Couldn't be more grand!
They "catch your drift"
They understand.

The company of writers
The company of folks
Who "get" your pain
Laugh at your jokes!

They know the need
For being heard
Most people think
Our "play" absurd
And how expression
Can be burred
And inspiration
When it occurs
Can clear the mind
of weeds and burrs
They don't know
The written word.

Through a world
As black as pitch
It's a puzzle
It's a *****
I don't know
I can't say which
Is worse... the scratching...
Or the itch!

But you, my friend
Are part of me
You have my eyes
So you can see
Though we may bicker
And disagree
We are poets

Our mind's are FREE


SoulSurvivor
(C) 5/27/2015

I thought I had known stillness
But not like this

I thought I had known silence
But this was a sacred silence

Dusted off a rock
That lay against the side of the trail
It formed a relaxing chair

I ate my avocado
My popcorn
My apricots
And golden raisins

My headlamp on for a bit
The small moths fluttered in the air

I alone am dull
I alone am confused

I had thought about going to the summit
To see the sunrise

I was too tired
I was at ease
Sitting there

Not desiring
Content to sit
And listen to the Tao Te Ching

My clothes plain
My body a plain earth body

Alone and content
Tao Is Wise Mother

As I walked down the trail
A man with a wooden walking stick walked up

"HI" I said
I thought of my old friend

He has the eternal goodness

I remind myself to be kind in my dealings with others

I saw a moment so pure
That it was beyond words
The deer sitting in a group

One stands
On the brown field

A light breeze
A late afternoon
On the field
South of the monastery

I will return there
I love spending time in nature

I admire the life of the wandering monk
I will usually greet fellow hikers with a friendly hello
Money is of no concern

I enjoy the simple life
Content to live at home
Content to lie against the log
Underneath the oak trees

My therapist she said my poems were beautiful
But she left me

It wasn't her fault
Her husband's company moved and so she
Had to leave her practice

A shame really
To spend sacred time together

Her smile
Her laugh
Now only memories

Don't think
Don't think about her Matt
Or the good times you had

You will only cry

It's okay
It's okay

I feel good
I don't need a companion like her
I have the oak trees and the birds

My friend at the gym
Had a shirt that says, "We are for the birds"
I am for them too

I can enjoy their company
And they will not leave me
Like people do

outside and
i'm spinning around
and around and
the wind starts
blowing and i'm
falling, no, flying
for a moment
through the sky
and then i'm
on the ground
i'm crying, no
i'm laughing, no
i'm free