Qoheleth Haiku 1:2

²Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

Breath of one breathing

Usually invisible

Last but a moment

Qoheleth proclaims

Human efforts are fleeting

As a single breath

Placement of value

Is foolishness for humans

Who don’t know value

As the morning mist

Last only a brief moment

So is human breath

Lost in Time

Lost in Time

(Song Lyrics
Inspired by and to the tune of

John Prine’s “Souvenirs”)

My memories are torn and tattered

And the sun no longer shines

All my hopes and dreams have scattered

Through my day that’s lost in time

All that I once had to live for
Nothing’s left that once was mine

All my future expectations

Have just moved on down the line

My today is just a shadow

My yesterdays are faded history

Nothing’s left it seems of tomorrow’s dreams

And I guess you’d say they’re all the same to me

When I wake up in the morning

I don’t want to rise from bed

All my thoughts just run together

In confusion in my head

And when I go to bed a midnight

I just mostly toss and turn

And I lie there awake till day light

As my latest nightmares burn

My today is just a shadow

My yesterdays are faded history

Nothing’s left it seems of tomorrow’s dreams

And I guess you’d say they’re all the same to me

© Qoheleth 2012

Qoheleth Haiku 1:1

(Ecclesiastes = Qoheleth)

Chapter 1

1The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

The identity

Of Qoheleth will remain

Hidden in silence

As son of David

The Qoheleth perspective

Is from Judaism

Qoheleth rises

Above ancient tradition

To challenge its place

Son of the father

Rejects the father’s values

For reality

Ambition

Ambition

I want to fly

Above the clouds

Beyond the sky

Into the face of the sun

I want to sail

The oceans

Of the Milky Way

Plumb the depths

The Mariana Trench

Of Andromeda

I want to run

Through the gardens

Of the galaxies

At the edge of the universe

And beyond

Qoheleth May 11, 2012

Is God

Is God

God is, or God is not. The choice we make between these two options does not alter the reality.

We, human beings, seek to answer the question, 'Is God?" In search of answers, we invent religion, philosophy, science, and art; but regardless our conclusions, all of our answers have only led to more questions.

Either something exists behind the universe, behind the multiverse, or it does not. I choose to believe that "something" exists. I have no choice as to whether I am right or wrong; but it seems to me that my choice best meets my needs. 

--Qoheleth, May 10, 2012

Qoheleth

My apologies

To the ancient Qoheleth

For using his name