE SITUATION?
©Trev Teasdel Coventry October 1970


Here i sit
staring at the sun
squirming molten lava that it is.
All is calm
All is quiet
Tranquillity the colour of the room.


What is the situation
When you live for what is ‘Now‘?
I am always hustle bustle in the bedlam of my dreams,
Living on my ‘if only’ island.,
Reliving what is passed.
No wonder I feel so tired,
Squandering my energies in this way.
So I ask myself  “What is the situation?“
“What are the problems of the Now?“


Here I sit
Nothing particular to do.
The sun is shining bright
and all is calm.
Isn’t everything just beautiful?
Looking hard at all that is around me.
Taking down some observations,
Noticing how a flower dances in the gentle breeze.
And i feel calm
And I feel free,
Why can’t I remain this way forever?
Instead of creating situations
that don’t exist right now..
But there i go, off into the action of a dream,
burning energy i could better use.


So sitting here
My body floats
Far away from the evil warlocks of my dreams.
Reality is the escapist’s dream.
Looking all around me now
Seeing all that i missed
whilst in the bedlam of my dreams.
Crossing bridges
when i come to them.
So here I sit
staring at the sun
Not a wishing or a hoping
Just looking at the colours of a tree.