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 9, 2015
God is the creative force of the universe.
When we allow that creative force
to flow through us,
God is with us.
Only when we block it,
not trusting our own divine nature,
does God disappear.
May 9, 2015
Writers take their hopes and fears
and build worlds,
making them real
on the printed page.
And the rest of us?
We build worlds
with our hopes and fears
inside our minds,
and make them real.
Knowing this,
it is our choice
to build worlds
worth living in.
May 6, 2015
When you have
a conversation
with yourself,
who is talking
to whom?
Perhaps,
there is no one there,
only thoughts,
thinking,
and passing on.
You are not
your conversation,
but the One
who listens.
You are not
your experience,
but the Observer
of all you experience.
May 6, 2015
As I sit,
awash in an inner sea,
a greater world
lies wrapped
around me.
With glimpses caught
of what might be,
my freedom calls
from infinity.
April 28, 2015
To see the world
without a lens,
is to drink it in,
into your heart
and soul,
to taste it,
and feel it
rub against you,
like a warm animal.
April 28, 2015
A cat has a brain
The size of a walnut,
And is blessed
With all it needs.
It knows each moment
As complete,
Without knowing how,
Or why.
Yet it is our blessing,
With our Big Brains,
To always wonder how,
And why.
And then,
Full of questions,
We may relinquish answers,
And relax,
Like a cat,
Into Now.
April 24, 2015
Once, I climbed a tree
and, balanced
on a tiny platform,
I froze in fear.
Then, eyes closed,
blindly trusting,
I inched forward,
and jumped.
I fell, unseeing,
and something
caught me.
Safe,
I let myself sink
into relief,
and failure.
Knowing
what I know now,
would I try again?
YES!
April 24, 2015
When a door closes,
don’t leave your foot in it,
so you are free to walk
to a new one.
April 20, 2015
Do not worship
anyone -
your guru,
your lover,
or yourself.
We are all
only mirrors
reflecting everything,
from an infinity
of perspectives,
like pin pricks
through a curtain,
facets of a picture
too big
for any eye
to see.
April 19, 2015
I am the universe
expressing itself,
and experiencing itself,
at this particular place,
at this particular time.
That is all I am,
and that is the ALL
that I am.