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.
March 16, 2014
The mind says
“Without my story,
I am nothing”.
Spirit says
“Without a story,
I am everything!”
March 16, 2014
Between two egos,
love is an agreement,
A set of mutual expectations.
Between two hearts,
love is a softening of egos,
A relaxing of boundaries.
Between two Spirits,
love is unity,
Without expectations,
Without boundaries.
March 15, 2014
Your favorite friends may be the ones you enjoy the most,
But your best friends are the ones you can count on the most.
Loyalty, like love, is one of the greatest gifts
We can give or receive.
March 10, 2014
Pry open the lid of your mind.
Let the murmurs and shouts of your senses fill it.
This is not the story of your life.
This IS life!
March 6, 2014
Heart heavy,
Mind full of anger & hurt,
I walk along
in my own dark story.
Then
light breaks through.
The city, the river,
Awash with sun,
call me.
I listen, I see.
This moment,
This gift,
THIS is real.
Then the sun sets.
The sky blooms.
Another gift,
Another moment.
March 4, 2014
Helplessness
comes from looking for solutions
outside of ourselves.
Our best answers
come from within.
March 2, 2014
Love may be the essence of a spiritual life,
but it is not always comfortable or convenient.
One of life’s biggest challenges
is to not shut down in the face of pain.
March 2, 2014
For the most part,
a healthy organism expands,
and an unhealthy one contracts.
What we accept and learn from
expands us.
What we avoid
makes us contract.
Thus,
the old saying:
“Whatever doesn’t kill us,
makes us stronger!”
March 2, 2014
(for Nadine, in loving memory):
As your path leads you through your times of trial,
May each moment remind you of the gift you are.
May the light you bring shine back on you,
And may it set you free, from this moment on.
February 25, 2014
Whatever I see
Is already inside me,
Or I would not see it.
All I experience
Lives in this world inside,
A universe without limit,
Inside my flesh.
All I need,
All I want,
Is already here.
There is nothing “outside”
Which isn’t “inside”.
“Inside” and “outside”
are the same.
I am complete.