Accepting the truth
Can be as simple as
Accepting yourself

Dwelling here
Can be hard
Life has a way
Of sneaking up on you
When you least expect it
But every once in a while
A little joy comes
To make it all worth while

We live in the age of technology
Where everything is a quick fix
We get everything instantly
Whether we want it or not
We are bombarded by information
On a daily basis
We often can become overwhelmed
By the senses
And the information
That is being thrown at us
It can be hard
To dissociate from reality
Living in a digital fantasy
Moving farther and farther away
From what is real
We need to be willing
To step away from our technology
Start focusing on what is real
Right in front of our faces
Take time to really see
The actual beauty
That comes from
Connecting with the earth
In real and whole ways
Connecting with people
In real and whole ways
Once you start to see
Reality for what it is
You will start to see
Just how hollow
Those old fantasies
Used to be

We are taught to follow the flow and grind
That tells us we have to work for what we want
We have to put aside our own feelings and dreams
To follow the material idea
Of what we think we should do
We have to go to school
We have to work
We have to stay in the grind
Killing ourselves trying to keep up with the pace
I think part of the reason why there are so many people that are lost
And why there are so many people who are left by the wayside
Who just don't seem to fit
And who seem to get left in the cracks
Its because there is a deeper part of ourselves
That knows that we are meant for so much more

We free fall
Falling through space
Falling through time
Falling through this world
As we move along
Falling out
Falling in
Falling
Sometimes we need to fall a little
So that we can spread our wings
And fly

Life always finds a way
by Ahmad ***
The green permeates
Gives life
Mixture of life and spirit
Rolling into one
Life propagates even in the harshest conditions
Life just want to be free
No matter what you do
Life always find a way
Even when it feels like everything has been burnt away
The green glow of life still flows on
Even in situations where there seems like life shouldn't be
In some of the harshest environments
Life still finds a way
Even in the darkness
Far away from the light
Life persists
It's a lot harder to extinguish life
Then we might think
Just as soon as we think we have a handle
When we start to feel like we have control over life
Life has a way of putting us back in our place
Life was never meant to be controlled
Life is meant to just be
If we allow life to persist
To grow
To flourish
We will find that life will do just fine
If we just let it be

We add a lot of things to ourselves
A lot of weight
A lot of baggage
Emotional stress
Physical limitations
They can help to weigh us down
Adding more as we go along
We can start to feel
Like the weight just keeps bearing down
We can even start to feel
Like the world is bearing down on our shoulders
But slowly and surely we can begin to remove the weights
Lifting yourself and lifting others as well
Living in harmony with yourself
Understanding that your are here
That you are human
And we all have our own weight to bear
It's what you decide to do with it
That truly defines you

Life can seem to spin
Like you are on
A cartwheel
Spinning out of control
Spinning you off
Of the edge
Sometimes
Life can feel
Like it's spinning too fast
Spinning so fast
That you just want to get off
Stop the spinning
Getting a chance
To clear your head
Even if it is only for a minute

I give my heart to you
I know you are there
Waiting in the dark
Even as crazy as the world is
I feel your spirit inside me
Guiding and influencing me
No matter what people might say
Or what people might think
I know your spirit is real
I know you are in my heart
Shining out and healing me along the way
Giving me the light and the love
To show to a world that is in the dark
Being a beacon of light and hope
To the people of the world
And the people around me
I thank you for allowing me to be
Your vessle for love and light
Allowing me to offer love
Through me from you
Even through everything
I have been through
I know you are real
And guiding my steps
That's why I will continue
To give myself to you
Feeling your heart
And your love shaping in me
A little more day by day

Wash us
In your
Cleansing water
Make us whole
With your
Everlasting love
Build us
Mold us
Create us
In your image
Craft us
Washing us
Making us anew
A little more each day
A little more like you
Washing us clean
With your
Everlasting peace
Hope
Mercy
Grace
Washing us clean
Until our hearts shine
Brand new

