Challenge rules the kingdom of reason
Compassion is the queen of heart
Indifference breaks the circle of suffering

That's about all ... but if you want more

Meaning rests within the arrow of time

I divorced words
and with them
all I once loved
left behind

You know that
in a day or two
--in several days,
if I am lucky--
everything will change
I won't email you,
won't talk to you,
I won't be able
to even look at you

So easy colors change
living with depression ...

Oh, my sweetest dream
do not tell me
your worst fears
your darkest nightmares
I never appreciated
the purity
of your tender soul

If I leave,
       it's not a reflection
                 on who you are:
The time has come.

We SCREAM
       when we cannot hear
when we are not heard

Listen
     to the ****** of vibrant red
          green, yellow
              and blue
to see
      everything is fine
           we are fine
things are
      the way they should be
and there is no need
      to shout and scream

Listen
     and be free

Thoughts are like shadows, ghosts, or spirits
Or, maybe, they are more like flies?
They come, they go, but often, they hang around
And they leave a stain when you push them too hard

Act I: One

Giant pines are
dancing carelessly
Soon,
it will flow
all over me
and we'll be united
in indifferent coldness
of snow flurries
of winter gusts


Act II: Letter to Santa

Dear Santa,
Please ask North Pole winds
to take me to arctics
where my thoughts would freeze
and my soul would rest in peace
Coldest regards,
Lotus


Act III: Wolves

Night is descending
Something moves among trees
humming, hissing, and howling
just like an angry beast

It finds the demons inside me
they are circling around me
their eyes impatient
waiting for their feast

In a moment of weakness
they will attack me
tear me apart
salty sweat and ****** mist

Before ten thousand steps, I
squint my eyes for the
Temple suspended in clouds