The Fire This Time

Hazy air chokes your lungs To push you toward liquid air To keep climbing the rungs Even if it seems no one cares   You stay inside to dodge the heat Too many cooks in the woods Maybe you turn to an icy treat Stock up on your favorite goods   But what of the […]

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Accumulate Truth, Not Wealth

How many Buddhist monks have a life coach? How often does a Christian monk think about how motivated they are to make money? How often does a child in Thailand beaming with joy because she has food, water, a home and a family who loves her watch Tony Robbins videos on how to become a […]

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Grow Through The Fight

Quell them rages my boy You’re doing just fine Use fire as your toy To pass the bitter time You’re doing better than you feel Loved way more than you can see Because you’re pure and you’re real You are the roots giving life to my tree You can’t fail even if you try There’s […]

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A Prayer To Never Forget Pain

God, Please don’t let me heal so completely I forget what it’s like to be so weighed down with sorrow I want to no longer exist. Please never let me forget how and why people struggle, how and why people are filled with rage and hatred, how and why people cry themselves to sleep, how […]

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The Conductor And The Band

Did you know you are the trumpet Did you know you are the drums We wait for you to thump it As you grasp your weary guns Did you know you are the bass Did you know you are the singer We wait for you to fill the glass As you let your hatred linger […]

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Invincible Youth

There’s no sin in childishness Play even in the cubicle Twirl at your campaign in the wildernesst Until your digits are worn to the cuticles If you feel weak relish in the bitterness Absorb the bullies`s ridicule Relish your petulant fickleness A child never loses in the sandbox Just starts a new game to play […]

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Punchlines Away!

Oscillating between fear of Death And fear of Life Trying to be the laughter In between Delighted by the eternal Magnificent illusion There is any difference End Middle Beginning I Am the Mirror And its reflection We are the perfect joke Punchlines away!

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A Heaven I Cannot Bear

You want me to let you go But I must look at your face To know what I left in the snow The joy in your simple gaze The future we have is warm But I want to die in the cold Between guilt and love I am torn You want your husband to hold […]

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1000 Step Leap

Chasing false energy Fearing the enemy “Without money you’re mine” Unaware of his collected fines I may risk falling back But it is Me he lacks He can buy my body Make my stance shoddy My soul is not for sale Now We know your dark tale Pure fiction told as news Accepted by a […]

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It Seems Better

It seems better when you don’t know why You feel overwhelmed and curl up to cry It seems better when you think death is the end Because you think your shattered heart will never mend It seems better when life appears as random wins and defeats Because the cycles of painful thorns repeat and repeat […]

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