God heals
God is love
God heals
Hearts and
Minds and
Souls with
His love

Every
SIngle
Thing
Flows
Into
Gods
Ever
Lasting
Love
For
All
His
Children

Even if
We might
Not see
Sometimes
God is always
There waiting
And watching
And shining his
Love wherever he
Goes spreading
That life giving
Universal love
And energy
That he
Gives
To
All

You restore my soul
You life me up lift
Me up until I can't
Get higher reaching
Ever higher and
Quicker and stronger
As we connect in
Love and healing
Passion connecting
Through space
And connecting
Through time
Finding our
Place in the stars
And the heavens
As our souls and
Spirit unite
Let us take flight
As we reach newer
Heights of love
Newer heights of
Passion as we
Continue to restore
And to lift and to
Take each other higher

Its easy sometimes
To rally against something
Especially something we are passionate about
I think sometimes we have to be willing
To step back and really figure out
What we are rallying
Or fighting against in the first place.

Thank you
For my life
Thank you
For everything
Thank you
For giving
That inner light
For allowing me
To see it in others
I am grateful
For your guidance
Even when
I have fallen away
I am thankful
For the mercy
The grace
And the healing
You bestow upon me
Thanks for answering my prayers
Even if its not exactly what I thought
But more importantly
I want to thank you
For the love you give me
Everyday

The highest high
by Ahmad ***
The highest high imaginable
Is achieving your dreams
And obtaining your goals
Feeling worthwhile
And feeling like
You have made
A positive difference
In someone's life
Being able to look back
At everything you have done
And understanding that you
Are exactly where
You are supposed to be

Save the world
I pray
You will
Stretch your love
Stretch your grace
Shower your mercy
To the people who need it
Feeding the children
Feeding people's hearts
Feeding the world
With your light
Feed the hungry minds
Feed the hungry hearts
Showing love
To the the people
Showing kindness
To the people
Sitting out in the storm
Giving your grace and mercy
Showering your love
On all of your children
Healing the world
One heart at a time

The spirit is in everything
The spirit breathes through
The universe and beyond
The spirit know your heart
It knows your soul
The spirit lives inside of you
The spirit is you
Once you see this all other
Illusions will start to fade away
Like a cold memory of days
Gone by where you were
Lost and couldn't find
Your way left to the wayside
In bygone days of darkness
And sadness letting the spirit
Warm your heart and soul
Allowing it to consume
Everything that was
Burdening you
Everything that was
Hurting and causing
You pain to be consumed
In its ever lasting flame
And power
This flame lives in all of us
The flame of creation and
The flame of the spirit
We all carry this ancient
Energy that was there from
The beginning and pouring
Into everything giving
Breathe and life to
Everything it touched

I stare blankly at the stationary
I don't quite know what to say
I know what I need to say
But I just don't really know how to express them
I sit in anticipation
Waiting for my pen to write
Willing my fingers to move
I am wrapped with indecision
Its like my mind and body are frozen
Its almost like they are paralyzed
As if the thought of writing alone
Has caused my mind to falter
I know it needs to be done
I need to set it free
Set free the emotions
The things that you did
The things that I did
The things that we both can't take back
The things that we said to each other
The time that we both can't take back
The anger and the frustration
The love and passion that might still be there
Its all there
Still raw
Real emotions are threatening to grasp me
But I know that I need to write
Need this cathartic ritual
To get rid of everything
And give it all back to you
And be honest
And just write
And get it all out
Before it paralyzes me any further
And keeps me from moving on
And moving forward with my life

Even though
Our bodies
Are apart
Our pure
Connection
Takes me
Higher
Than I
Might
Have
Conjured
Floating
Along as
We soar
Together
Connected
As one in bliss
Bliss of spirit
Healing light
Pouring forth
From our
Very souls
As we
Connect
Deeper
In God
And
Deeper
Flying
Higher
In bliss
As we
Kiss the
Sky
Soaring
Moving
Along as
Our wings
And souls
Unite as one
I feel you
I know you
Are there
I know you
Are in my
Heart and
I know
That you
Were
Heaven
Sent
You
Are
My
Angel
Here on
Earth and
I thank God
Every day
That he blessed
Me with you

