MatTehCat's Blogs
MatTehCat's Blogs

MatTehCat's Blogs

Blogs on psychology, philosophy, poetry, religion, literature, and culture.


Burning Books

23 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat

Barbarians, not quite at the gates, But clamoring from within to destroy By good name, though embodying hate. The Truth may merely become a decoy.   A history of a suffering past, That no living person has ever seen, But its echoes still ripple, hard...

Birth

21 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat

A world enveloped in flame,Purified of appearance’s trappings,Made essence. The lines of doubt washed away,Material’s spell broken and dissolved,One’s, of One. All that is exists for Him,And of all that is, is He the source,Wholly coiled. He speaks b...

The Guardian and His Love

17 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat

White lilies in the blue lagoon, How I wish to save your beauty from the monsoon; To keep your petals pure and clean So that I may remember them within my dreams.   Harmonious and peaceful grove, I stand to keep you protected from destruction; Untouc...

The Broken-Unbroken Frame

16 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat

She looked at her picture and felt empty;She saw her face, and all those that she held dear,As well as the people that she abhorred;Gazing upon the glitz and glamour of her past,Everything was a shadow that felt like nothing. She remembered the parti...

Gift of Love

11 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat

A man sits alone, looking through a window, Singing songs to the world to scrape on by. He watches his words, keeping tempo. His lyrical prowess comes from on high.   He praises the Creator for His gifts, The splendor of a candle in the wind; How in...

Serpents

10 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat

A den of serpents writhed together in the dark,Their scales were intertwined, and their bodies were warm.Yet their abode was destroyed, and they, torn apart. The darkness forsook them, and they were brought to light,Slithering about slowly, waking fr...

Undying Flame

5 Feb 2020 1 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat

Universal Flame and Light; Sovereign, Majestic, And Divine Blaze beyond all imagination; Your faces and names exceed Man’s arithmetic: Without you, all would be less than nothing.   From you, all things are made, and by you, all things shaped; The Ce...

The Indomitable Wind and its Lessons

4 Feb 2020 1 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat

In and out, you gently And sweetly caress Life’s pain Away with your spirit.   Yet, unexpectedly, Your will can turn to madness, Move from stillness to wrath.   Spare me from your fury, Let me peacefully witness The terror of your rage.   Take your r...

Eternal Lands

2 Feb 2020 1 minute read 1 comment MatTehCat

Untamed and uninformed lands, bendYourself to my loving endeavors;In turn, I’ll give you meaning andPurpose, so that you’re not alone. Oh, Blistering Wilderness ofTremendous Suffering and Pain,Grant me the will and strength to standSo that I may savo...

Endless Ripple

31 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat

Oh, great and immense void, Teeming with Life and Death, Rise-up, come to me, and Be informed by essence.    Bubble, burst, and release Your vapor into the Black and starry ether;  Join me in shape and mind.   Multiply, yet remain Utterly unified, Un...