On those days

On those days
where everything is lost
where no bird comes to the window
where I am not sitting on a volcano
where the wind is not with me,

Gratitude

The relief
of allowing
the truth
that I am not the one
making all of this happen
that I am and always have been
part of a web
of friends and neighbours and strangers
that I do not have to know
everything
that I can say ‘I do not know’
that all the harshness
and the struggle
and the pain
was hung on a lie
that…

Burn the house down

Burn the house down
leave nothing to chance

Take everything outside
and set it on fire

Pour salt on the ashes
and cover them in diesel
then burn them again

The independence of the heart

Being loving brings happiness.
Being unloving brings nothing.

Staying true is hard. For everyone.

Bring water to the thirsty.
Bring love to the unloving.

Being loving always helps

If you want to be happy,
being loving always helps.

If you can’t be loving,
then it helps to remember that
being loving always helps.

Inner manifesto

I will not move 
until you hit your mark
and when you do
in glory
I shall call your name.

Be sure
that every maybe is a no.
And know that you will feel
my yes
in every…