Category: Poetry
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On The Mountaintop
On the Mountaintop My brow was kissed by the Sky And a Golden Voice whispered Do likewise with those who live and die… Honesty and compassion Flowed from up on High… I wept tears indescribable Ineffable, though I try… The path of the past vanishes As vapor fades into the moment… All was necessary for…
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Gratitude Text 04/25/2024
Good morning. Today I’m grateful to listen to and hear the rain, to see the trees and leaves sway in the breeze, and to watch water like thoughts flow by as bubbles popping like troubles that don’t exist.
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Shades of Nature
Walking westward Along a path Strewn with shades Of Nature I find the rhythm Of my heart Beating With heaviness And joy… Curiosity Do I employ As it calls me to Capture Contrasting Colors Light And Love… One Way Above The blue hue Generously lit To expand Upon a cathedral’s Countenance… Pink, green, and blue…
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Condensing
Through fog-lined trees Nestled in A misty embrace I find my pace Face to face With the belonging Beloved… Wholehearted Words Attempt to transcribe An ineffable experience Like flocking birds’ Flight to Sky… Alighting upon A branch Of immense Jubilation Tears Muffle My expression Of the Wholly Divine… Maybe this journey Is intentional In its…
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Time Change
It’s a time change A rearrange From a history Of misery… Springing Forward Northward Toward A New Moon— The immediacy Of Now With an intention Of how I’ve learned To love this place Of how I’ve learned To love to face All of the shadows Of inadequacy And let them go In the hallows Of…
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Trading
Trading palm trees For fir trees Sandstone For basalt No more hot days Or heatwaves Or feeling It’s all my fault… The desert path That meandered Many o’mile Pushed me Past The pilgrim’s past And ended With a smile…
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Seven
A solitary Single seven I voluntarily Mingle With Heaven… Who would’ve known That such Peace and joy I’d find Behind my mind… Sans romantic Attachment I’ve unhatched this Quality of life— A reality Without a wife. With no one On my radar Nor a narcissistic Need to feed… Today A seven On the eleven In…
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Alone
The loneliness Tears at my insides Derides me Chides me For feeling Incomplete. This is the message The rite of passage That of myself I am nothing… All of my wants My worries Scurry in the dark Of a made-up land A made-up plan That separates Me as a me I as an I The…
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Spasm
Crying Like laughing Sets us apart From other Beasts… The release Spontaneous In its nature— A rapture Unrehearsed From the heart… This spasm Silenced Creates a chasm A schism In our nature To connect To resurrect Something Inside That needs To be seen… Oh, let the Flow Show Upon Our countenance Let its resonance Clatter…
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Apex
At the height Of the longest night Where Light’s Recession Deepens No more Where depression Opens The door— No more hiding Or lying On the dust-covered Floor No more secrets And regrets Begging For more… We step Into the Light Tonight This Solstice Of Shadows And a cold That bites A psyche Ashamed To name…
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A Weathered Eye
Weathering the storm Of my human affliction Reasonable needs Mixed with addiction I find my eye Fixed on the Sky Of many happy returns… Has mindfulness Made me resilient To the moments Where I fall from Grace? Where sea salt I taste As down my face Tears I trace Leaving a glistening Trail to my…
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Dripping
Dripping As time is slipping Slowing The Flowing To a soft rhythm Accented By grey and blue… The moments Stretch Into an unending Pattern Where raindrops Splatter And everything matters… The condensation Catches my Attention As rain gutters Overflow… The sensation Of Silence Amidst The drips In a symphony Of solitude Whets my Senses And…
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The Path
I’ve heard One meditates So he’ll notice The purple flowers Along the path… The trees The bees The wants The needs The rain The pain The pause Refrain… Tomorrow’s Test Of my surrender Comes before I open the door Of much Anticipation… I bare my throat In vulnerability To trust the steady Surgeon’s hands Reaching…
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While
While there’s Yet time To take in Each Sacred Moment To be The experience Of my heart Opening Closing Shown To me as I slept As I dreamt As I wept To feel it all… A kaleidoscope Calling me To pay attention To cash in My only currency— Time slipping Drifting and dripping Tripping My…
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Waning
In conjunction With a waning moon Venus rises Reflecting My attention— Nearing my Intention To be at peace With what is… Yet as the Mourning glow Of a former self Shines Of my frailty, Confidence Ebbs and flows As I try on My renewed skin… My imbued sin Of miraculously Being human Evolved To this…
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Rage Quit
I know this kid Who said he “rage quit” The equivalent Of a little guy “Fuck it!” I can relate To this micro-man When the game Becomes more Than he could stand… Sometime it’s time To put down The controller And simply walk away From the emotional Rollercoaster… I chuckled As I caught The knowing…
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Few
There are few friends I’d cry to see go But when you left The floodgates Found their flow… The Jay to my Silent Bob Or vice versa… We never quite Figured that out But when your Goodbye text Appeared The grief Revealed Itself… You will be Missed Michael As you find your way Driving the…
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Mind Seeds
Mushroom eating Monkey brains Evolved And remain At the top Of the food chain— Unchained Untrained Except In the art Of hate And disdain. An insane Refrain Playing In the light Of a new moon’s Wane Speeding Nowhere To be first… This thirst Rehearsed As compassion Reversed… Damn the sin Of love Conversed! Darkness Spreads…
