The carnage in my wake
The cascading consequences

I look for catharsis in the trauma

Hoping to make peace
   with the past
Probing for purpose
   in each moment
Seeking out
   soothing music
   for the troubled soul

I try to let go
   of the judgments
And surrender
   to the now

Clear colored lines
Glowing in the night
A memory from
A simpler time

The illusion of order
In a chaotic world
Where man's folly
Challenges
The relentless march
Of the natural sphere

Slain by his own sword
The human race
Always wants more
Than Mother Earth
Is ready to give

All it takes
Is a hurricane
Or a major quake
To show us
Who is in charge
Who will win

Though this moment
  be dark
Rest assured
Just as
   the sun rises
So too
   this gloom
   will pass

There is no need
   for struggle
Just as
   there is no need
To push the river
   or raise the sun
Choose your battles
Find your center
   and lift yourself
   up

Ripples
Radiating out
All the way to the edge

A beacon
Broadcasting a message
To all and sundry

Pure or disrupted
The message remains the same
One message for all

Find your truth
The truth of Deep Knowing
But know
It is only
Your truth

Heady aspirations
   by and of the mind
The Ego pushing
   attempting to prove
   it is divine

But the struggle
   is long
Ultimately futile
Wrought of story
   an attempt to blind

Clarity at the edges
But blind in the middle
Myopically navigating
This treacherous terrain

Feeling put upon
And put off
The mind wanders
Lost in fog

Until at last
I yell STOP
Breathing in my essence
To be who I am

Stripping away
   the pain
A rough and raw
   surface below
Shows the scars

The void filled with
   sad nostalgia
The suffering
   wasn't easy
But it was
   my companion
Familiar
   dependable

Fighting the urge
   to return to the past
I breathe into
   the empty space
Hoping to seed it with
   new promise