"i would"

i would rather practice
            dharma
than be my
            self
but

"I Want You"


I want you
To be
I don't want you
To yell at your child
I don't want you
To hurt others
I don't want you
To distract yourself
With acts of violence
So I must give you the power
To stop
I want you
To be

"I Want"


I want nothing
But the universe
Floating in a dew drop
On a withered rose

"I Wait"


I wait for echoes
To burst my mind
Forward to beauty
Inspired words
Are sweet

I strive in effort
To shape my thoughts
To patterns of sincerity
Labored words
Are sweet

"It Is Better"


It is better to help
Another
Than to write a poem
My energy
Twisted many miles
Seeking the light
Finally flowing forth
In beautiful, truthful
Words
I love them deeply
And will not run
From my soul
But I see and see and see
It is better to help
Another
Than to write a poem

I saw an Eagle motionless
As stagnant kite on string
A pedigree of silence fell
The ticks refused to bring
Their avalanche of next demurred
Grey bellows ceased to sigh
Aged Heavens dared to dissipate
And toll the fresh of night

"It is Alive!"


One expanse
       out to the edge      and beyond
It is alive ! !
       ants      dogs      people      big elephants
Limited views
       wondering      why me?      why me?
Give me !      Give me !
       veritable puberty of the brain
Forever never ending
       until we volition it