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The Human Race
Against all odds The evolution Of our race Speeds ahead To be first In front… In the stream Of controlled Chaos We careen Between Agreed upon Boundaries… The inner lining Of silky soft Social contracts Contracts And constructs Flexing Our need To feed… Unity Pulsating Masturbating Swimming To plant Its seed… Is this instinct Run…
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Flooded
Flooded I find I’ve lost my mind Traversing Through Reflected trees… Brought to my knees I’ve wondered Where does the water go? Does it soak Into roots Thirsting For nourishment— Encouragement To persevere In the sphere? Does the atmosphere Of filtered Light Enlighten An opened mind As the Flow Of consciousness And consequences Touch A…
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Waves
Watching The waves Of consciousness Wash by I had a moment Where I was The Ocean… More than A moment, really For time stretched Into a stillness Where I was… I saw… I felt… The infinite Enormity Beyond Pain Or comprehension… I saw and felt My fellow sufferers Resisting Their waves And wanted For them…
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The Flow
I am a particle And a wave— A microcosm Woven into Humanity… In chaos, Consciousness Swimming With equals In confluence Beyond comprehension… Letting go of The delusion Of disconnection, The ego Has nowhere To go… Death to disbelief As Peace Pulsates With intentional Pauses… The ineffable Escapes me As I lose my “I” And consciously…
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Blowing
Instinctual inflammation Waxes and wanes Like the moon’s rays During a cold Morning breeze… Palm trees Flitter leaves Bending As a sign Of the times… I feel the occasional Nostalgic need To caress, comfort And feel And find those Fading As phases In my solitude… This attitude That all is As it should be Shows…
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Extinction Events
Over 400 billion years Life found a way To persevere To this very moment… Through a series Of fighting, fucking & feeding Life found a way… Unimaginable spans Of uninhabitable lands As toxic atmospheres Cleared Life found a way… Iced over Those who dove deep Found a way… The preciousness Of Now Emerges When we…
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Earth Dance
Why do I run With each stony step Reminding me Of my pain And resilience? What do I hope To accomplish Pushing through This desert terrain? Falling fast Somehow Each stride Finds its footing Almost like An Earth dance. A communion With our terrestrial core… I don’t know How I keep going Or have the…
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Valley of the Sun
The Sun Comes from Within me As I’ve realized The Light Deep Down Inside Shines In waves Reverberating And Radiating The Grace I have To give… If this trip Takes me Northward To my wooded Home Although Clouds Conceal Most of The daily Divine Light The Valley Of the Sun Still Shines From Within…
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Betrothed
Did you know The root Of betrothed Is be truth? Neither did I Until I took The time To look it up… Fitting it seems To satisfy dreams Of being true To my beloved— Yet today I believe She remains Blissfully Undiscovered… For if my beloved Fitting to my name Is actually “To thine own…
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I’ll Miss the Sky
I’ll miss The Sky To find Light inside Knowing Where my heart Resides… The direction Of my intention As a new moon nears Reveals There are few fears Teased with tears And many more meaningful mirrors… As life unfolds Like leaves That curl And swirl In the wind In due season I know The reason…
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Stop Sign
I’ve ran That stop sign Before— Flew past That red flag In my 4X4… Didn’t even Take my Foot off the gas Just ran Headlong To get up In dat ass… I know I know That sounds Pretty harsh Shitty and shallow Like a murky marsh… I swear All I wanted Was to love And…
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Perpetual
The twilight Of our lives Together Still lives on Reflected In our offspring Through An electric Screen… Pangs of the past Flash Before Willing eyes As my pen Falters Despite My tries… God, oh God Thank you For my Limited view Into the part I played Displayed In columnar queue… This is “the reality” From…
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Overcoming
Overcoming My self By learning To love The parts I Do Not Like— Hand on chest Allowing The rest Of my perceived Inadequacies To rise From the best Of my self-centered Fears… The tears The tears As I compress Against The wall Of disapproval— Fed spoonful After spoonful Of bitter Medicine Without sugar To help…
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Gracias
Today I’m trying out Something New To bring “Thank you” Into my view… I hope To hear My voice Meet Everything I think Feel & see With the choice Of Grace Said gratefully… Thank you For the morning Moon Meeting me As you Set westward On the horizon— Large And luminous For me to see…
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Back at the Shack
Trudging Up the icy Slope I could not Get traction In faith Love or hope… Each step Sliding Towards The shack Where I belonged Reminding me I do not matter I do not belong… Exiled By my best efforts To love And protect Wounded Children Where Nothing I ever did Was enough… I felt unloved…
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Sky Shadows and Roadrunners
As orange Fades to blue Sky shadows My mind imbue Subtle Sun Fingers Linger And Reach Each To beseech A message Of Hope Where nary A cloud Can be seen Yet Anti-crepuscular rays Slope… What mist Of mystery Creates Such a sight? Where mountain Peaks Sneak Shadows Without Light? Light leaking Against A blue backdrop…
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I Care
“I care For this Suffering” She said— The meditation Teacher In my head Teaching The inward Reaching Of hand On heart Connected Unapart Unsevered Belonging To this Loving Being. What Would your Future Self Say She said To the wounded Walker In my head— The walker Trudging The road From head To heart Holding space…