Life gets better
You have to believe
Have faith in the storm
Even as deep as the darkness
Things will get better
Persevere
The storm
Has an
End

Grace and love
Peace and grace
God wants to

Anoint us and
To protect us in
His grace and

Mercy and
Everlasting
Love and mercy

He is always
A prayer away
We just have to

Accept that healing
And power and
Strength that

Comes from
Gods ever
Powerful hand

God has all
The mercy and
Power and grace

To heal all wounds
God is the creator
Of the universe

He created our
Hearts and he
Knows the pain

And the trials
And the terrors
And the fears

God is just
Waiting to
Wash us clean

To anoint us
With his peace
With his spirit

Giving us power
And love and peace
And strength to

Last through the
Storm and to pass
The anointing power

To every one
Who calls your
Name in earnest

God will strive
With you in your
Struggles and your

Trials God wants to
Be there to offer you
That strength

You just have to
Accept it and he
Will give it to all

Children who pray
And call out in the night
God will hear you

Dont worry
Help is surely
On the way

Even when things
Seem darkest God
Will light the way

I am light. We are all light floating through space. We all embody God in our own ways. We are not the mistakes we have made in the past. We are not the broken and brittle people the world tried to convince us of. We are all light in our own ways. We are light with substance. I am light. We are light. You are light. We are all light. We are all mirror reflections of Gods grace and mercy for us. We just convince ourselves otherwise. We get so caught up in our mistakes and in the world and we get so lost in the day to day grind that depression and disease and worry and all the other things that afflict can drive us away from that light inside of us. We can begin to rely on everything else to fill that void inside of us. We do everything we can to numb the space and numb the void that is inside of us but ultimately we are all light in our own ways. Even if you have fallen. Even if you are stuck in depression and addiction and are the farthest away from God you have ever been in your life the truth still remains. You are still light. Once you accept that and you find that light in yourself you will find a new strength and a new hope as you begin to understand and see the light in others as well. You will begin to shed the ways of the world and take on and accept the light and the love that is inside of you and even if you fall or if you feel like life is beginning to get too heavy for you to bear just remember that we are all light in our ways. We just have to accept that and God's love instead of listening to a world that tells us otherwise.

We all masquerade
Putting on a daily show
Hiding our real selves

These people here today
They need a place to stay
They have nowhere to go
Nowhere to call their home
And so we must pray
That they will find a way
Back home
Back home
They'll find a way back home
Back home
Back home
A place where they can be
Back home
Back home
A place where they can be
Free
Free
Free
I know they cant find a home
And so they'll always roam
Away from where you are
They'll roam ever far
So that's why we must pray
That they will find a way
Back home
Back home
They'll find their way back home
Back home
Back home
A place where they can be
Back home
Back home
A place where they can be
Free
Free
Free
There's a sun in the sky
There's a moon up above
And yet we all find ways
To deny God's love
Moving ever far
Moving ever away
From our home in the sky
With this home filled with love
So we must be willing to
Find our way back home
Because if we don't
We will stay alone
Alone
Alone
Alone
We must find a way
For our hearts to stay
So that they will never roam
And we can find a home
Back home
Back home
We'll find a way back home
Back home
Back home
A place where we can be
Back home
Back home
A place where we can be
Free
Free
Free
Free

Our angels in the sky
They watch down on us
Giving us strength and
Protection whenever we
Need it spreading light
And love to the people
You meet and shining
Through you reflecting
Gods love for all of his
Children spreading
Peace and love to all
Who need it and
Reaching out to help
Others find their wings
And to fly as well
Soaring through the
Sky and above all trouble

We feel at alert
Every day
We are
Bombared
By life
We are
Bombarded
On every
Side
Its easy
To get lost
Losing
Our way
As we
Move along
We need
To learn
How to
Live in peace
Turning off
Our alert
Our alarms
Learning
How not
To feel so
Bombarded
Learning
How to
Float along
Letting life
Float around
You
So that
You can
Actually
Rest

