We All Trying

We All Trying


"Look at her
the scum of the earth
She has nothing to offer - 
perhaps her nothingness.
She has no future
nowhere to go
nothing to be
yes
she is Nothing"

"Look at him
pretending to care
pretending to hear his purpose.
He will make nothing
of a life already ruined
by the fact that it exists"

"Then just ahead
is the one who has it all figured out
you see
he knows the truth
speaks the truth 
and is the truth,
let's build his podium!"

But they all have one thing in common.
They have all stumbled
all risen. 
All are a part of a cycle
none rooted in the lows or highs.
All are trying 
We all trying.

Heart’s Ease

Heart's  Ease

Feel
heal
see
hear
and know Tranquility.
Welcome peace 
and goodbye chaos confusion and willful desire.
close your eyes and see 
shades of all colours
yellow purple and white.
feel the topic breeze as it pulls you deeper into yourself.
The deep deep azure that sucks you into its depth
like the tantalizing call of a siren.
calm,
what you desire,
but first you must escape
your hate.
quietude the perfect bed fellow
possible only when you release everything pent up and diseased.
Grab the elusive Sun - 
flower and watch it bloom in you.
dance on the strength of the ancestors 
as you pluck for yourself
perennial rebirth
a lent lily
to press between the pages
of your life to make it bright.

Missed

Missed

Whether 6 or 88
There is no time or date
when you will not be missed.

"she lived a full life, why sad?"
Yes, she did.
But does it mean she will not be missed?
Does it mean 
I still cannot hear her laugh
remember her jokes
keep her in my heart?
Does it mean that a sudden memory
does not attack
knocking me down
making my steps unsteady?
She who remain larger than life
her beauty and grace
sets the pace I must walk.
That her words do not light my path
her voice a symphony of youth eternal
immortalized by the memory of her
handed down through time immemorial.
"She lived a full life"
But now she is gone
She will rise no more in this earthly dawn.
She will no longer play her parts
No stops and starts
with passion and fire.
Now she is gone and will be missed.
No, 
can I kiss her papery lips?
She is gone.
Allow me to mourn her loss - 
in my way - 
because she will be missed... 

The Sublime

The Sublime

In this moment I have found perfection.
Rays of  golden dust illuminate a path towards rest.
I take a deep deep breathe
And I know I am alive.

From this chaos
I snatch the beauty 
from a maggot infested world
And I know I am alive.

In this moment 
nothing matters.
I leave the giant behind
With no hair to let down

I step down from my tower.
I shake off the rusted chains
Free to roam
Free to find a home

Finally. 
I am alive.
 

Fear No One

Fear No one

Do not be afraid of them
because you have the power
The power to dear down and destroy
To plant and to build.
I will give you unlimited power and you shall be called fearless.
When disaster strikes from the the North
stand firm.
When the heathens come knocking on your door
ready to penetrate
hold fast and hold firm.
Then when the think they have won
arise and dress and I will give you victory.
They may fight and cry like Hyenas
ready to tear your flesh
but they will not prevail,
only their blood curdling cries will keep them warm
as they are struck down
finally.

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For I remembered them as lambs \
babes unspoiled.
Now from every pore 
thickened corruption festers and flows.
Damaged defeated and denied.
They look strong but beneath the surface
decay pulses with pus infected sores.
Hidden but not healed.
They shine with a beauty that sickens when seen
in the light.
They harvest but in vain
for the harvest is done
all that remain is the dust of a promise
not fulfilled.

Behold I have spoken
Let them do all the evil they can
But as for you - 
have no fear and fear no one.

Life Puzzles

Life Puzzle

You see that pebble?
You get closer and it's an egg.
You see that puddle?
You jump over it
end up in it
nearly drowns.
Who woulda thought
it was a river?
the pieces never fit together at they promised.
Behind every shadow another emerges
to keep you on your toe
or knock you over
like a tornado 
monstrous and menacing:
a breeze gentle and refreshing.
The things you see
never see you
as you see them.
Monsters become people
the monster's inside you.
The puzzle is scrambles
because you are scrambled.
Each piece becomes you or will undo you.
whether they fall into place or not
depends on how clear your vision is.

O.K

O.K

The beat
The pulse
Djembe carries the message.
Tells me to take wings
and fly.
the pulse
the beat
carries healing
to reach
to teach
and to preach.
secrets hidden
secrets forbidden
buried 
under the lies.
The pulse
the beat
given to me
continues the story
carried deep down
in the bowels of 
my secret place.
I feed on it
whoosh
I feel it
whoosh.
faster
Each strings tells a story
a symphonic legacy.
Faster now
the urgency...
Ok
enter.