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.
December 17, 2013
Sometimes the doors of the heart slam shut
Against the nightmares of the mind,
And fear of emptiness trumps love.
Throw open those doors! Let the emptiness in,
And cold, hard dreams will melt
In Spirit’s warm embrace.
December 11, 2013
Sailing through the waters of life,
Calm seas teach us nothing.
Lulled by sameness,
We sleep.
Awakened by turbulence,
We learn aliveness,
Each wave
A gift.
December 10, 2013
When something feels broken,
sometimes it’s time to give up
trying to fix it,
holding it together,
and just let it fall apart.
Then, amongst its pieces,
we may find its essence,
the part that can’t be broken.
Then, perhaps,
something new
can grow.
December 8, 2013
Sometimes,
staying with the moment
and feeling truly alive
can be painful;
but the alternative
is feeling dead.
When I see that I have a choice,
I choose feeling alive!
December 3, 2013
The sad stories we tell ourselves
are the products of our imaginations.
When we choose to, they can be appreciated
just as we would a good book or movie,
if we simply remember that they aren’t real!
December 1, 2013
I am dying,
Day by day.
Piece by piece,
What I thought I was
Falls away.
Soon I will be Nothing,
Or Everything.
Looking into emptiness,
I see a clear space,
Beyond my expectations.
November 26, 2013
Everything dances.
Mountains dance the beat of eons.
Atoms dance their quantum dance.
Hearts dance the beat of living.
and being dances being.