Marble and stone
Hard and rigid
Some people
Are like marble
And stone
They are so rigid
In themselves
And in their ideals
That they can
Not compromise
They would
Rather crash
Break
Destroy
Everything
And everyone
Around them
Just to keep
From having
To move from
Their own rigid
Ideals
The same ideals
That confine them
And restrict them
Keep them from
Moving forward
And being able
To understand
How life really is
But sometimes
It's good to be broken
So that you can be
Remolded
And to change you
Into the person
That you were
Always meant to be

I am who I am
No more
No less
I am who I am
I make no
Excuses
For the person
I am
I am me
There is no one
In the whole
Wide world
Who is like me
There is no one
Like you
You are you
There is no one
In the world
Like you
Never make excuses
For who you are
For the person
You are inside
You are an individual
There is no one
Who can be like you
There is no one
Who can change you
But yourself
You must be able
To be you
To love you
To know you
So that you can know me
To know myself
Is to know everything else
To know yourself
Is to know everything else
Reaching inside
Reaching the oneness
That connects us all
Together
When we get to that point
You realize I am me
You are you
We are individuals
Yet we share the same heart
Beating individually
But all at once

Its a shame
That people
Have to hurt
In this world

I can feel the
World and the
Pain that is in
It but what I

Also feel and
Sense is this
General raise
Of conscience

That is also
Happening
Right before
Our eyes

I soar above
The world in
My thoughts
Sending my

Angels out to
Give love to the
World and to
Shine grace and

Mercy and love
To the people of
The Earth that
Could use it the

Most but what
I have also sensed
And even felt inside
Of myself is growing

Its like a quickening
Everything is faster
Speeding towards
An ever more chaotic

World that we seem
To understand less
And less about but
What I have also

Felt and witnessed
Myself is also the
General raise of
Conscience of the

People that see
The truth for
What it is and
Bringing in that

Diving healing
And love and
Understanding
The true workings

Of God and our
Mother but also
Understanding
And comprehending

The oneness and the
Unity that is inside
Of our hearts if we
Connect with the

Love and the spirit
That is residing in
Our hearts and
Moving towards

A more connected
And whole future
Where people act
Out of love and

Peace instead of
Hate and anger
And start seeing
The world for

The beautiful
And wonderful
Place it truly
Can become

The reign of man is obsolete
We think we rule this planet
We think we are in charge
We think that we are free
To use the animals
To use the air
To use the earth
To use this planet
To use each other
To get ahead
Synthesizing chemicals
Synthesizing drugs
Synthesizing people
Synthesizing animals
Even changing the very nature
Of nature itself
But we aren't in control
As much as we think we are
The more we try and control nature
And the more we try and control each other
The more we will realize
That we shouldn't be trying to control
Or trying to change
Or trying to manipulate nature
Or even other people
Its amazing
We have more than what we need
To provide for ourselves
Provide for our mother
To provide for this planet
If we were to actually live in harmony
Living with the animals and the planet and each other
Instead of trying to control and to manipulate and to alter and change

Bombs are going off
All over the world
People are fighting
Dying every second
Every minute someone
Else passes away because
Of war and hate and pride
Bombs go off in the night
They go off during the day
Snatching life in their wake
Leaving nothing but a hole
In the ground as they wound
The Earth and wound each
Other as bullets fly over head
Not always finding their target
But always leaving damage
Somewhere as the fly along
Carnage and destruction and
Hatred all over the world
The world needs a healing
She is weary of the wounds
That bombs and bullets and
Man inflicts on the Earth and
Even to each other in the
Advancement of war and
Anger and hatred and greed
Propagating death and disease
Destroying the Earth and her
Children as well and leaving
People without a place to stay
Without a home as they wonder
The globe wondering how they
Are going to feed themselves
And their families when they
Have been violently torn away
From everything they know
Because of war and what has
Been claimed that was never
Meant to be taken in the first
Place to begin with and staking
Claim on the land and on the
Hearts and will of the people
That just happen to be there
At the time just trying to live
Their lives their way until
Bombs fly over head and
Death finds them like a
Thief taking everything
They have ever known
Forever changing them
And the world around them
We need a healing and the
Earth needs a rest from all
Of these bombs and wars
And bullets that tear through
Our mother's heart as she
Watches her children destroy
Needlessly for no good reason

