pieces of humanity

When I walk out that door
When I choose the shoes that are on my feet
When my self is my own
And I own myself
Perspective will turn and look me in the eye
Fear will abandon our friendship
And circumstance will become meaningful
The measure of chaos will equal the measure of precision
My hands will join the masses of change
There is a giant picture
Painted on the life of humanity
But I am all stuck on one corner of it.
It is acceptable, in fact it is encouraged
to draw no conclusion and keep seeking the pieces
As I get closer to meaning
To "enlightenment"
Something grabs my ankles and pulls so hard that I am bruised for days,
sometimes bruised for life
As long as my overall trajectory is forward
is nearer
is closer
Than I will continue to seek truth
To let this that is within me to push me forward
Into a beautiful existence
now and forevermore

here kitty kitty

A friend told me about a cat in a box
How fate changes with every opened lid
And the photons are firing
To change the outcomes of time
It is tiring to jump from dimension to dimension
So I stay on one track
One scenario.
Maybe if the lid is kept closed
You spare the life of the cat
But what happens to the life of the man?

day not forgotten

I am haunted through the night
I wake to a day left behind
One dove sailing high
I brought down with a bat of my eye.
I can only learn
I can only push forward
A bad day, a dead bird, a failure, an empty pocket
cannot claim my soul.
I have misplaced my straight across smile
I may have left it at the foot of tomorrow
But I deny the lies that clog my head
I put down the fried promises of perfection
and leap toward painful mistakes of growth
The stretch marks of life are itching today
at my sad lonely display of failed tries.

It's pulling at my feet,
It's nagging at my soul,
My eyes have grown tired of these sights
My body is growing older
My mind is wiser
but my feet are stuck
I love the surroundings
but hate where I sit
There is a hope
a change
But my eyes are too foggy
the sky is overcast
and the sun is setting.
Just one more night
and earth keeps turning
and I will see the sun.
Not through the smog
but peeking over the mountain tops
bright and crisp.
And when this day comes and I can clearly view my breath
The features around me will change
Some will sing
and some will rearrange themselves
away from me
but know that I have sought truth and found peace.
I know the beginning of love and the end of hate.
and I am imagining life
and I am dreaming new dreams
and now in this moment I live.

beep beep beep

This is your alarm clock speaking.
You are late for a very important existence.
The sun is awaiting your opened eyelids,
And I have grown tired of beeping.