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.

Relationship

January 1, 2014

All our relationships
Stand on our relationship
With ourselves.

It is the only relationship
Which we can,
and do,
Create from nothing.

Perfect

January 1, 2014

Why try to make everything perfect?
Everything already
IS perfect!

Our Futures

January 1, 2014

All futures are possible.

What becomes real
flows from our intentions
and our actions.

Nothing and Everything

January 1, 2014

Out of nothing
Comes everything.

Moments: 2 Thoughts

January 1, 2014

Afloat in a river of moments,
Thoughts, opinions, judgements
Drift by.
What if this river ran clear?
What a trip that would be!


In each perfect moment,
A defect can be found.
Waiting to be fixed,
A lifetime passes by.

Love and Peace

January 1, 2014

love digs deep into the soul.

A mind can only search for reason;
Sex searches for release;
A heart searches for comfort.

Spirit searches for itself,
The peace of not searching,
The peace of being.

love and Being

January 1, 2014

It lies between us,
Raw and beautiful.
We stand on the same ground,
Invisible beneath us.
Two drops of the same sea,
It flows between us,
Beyond understanding.

Little Universes

December 31, 2013

We live in a BIG universe.
Yet, as individuals, we each live
in a little universe
of our own creation.

Each day,
Let us create our universe anew,
consciously, compassionately,
with vision and courage.

Let us build our futures
based on love, not fear.

The Best We Can Do

December 29, 2013

It is beyond human capacity for anyone
to become an expert in living their own life.

The best we can do is to wholeheartedly devote ourselves
to being humble students of living.

Doors

December 23, 2013

Love opens doors.
It cuts little holes
in the boxes we live in.

Death
does not close them.

Each soul we’ve touched
calls us,
not to join them
(as we will, in time),
but to be fully alive
until we do.

Each life we share
is a window
into what can be.