Authenticity I’m flat on my back Staring at the stillness of the ceiling fan Listening to the noise get greater and greater Feeling the silence envelop me This is prayer of the purest sort This raw exposure below 3 incandescent bulbs Their light speaks vacant emptiness Except “close your eyes and feel the nothing.” I…
Musings on a Sunday (Unfinished)
Musings on Sunday (Unfinished) We often feel we must have something to say We must have this profound wisdom This answer And we must have it now Give it now Know it now Yet we really live in the midst of a vast universe Unknown Untouched Never experienced Still we think we know…
California
Originally posted on Songs From the River:
California Welcome to the land of the poppies Welcome to the land of the sun Come in to the land of the waves and the sea To the place where life is lived on In a way where we all get to live it Despite our differences, our…
Rose Garden
Rose Garden There is a real hope And it hurts. To lean into it, No, to dive full on into it Is the destiny of humanity But there within its living form are so many thorns Painful, hideous thorns Disappointment, disillusionment Failure, rejection These are the thorns on the roses of hope And they are…
Great Ones
Great Ones There are many great ones on the earth Not because they are known Not because they are wealthy Not because they are influential or powerful But because they care Because they love Because they live life the way a human being lives life Loving one another Loving those that cross their paths Whether…
Winter Blahs
Winter Blahs It’s difficult to write poetry When you’re dead inside Everything is lifeless Everything is irritating I’m not sure how that happens Feeling irritation when you’re dead But that’s when it seems to happen the most Every little thing Is like a huge boulder Dropping on your toes Over and over again In some…
Beautiful
Beautiful Life is beautiful Whatsoever is beautiful is life Transformation is seeing the beautiful In the mundane I love eagles soaring Hawks seeking Falcons diving All of these are majestic and powerful All would agree to their beauty in the skies Yet today the raven Drifting in the wind Falling, dancing, flying In all of…
The Rushing
The Rushing Let’s just sit here and stare at the screen, shall we? Let’s just sit here and stare Thinking nothing, going nowhere Life seems to be nothing But a series of distracting interruptions Destroying any sense of creativity A giant ocean trapped by a dam of crumbling earth How ridiculous is that? Maybe that…
Authentic
Authentic Just be yourself Think for yourself Don’t be an amalgamation of many people But aren’t we all an amalgamation? Our DNA is the very display Of thousands of others But where did that all begin It is there we find our answers Of who we really are Made from dust of sun and star…
