Poetry

Sometimes I feel it helps To relinquish the hope That somehow good will come of all this And in that sense of loss To find relief A lightening of burden Leaving nothing more to be said and done Besides nothing …

As needful living beings – Centres of receptive in responsive awareness Inspiring and expiring From our outer to inner And inner to outer Selves We can never be complete Whole numbers Apart from where we belong As dynamical figures Breathing …

Some say that to be without self Is the only way to be Without suffering . To which, I can only agree For to be without self Is to be without qi A motionless zero A void Indistinguishable From infinite …

Two ways of knowing Combine to create a Third Sense knows Form Sensibility knows Formlessness Compassion and Creativity know The natural inclusion of Each in the Other Motion in Stillness Stillness in Motion Sense without Sensibility Breeds the Indifference Sensibility …

This is something I don’t know When both bring sorrow of a different kind Not the joy that comes with meeting Receptive mind And making waves together . Just this forlorn scene Where superficiality reigns supreme And nothing moves Apart …

[How we curtail our soulful evolution] We gather shrouds And build sham castles Around our selves To seal our souls within False semblances of of external wealth Hiding our inner emptiness From deep recess Our souls cry out For release …

All arises from and all returns to silence. All dynamically includes and is included within silence. There can be no sound without silence. Silence is in the depth of our souls and the tread of our soles. Calling all into …

When we disregard what’s intangible – Impossible to grasp Our minds get in a tangle Trying to get a grip On what they cannot see The holey wood within the vibrant trees The simplicity beneath the surface That brings to …

So Be It These three words come to mind When thoughts unkind Sit on my shoulder Swearing blind Concerning what could or should have been Or could yet happen If only I or she or he or they Had said …