What We Think We Are
May 4, 2023
We are bigger
than we think we are,
stronger
than we think we are,
more resilient
than we think we are.
All that limits us
is what we think we are.
Beyond the world of discovery that music has been for me, there was always the bigger world, the universe of questions about what we’re a part of, how it works, and how to best fit into the larger whole.
My love of words, a fascination with scientific, philosophical, and spiritual inquiry, and a quiet determination to learn how to be a better human (and a happier man) have led me on a path of shaping my experience, breath by breath, into poems.
Here are some of them.
May 4, 2023
We are bigger
than we think we are,
stronger
than we think we are,
more resilient
than we think we are.
All that limits us
is what we think we are.
May 1, 2023
The story of your life
is not your life.
Let go of the story,
and let life share its riches with you,
one moment at a time.
April 3, 2023
We struggle and strive
for that magical state
where everything will happen
the way it SHOULD happen
blind to the simple fact
that everything DOES happen
exactly as it should.
Life is not about our preferences.
It’s about what is.
March 1, 2023
god is in a sunset,
and god is in a shoe.
god is in all living things,
and god is in me, too.
god is what sees through my eyes
and shows me what is true.
god is what I see around me,
and what I see in you.
February 1, 2023
I sit in meditation,
striving to be present,
while my cat sits before me,
always present.
Why strive so hard
to get your shit together,
when all you’ll ever get,
is a neater pile of shit?
Why not just let it go,
enjoying a moment,
however brief,
of being shitless?
December 15, 2022
(with gratitude to R. Crumb)
I had the epiphany
that I am free
of all the thoughts
that limit me
that I am connected
to everyone
and everything
and then
I did the dishes
December 5, 2022
Why do we mythologize ourselves,
inventing little nuggets
of meaning and drama,
shaping our lives into the form
of a well-loved story?
Should it not be enough
that each one of us
is an inexplicable miracle,
in a universe of miracles?
Why explain the ineffable,
when accepting it with wonder
is all we really need?
November 30, 2022
there is a certain
sublime surcease
in surrendering to sadness
to sit in succulent silence
serenely satisfied
by such sweet sorrow
November 21, 2022
I think,
therefore I am,
but I am not
what I think.
And the more I think,
the less I remember
what I really am.
September 26, 2022
The boat you float in
isn’t real.
It is held together
with your resistance.
Give in,
and let the water take you.
It is where you came from.
It is your home.
You don’t need to float
above the water.
You ARE the water.