I'm being watched.
It's not paranoia.
I'm being watched.
You are looking at me.
I'm a poem.

I believe
that life
as it is
is the one true refuge
the one true vehicle
and that impermanence
is not about death
but about transformation
change and metamorphosis
so
no death
no birth
life-only!

Sometimes
you feel like a nut
sometimes
you don't.

What's inside
this head
is a bunch
of words
and music
that lead
to experiences
and that's why
I love it.

Looking at history
I see the power
traveling west
around the world
and it seems
like the United States
is losing it
and China
is gaining it
so I think
that power
is not so great
and the happy states
are the ones
without much.

When I officially became a Zen Buddhist
I took the precepts
and promised to practice
being an energetic Buddhist
to which I replied, "Sort of..."
and everybody laughed
but now
about seven years later
I have become energetic
and I really can't believe it myself.

Art is not necessarily a fame thing.
Art is not necessarily a money thing.
Art is not necessarily a work thing.
Art is not necessarily a perfected thing.
Art is not necessarily a difficult thing.
Art is not necessarily a masterpiece thing.

I go down
to the basement
and paint.

I go down
to the basement
and make music.

I come up
to the computer
and write.