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.
October 6, 2013
All our stories of suffering
grow like pearls around our pain.
Inside each one
is a moment denied,
encysted in the past.
If, in the light of seeing,
the pearl dissolves,
a grain of being is released,
a moment once frozen in time.
Beyond that moment,
there is peace.
October 5, 2013
The greatest gifts
Are not received,
They are discovered,
Look up from your thoughts,
With an open heart,
And let them in.
October 4, 2013
Without need,
each shared moment is a gift.
Without expectations,
Every step is a joyous discovery.
The gifts we give
live in each of us,
wherever we go.
October 3, 2013
Human beings are,
for the most part,
unreliable.
Pinning one’s hopes
on the actions of another
is almost always a mistake.
The one relationship
we can and must rely on
is with ourself.
All the nurturing
and guidance
we really need
is within.
What we see in others
is simply a mirror
of what is in ourselves.
September 29, 2013
Sometimes,
success comes through action;
other times,
through allowing.
Do what you can,
and be open to the rest.
September 24, 2013
Let go of wanting -
open to emptiness.
Let go of emptiness -
open to everything.
September 22, 2013
The purest love
is like fresh air to the heart.
Breathing in,
it nurtures and enlivens,
but it cannot be held.
September 19, 2013
What if everything we do
is just an experiment,
a playful exercise?
Then there are no failures,
only new experiences,
and learning.
September 19, 2013
Night sky,
Points of light,
Skyline.
If I did not know what each thing was,
Would it not be magic?
For a moment,
I let go of knowledge,
And let the magic in.
September 16, 2013
In each moment,
In my thoughts and my words,
I am expressing myself
With compassion and integrity.
In each moment,
I am accepting that every person
Is simply expressing their own reality,
And I will not take anything personally.
In each moment,
I am letting go of my assumptions,
And seeing the world with new eyes.
In each moment,
I acknowledge that I’m
Doing the best I can,
Warts and all.
In each moment,
I am stepping
Into a new dream.