Your throne room glistens
I sit and listen
I can feel you calling to me
You pull me to you
I can not resist
I feel you
Breathe you
So effortlesly
I can feel you inside of me
Touching me
We become one
An act of love or an act of insanity
One may never know
But I do know that since you touched
I have never been the same

Elevate yourself
Get past the mundane
Get past the physical
And see the world
For what it is

History can be a mystery
It can be what defines us
Or it can be what we try
To hide when we look at
Our lives and we realize
Our history makes up a
Little more of us than we
Would like to pretend but
Ultimately you have to
Accept your history so
It wont be a mystery and
You can move forward
With clarity in your
Life and understanding
That your journey is
Not as confusing or
As complicated as
We make it out

Gia
by Ahmad ***
Gia I adore you
I emplore you
Give us one more chance
Your children's folly knows no bounds
We seem bent on destruction
Bent on our own twisted ideas of justice
That justify the destruction of others
We can not see
We can not hear
The cry of Gia
The cry of our mother
She cries for us
She cries for herself
She cries for all creation
How much longer must she cry
Before we hear her
Before we recognize her
And we allow our beautiful mother Gia
To breathe
To heal
To sing
And to live

Angel personified
I see your light
I feel your heart
I can sense the
Healing light
That flows from you
Flows from your soul
Bathing you in its
Life giving glow
I see your wings
Shining bright
Allowing you
To fly the highest heights
Soaring into the sky
Flying above everyone else
Sharing your light
And your love
And your healing energy
With everyone around you

There are just some people
Who are just so filled
With love and light
Its almost like
They glow all over
Angels in disguise
Helping others
To see the light
And to find their ways
Shielding people
With their wings of love
Giving grace
Peace
Mercy
Kindness
And good will
Wherever they go
We have all met
These angels in our lives
Coming and extending themselves
When we really need it
Giving us that life raft
To keep us afloat
When we really need it the most

The ephemeral
Is all around us
That inner spark
That inner flame
Is all around us
The spiritual
The little life
Flowing in
Everything
The healing
The miraculous
The wholeness
The filling
Of joy
Love
Light
God
Shining
In everything

This world is a wonderland
Its a wonder to behold
This wonderful
Beautiful place
We all call come
Its a wonder
To be alive
A wonder
To be here
A wonder
To get the chance
To learn
To grow
To thrive
To struggle
Getting closer
To the truth
Of everything death
Accepting  life
Accepting everyone
Accepting yourself
And accepting
The love
And the truth
And sharing
That beauty
With others

The sound of life
Is a beautiful chorus
Playing many tunes
All playing at once
Yet they all have their own unique sound
There own unique part
All playing along
Creating this beautiful chaos
This beautiful mess that is all around us
We can feel the song
The song of the universe
The song of the stars
The song of the earth
The song of the people
We all have our own voice
We all make up our own unique note
Playing in beautiful harmony
Beating the same heart
Beating to many different drums

The whole of everything
Is always more simple
Than we really think
We as humans tend to complicate things
We have a hard time accepting that some things in this world
Are better left alone
Our hearts will tell us what is really important
If we are willing to accept that the whole of everything
Is that we are all whole in our own ways
Our hearts always know the truth
We just have to understand and let go of the things that we tell ourselves
The things that keep us from truly being free
That keep us chained to hate
And the things that keep us from accepting others
And seeing the light in our fellow man
That tells us that we are somehow better
Or that are actions somehow don't matter
That keep us bound to the material
That tells us we have to play the game
That we have to step over other people
That its inevitable that some people have to be hurt
Some people have to be at the bottom
To keep certain people at the top
That war and pain and diseases and poverty and ignorance
Are just acceptable parts of life
Its just something you can't avoid
And a fate that you can't escape
But the heart knows
The whole of everything
Is always more simple
Then we really think
We tend to complicate things
We are all whole in our own ways
We just have to find the truth in us all

