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Dan Hess Apr 2022
it started with a sense 

of a soft glow, a soft heart

a soothing subtle warmth

and inherent trust



the heart grows fonder
under water

swelling with it all


Becoming its own ocean

it grows heavy



but we are born of breath

and ever air

and light as one could be



the mind is tidal

tumult, earth nestled

a thunderstorm
in a closed off room

at times



we are weather before we find

we are forever, shifting, but divine


i doubted, but the signs kept coming

i doubted, but Love did not

Spirit never tarried

and I was never truly lost



a warm wind, northward bound

the sunlight nourishing

evaporating sorrow, creating spring

the sun let seeds sown blossom



i was inundated and exhausted

resting in rain and shade

full of fear that thunder could shake

and split the earth i grew from



but, always harboring faith,

i grew



it started with a sense of ease

and ended with a shout

in celebration



now my only storms

are joyful tears

quenching earth
Dan Hess Apr 2022
Even with clammy hands
and cold feet
and fear that trickles in
from yesterday's rain
I am loved I am loved I am loved

Always warm hearted

I am fire, ash, and phoenix
I am ever-burning star
I am infinitesimal;
I am astronomical

Scatter me over the boundless and vast
For, even if I should reach
the farthest corners of this universe,
I will always be whole
Dan Hess Mar 2022
I wake this morning to soft white,

welcoming overcast skies

the wind surge goes to and fro 

misting pitter patterned rain

upon my window pane



Each thrush and intermittent hush

coaxes my heart back to sleep

and after the rock tense stress of yesterday

it’s a well needed reprieve



For someone so prone to noise sensitivity

I sure do love birdsong, and the static

background, whispering wind


even the humming, mechanical noise, in the distance

contributes as an instrument in an unscripted song

and the cars passing by on the road play along



I think about how poetry can be

struggling to unwrap yourself

when you’re all wound up with rope

and ending up tripping

because every one way ties you up another



Or it can be rhythmic and enchanting;

a magical dance with fate and space

where the mind locks in and the heart beats

in tune with passing waves above, around, within

and everything is beautiful til the heart sinks



because it’s frustrating, knowing

some days the ocean fills you up

and you’re levitating

and it’s POWER in its most essential form

choosing you, flowing through you

and nothing can stop the poem from being born



other days, staring at a page

eyes glazed over, heart full of rage

wanting catharsis, fearing art has become

just a sensitive kid who’s afraid to take the stage



don’t look at me, don’t see me, please

if you don’t care, don’t fake it

i miss the days I’d freely say

whatever stole my heart to break it



but don’t forget me, please forgive

i can’t do this alone

i’ve given everything to this

i’ve made this place my home



all the while the funny little mind wanders

casting prismatic pebbles in the dark

for just a glint

whilst the great cosmic laughter erupts

and the hologram blinks

exposing everything
as light
Dan Hess Mar 2022
In the beauty and splendor of the morning light
there is newfound glory, and truth to behold
Through toils and troubles I have found my might
In transmuting darkness, does love unfold

With every step I take, 
though I fear my back may break
and life may beat me down, 
and all seem to forsake

When every moment squandered seems
a waste of life in bated breaths,
and harrowing the mysteries, 
that come just before death

I know my heart cannot be free
of life and love and precious things
I’ll be rebirthed in sanctity
surrendering to spring
Dan Hess Feb 2022
the pursuit of happiness rarely ever
feels fruitful to me, as a pursuit, anymore
but when it is acknowledgement of inherent joy,
it is abundant and flourishing,
like sunlight, water, or air
Dan Hess Feb 2022
Everything is Being, in its most quintessential form. I'm reading The Doors of Perception, and while I disagree with a lot of what Huxley says in the book, the concept of "Suchness" as an ever present fundament of reality is close to my heart. I think the mind, in its folly, approaches that graceful bumbling and stumbling through which the overarching world, too, transpires into Being. Things that seem imperfect are tantamount to the immaculacy of the Pattern.
People see seasons and cycles, years, and births and deaths. They see decay and blossoming. They see in this the liminality of truth, and understand, as we do the contained and confounding grid-work of particles under force forming atoms forming forms, that all things are bleeding at the edges. The problem of identity is age old and often understood to be Oneness. This concept permeates philosophy, religion and culture; we are social animals, bound to Love to survive and coexist. We seek to understand ourselves, to understand the world, to make something of This. It's simple, and it isn't. We're making do with what we have. I think everything makes sense, and we struggle to make sense out of everything, because we are tethered to the corporeal illusion of separation; and I think, that is perfect, too, because it facilitates awareness of connection through reflection.
There is a great, profound truth in that all things are one body, but that doesn't make this any less "real."
Real is just a word; what matters is how we choose to use it.
Dan Hess Feb 2022
bombardment of the senses
enlightened but inundated
the mind cracks, and self  
is exposed as vacuous
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