stumbled into silence
tongue-tied

empty of words
love slayed my heart.

Moving from mere observation and listening
sliding into silence, all separation evaporates
and you become one with your surroundings
so much so that you feel you have disappeared.

sheltered from the Sun in the shade of an Oak
dappled shade playing across your skin
have you and the tree become one
do you and the tree have a new understanding
will you be there when the tree finally falls
a ghost standing by an old friend in their dying need.

I used to think I had something someone wanted.
I was young innocent and not drunk.
I don't have power influence or even money for you honey.
Just this empty soul with no where to be but where I am

open to me the gates of love
let loves gaze burn off all my dross
that so I may with pure heart love, love back.

i mean aren't i supposed to know
where to go and how to feel
what happens? when i'm abandoned.
on this raft in a sea called my emotions
im afloat but my heart is drowning.
i still alive but the sharks are surrounding.
the same sharks that feed
on the broken moments in my head
AS I LAY IN MY BED
i lay, in my bed and stare at the ceiling
convincing myself its okay to be mistreated
is it

The weight seems to squeeze the air from your lungs
its a feeling that stays, doesn't it

The sharpest weapons are tongues
but they are also the kindest tools

The wielder of a mighty tool brings peace
so listen to the simple still non-still of earth

Breath in deep and use the kindest tool you have on you.

within constant change
flexible creatures
weather all storms.