Cast not your eyes, on the sight

Of overwhelming light

Ease instead, forgo your tread

Float within the night

Break from shore

Become unmoored

Drift endlessly away

Wake will rest

Bow parts the crest

Come not what will, but may

From out the fog I did emerge

Enlightened faintest spark

Black and viscous bile purged

The past nor future dark

From whence I came

I did not come

To where I go, no place

Each part that forms the total sum

Eternal, not erased

You rise faster now

the earth shrinking below

wind tangles your hair

the howl of it calling

Higher still you are carried

swept clean of the noise

Let it go

all of it

become the sky

Temper reactions

Quiet the mind

Discover dispassion

Awareness refined

Release the contractions

Unclench and unwind

Refrain from distraction

Presence divined

Unbound and unravel twines of time

Threads of self to weave

Cloth worn tight in truths will bind

Threadbare facades deceive

Where is the I that pretends to be

There is no one that sees

Self perception is deception

Senses appear as me

In time, a correction,

Meander through tangled brush,

Paths whisper softly.

Astride past and now,

Trodden soil yields hidden seeds,

Shadows of tall oaks.

The earth cool, inviting,

Each step sows what once was lost.

Cede now; walk, create.

The sun so bright, I want to stare

Life too short, no time to spare

Out of sight, so goes my mind

I’ll take a chance, no risk I find

Patient virtue? Forgo that fuss

In me, this moment, I do trust

Who knows, who cares, that’s what I say

Forget the others, callooh, callay

Why wait around, for safeties net

Jump right out, I’ll take that bet

Seems just fine, I want some fun

Eyes wide open, I love that sun

Heated passion, stoked by lies

Angry masses, hateful eyes

Fog of fear, hides the truth

Careless actions, blind to proof

Powers grip, your leaders seek

Fear of failure, masks the weak

Thrashing hides, while grabbing reigns

Horses trample, actions feigned

Who are they, these blacked sheep

Faithful following, those that reap

Division sowed, by planted hate

Violent ends, are what await

blind with passion

truth worn thin

proof now lashing

thin orange skin

lies belie

shallow proof

victims cry

remain aloof

pitter patter

flitter flutter

floating on the breeze

awash in nothing

thoughtless wander

head among the trees

Hold not tight the river's edge

Though rocks and falls may lie ahead

Drift along the current strong

Now as then flows endless on

Flourished phrases

Carouse the pages

Drunk from clever turns

Paint wears thin

Rot within

When brevity is spurned

1

Break through hollow idol’s pride

Tattered walls be breached

Head held high while truth astride

Love of life beseeched

2

Upon the mantle idols stare

Aware the idle cannot bare

The greater truth which hides below

Instead they trudge with fear in tow

3

With reckless abandon I did proceed

To fell the wild and restless steed

Upon which rode a tyrant tall

How grand to watch the mighty fall

1

From cradle to the grave

The meek as well the brave

Spurn gifts of time

Their hopes aligned

With ends that never save

2

No fanfare awaits

Or songs to inspire

Our future with fate

The day we expire

Daylight bleeds away

Summer falls to winter

Cold, dark blanket draped

Heavy on my shoulders

Thou may one day allay

Thine mind of fear’s decay

Forgo a path

Thou art a raft

Float rudderless away

Pretty purple petals settle

On the walking path

Divined, thine eyes, to view this prize

Whosoever hath

Who is the I that wants to do

The me that tries to be

Senses, thoughts, flowing through

A space that is perceived

Mind relaxed

Open and free

Moments arise

Sit back and receive

Light and dark

Silence and sound

Feel the breath

Body firmly aground

Receive and accept

Nothing given to take

Glimpse

Do not hold

Perception awake