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Notes from the Abyss
It's been said that poetry is a history of the human soul.
What stories will our souls share?
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The fall
I am beginning to brown, my time has come. All used up, I’ve served well. But I fear the fall, I’m not ready to go. So I cling hard to...
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Infinite impermanence
We travel— Through vast outer space. Within time, But out of place. Stuck in between, We know the cost, To live boldly In the face of...
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Who am I?
I am the space from whence the world came, Here but for a moment till mind and delusion tame. The hole in the flute, the pen of the Lord,...
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The Circle- 7: The Kingdom
The Circle’s story is now complete The smoky fire, turned to heat. Burned up the roots, exposed the seed, The selfless Self can now be...
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The Circle- 6: Return
Now all I want is to go home, Not to walls of brick or stone But to the vast veranda of silence— The limitless expanse of eternity. To...
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The Circle- 5: Satori
All of life is suffering, True, but is it noble? And no matter what I do My life turns to rubble. I cannot live with myself. But wait— ...
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The Circle- 4: Burden of Adulthood
The weight of the world is crushing my chest, Stealing life from each step and wind from my breath. I try to do right, but the road...
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The Circle- 3: Adolescence
Growing, gains are a pain, and my bones hold the weight As my fears and my dreams fight to proliferate. The conflicts are plenty, and...
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The Circle- 2: Fall from grace
To be young and free from worry, till we ate from the tree whence came duality. I long to remember my Father’s throne In a home my...
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The Circle- 1: Birth
Into light, mine eyes open wide From the belly to the beast I can’t remember From whence I came. They give me a name And take me from my...
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The Circle- 0. Conception
Two single cells The culmination of centuries Of trials and of triumphs Of love and of loss Two single cells Join as One Two single...
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Kindness
Kindness Evil’s shadow looms To fight back rebounds, instead Kill them with kindness
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W.M.D.- Words of Mass Destruction
W.M.D.- words of mass destruction Metal, gunpowder Not the only tools we use We kill with words too
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Killing
Killing Life disconnected To kill means that I believe My life is worth more
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Atomic
Atomic Building block of life Minute, opens great power Like present moment
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The gap
The gap Life moves in a blur Mind maintains a hurried pace Mind the gap instead
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No body
No body I am nobody The world thinks, I’m nothing. Good. I am no body
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Pathless
Pathless Searching for myself Can one find what’s never lost? Self realization
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On Brevity
On Brevity It’s hard to be brief Clutter is a bad habit Limits clear the mind
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son
Dear mother, I left home Because I thought I could do it alone. I lost it all I wanted to return, But I was too ashamed. I didn’t think...
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