drive down the highway into light on the horizon casts a long shadow purple at the edges dust picks up from hills and the scent of the trees in the window when you drive never alone only solitary in thought for a moment before landscape beautiful and haunting at the same time wind is you…
Category: Poems
skipping stones
skipping stones across the pond and we try to get as many jumps as we can 2 3 5 8 10 at a certain point it looks as if the stone is just skidding across the water light at an angle low and a permeating orangy blue hangs in the air we make ripples and…
and when that song comes on
sound machine radiating music out to the world straight to the bottom of the ocean creates this ripple effect you can see it move in slow motion or backwards never know where you’re going but it’s bouncy it bends and tests your balance as the bass goes down and when you find the right note…
growing pains
sometimes i think that when i tirn corners in my life when i turn and drift into the curve and suddenly you are neither here nor there you are you are in between and in this space nausea discomfort a feeling of faint but i’m still standing remembering that what is painful is real and…
the things i’ve learned
how to smile when times are tough how to tie my shoelaces how to tie my shoelaces so it looks like one solid lace how to look up when i walk how to tell a crow from a raven how to give feedback so that others hear with an open mind how to open my…
lately
lately like an fire that can’t be put out like a high-pitched sound you can barely hear like sand in your shoe when you walk lately like the thoughts out-number the actions like negativity finds a way to seep into everything like there is no rest; only time lately like every day is…
The stuff legends are made of
It is easy to practice To give service When everything is just so Nice calm day Sunny skies People smiling Being respectful Looking out for one another with compassionate hearts When you hear, feel, and see the value of the good work you do On those days, practice and service is a joy Is a…
Healing takes time
Healing hands Know that when pain and trauma Exist deep within the body The right placement The right pressure Can return the body to as it was Can rebuild it stronger Can restore the idea That power comes from within And that it’s self-actualized Potential exists deep within the spirit But sometimes it too can…
looking through the rules to what lies beyond
they say rules are meant to be broken that’s one way of looking at it but the other is that there is a method to the madness that if you were interested and capable (which everyone is some people don’t know it yet) you could see the subtlety at work you could see that the…
newness and oldness
new look that moves swirves bends new feel to it all newness and the feeling of a soft hand between my fingertips new isn’t new but just old in a new way in a way we haven’t seen before old is new when old is forgotten when old is uncovered when old is rediscovered when…
The Dynamics of Groove 