Complacent in reverie A broken sudden melody More now we know the cause Heavy enough to give us pause And the misery sags even more Seems we forgot too long To sing a finer joyous song Now we crave held back revenues As we speed up and down avenues We feel we’re racing against time […]

Read More A Melody Disaster

We seek not to be Vicious memories of yesterday Nor idyllic visions of tomorrow For the former binds us to a sorrowful soil that will never bear new trees, And the latter creates ladders with legs that may break under the imbalanced weight of misplaced expectations. But oh the fright of living in what is […]

Read More The Immortal Nothingness

I keep getting stuck in this rut of pushing people away because if I never build connections or trust with people, especially romantic relationships, I can avoid the deep heartbreak when they inevitably violate, betray me or try to seriously hurt or kill me. It’s only been since leaving Denver after being abandoned by my […]

Read More The Criminality Of Distrust

I’m trying to ride the tidal wave Of shame and anger Me on the crippled raft Just wanting a second oar As my dark mind roars If I throw myself over and drown My distant friends won’t find my body Either way they will wear frowns Broken I left with a boat too shoddy Why […]

Read More Every Iceberg Has A Warm Heart To Dig To, Nestle In And Die And Die And Die And Freeze To Death Back Into Eternal Life Because He Now Knows The Most Brutal Of Winters So Can I Only Be A Forever And Ever Summer That Melts The Entire Ocean And Washes Away All The Collective Hurt Of A World Unaware Of The True Weight Or Cause Of The Long Drought Shadowed Over Our Playground Because Death Just Can’t Stand The Way We Want To Play Without Wounds So We Will Drown Him In His Own He Refuses To Treat

Am I dying Or is pain being removed To allow the impossible Of everlasting joy? Am I impossibly weak For asking for outward love Because I can’t find it inside? Can I shuck away self denial Or is it perpetually me Does Eve/God truly love me Or just wanting to take the remains of my […]

Read More Eternal Doubt Is My True Love

Chances are As you’ve made it this far The cigarettes and needles Won’t stick around as tar Chances are Your scars from the streets Will be a mere memory A warrior’s scar You may see a loser A crippled outcast all lost But I see a love chooser Not willing to pay the cost Of […]

Read More Chances Are

This meditation exercise I think of as a game was recommended to me when I first began my meditation practice years ago when I had been avoiding meditating because of the terrifying prospect of just being with my mind. Like many I was immersed in the busyness of everyday life working a full-time stressful job, […]

Read More Meditation For Beginners: The Mindfulness Game

Many initially approach the Buddhist concept of impermanence with fear because it means moments of joy are fleeting and do not stick around. The irony is anyone who feels fearful or sad about that, as I often have, tends to be those who have few moments of joy in their lives anyway, and we’re all […]

Read More The Impermanence of Loneliness

If you are consistently hated, ridiculed or constantly criticized by those around you, and you or others find it confusing because you are generous and kind on a regular basis, know you are surrounded by jealous, narcissistic people who want to bring you down to their level. Being so hated, misunderstood and feeling the strong […]

Read More Bullied People Are Gifts To Humanity

True joy comes from giving without expecting anything because you recognize what you have already received that brang you joy in the past. This world is broken and harsh in part because people too often fall prey to amnesia stemming from complacency and a lack of gratitude. In this way, practicing gratitude makes it easier […]

Read More Be A Generosity Scientist