Dark bulk of a single bird, With red puffed up chest, As winter’s breeze sways his perch…

Just a small part of me wants strife to go away, to return to a kinder time. Am I just losing courage? Life is draining me,

It’s a billion stars moving and co… While we sleep. It’s one miracle after another and… We do not take the leap. It’s the great heave of nature

Ambition seems overrated at this time of life, effort seems more like strife. In my youth I was motivated by a hungry desire

Harsh reality smacks like a slap of cold wind. Sometimes I’m a tough sailor, at the helm,

Some days you’re in bliss, Some days you’re in pain. Some days you’re up in the clouds, Some days you’re down in the flame… Some days you get what you want

Life is but a dream, our fantasies, spill, like liquid tears that pool and vaporize into the air.

Inhale, the arms float up, Exhale, the arms float down, Namaste, at the heart. Inhale, the body bends, Hands at top of mat,

Driving through the small towns of America, children of all colors playing in the streets, some with tattered clothes

Half a world away, I walk a narrow, stone path. In the rice fields, the Balinese people

Cool breeze rustles through the tr… drifting into my open door and leads me to the window to see leaves falling with abandon. Highlights of red and gold lace

Time passing by now In a blink of the eye, In the clap of a hand, In the chirp of a bird, In a flash of light

As we shared stories, The warm hum of voices heard, A cup of love spilled.

What is the happiest moment of the… When I make someone laugh When I am of use for the good When I show kindness When I hold a hand

On a walk this morning, the rocky cliffs that reach the blue-green sea, talk of strength today.