Sometimes we can
Miss the forrest
Trying to look
At what is right
In front of us
Instead of focusing
On what is around us
Not understanding
The true beauty
Mystery
And healing
That living
Can bring
We have to be able
To see the bigger picture
Understanding
We are more connected
Than what we think
Living in peace
With each other
And everything
Around us

Sometimes its easy
To think of someone as crazy
Thinking of them
As somehow being different
Separate from society
Different from other people
A harm to society
A harm to themselves
They must be contained
Because if we just let them run free
They might just upset the system
And upset everyone else around them
I think sometimes we need
To pay a little more attention
To the people that society
Has deemed as crazy
Or somehow unfit
To work into society
Sometimes its because
They have understood
And seen a little more of this world
Then they would really like
And some of them are just naturally sensitive
And so the world seems like a strange and foreign place
Some people are tossed out
Because they are seen as dangerous
But I think we need to be questioning
The rules and regulations
And what we consider to be normal
In our own society
Before we can start calling other people crazy
We are all a little crazy in our own ways
It just depends on how
We deal with the ourselves

Black is the color of the dirt
Black is the color of life
The black soil in our souls
Helping us to grow strong
Composting the dark times
Composting the good times
Taking all of the nutrients
And mixing them together
We couldn't have light
Without dark
Everything has its value
We go through turmoil
We have struggled
Had our turmoil
We have been kicked down
And put down
And yet there is strength
Even in the darkness
Still bringing light
To all who are willing to see

Paradise is only
A moment away
Trapped in our hearts
We are always
Just a moment away
From paradise
Each time I look
I see happiness
Tucked in between
The mourning
And the sadness
Paradise
Is waiting
We are all
Only a moment away
From paradise
Look into your eyes
Look into your heart
It's never too hard to find
If you know where to look

The eternal
The life
The beating
Of the drum
The drum of our hearts
Connecting
Connecting through spirit
Connecting
One drum
One beat
Drumming through many hearts
Collecting together
Coalescing into spirit
Flowing into
And through us all
Connecting us to the earth
Connecting us to the heavens
Our hearts are beating
Eternal
Life everlasting
In a breathe
In a heart beat
Breathing life into ourselves
Beating together
Many drums
Connected to the earth
Through space and time
Eternally

We all lust
We all have
That passionate part of ourselves
The ******
The sensual force
That lives in all of us
Driving us mad at times
Clouding our minds with passion
Thinking about it
How something as simple as touch
Can be so intoxicating
Even a look
Can drive you insane
From across the room
How even a thought can be enough
To drive you to distraction
Touching
Kissing
Living in the moment
Reveling in the touch
In the pleasure
Joining as one
We all have lust inside of ourselves
It can drive us insane
Driving us to dizzying heights
We must embrace our ****** side
Embrace ourselves and even embrace our sexuality
Or else we will live repressed
Afraid to connect to our more ****** side
And ultimately denying our bodies as well
So live passionately and lust to your hearts content
As long as you are all having fun

I want
To know
You better
Let me see you
A little closer
I know you are there
Hiding in the dark
I can see your light
Shining inside
Even when things
Seem dark
When it feels like
You are hiding
Like you have
Gone away
You always
Let me know
In your own way
You are still there

Touch can be very important
We all need to be touched
We all need to feel like we are beautiful
In our own ways
Learning to embrace our selves
Embracing the warmth
That can come with a simple touch
With a simple hug
I don't think we allow ourselves to be touched enough
We spend so much time guarding ourselves
We have spent so much time demeaning ourselves
Demeaning our bodies
Sexualizing ourselves
Demonizing touch
Even demonizing our bodies
Ultimately repressing ourselves
We need to be able to allow ourselves to be more open to touching
And hugging
And just spending time
Connecting in intimate and healing ways

The glue that binds us
Is that everlasting love
That is in our hearts