Today I am made up of salt and tears

I can look within and see my fears

I walk into the ocean wondering why

As I melt away, the ocean is I

I burn up bright with hope and desire

Just like the light of a raging fire

I sit in the flames wondering why

As I turn to ashes, the fire is I

With each verse I write, I leave

With each verse You read, I return

With each leaving and returning

I rejoice, I mourn

With each waning moon, I long for more

With each full moon, I am complete

In this waning and waxing

I am empty, yet replete

With each breath that leaves, I die

With the next I take, I live again

In this dying and living

I stand unafraid in the rain

With each word I speak, I offer myself

Each word You hear, my offering received

May I stay in Your wine house then?

Because now a temple, I do not need

Lend me your silence
For I need it more today
I know that I am drunk
And afraid what I might say

Will you hold my words for me

If only for a little while

Go on and let them kiss you They were born to make you smile

See how simple minded I am?
I wander in search of You
And when I come face to face with You
I insist, that You were looking for me

Look how simple minded I am
What I want, is simple
You
All of You, that is all
And I insist, that You want me more

I race around the sun as I whirl
My frenzy unmatched
Yet I insist,
The sun rises and sets on my command

In the rush of the waterfall

In the whisper of the morning mist

In the anguish of the falling rain

In the surrender of my unclenched fist

In the lament of the sufis

In the chants of the holy men

In the howling of the valley wind

In the ink bleeding from the pen

In the longing of the half moon

In the twinkle of the rising star

In the quiet caress of the ocean wave

In the calling of the lark from far

In the red and gold of the leaves

Euphoric, adorned for a final fall

I speak to you in a hundred ways

Tell me you can hear them all

If the waves settle down

And my mind comes to rest

And I search in the corners

Now my eyesight not the best

I find pictures of moments

And people we have seen

Pictures of memories

And the beings we have been

If I wipe off the dust

And hold them just right

I can still see the laughter

Giving sunshine it’s light

I can still see the dreams

I can still see the hopes

I can see all the desires

Not bound by any ropes

I allow myself a moment

A moment that I borrow

If I die right here right now

I will live again tomorrow

I have nothing of yours

And you have nothing of mine

Yet we sit happily in the dust

I, in your corners. You, in mine

Until I find the courage

To see things as they are

Until I find the freedom

To be able to go far

Until I can learn enough

To rewrite the rule

Until I can be wise enough

And not another fool

Come sit by me a moment

And set aside your care

Let’s get drunk a little

And play a game of dare

Dare to be free

Bleeding hearts bare

Dare to be broken

Together, right here

Dare to be just right

But only to our own self

Throw away assumptions

Put perceptions on the shelf

Dare to be real

Say it as it is

Silent and loud

Drunk….. just like this

You choose to be invisible

Both brilliant and bleak

Just because I can’t see you

Does not mean I will not seek

They say silence is golden

The soul’s own battle cry

Just because it eludes me

Does not mean I will not try

My whirling

My wandering

My dreaming

My thinking

My musing

My asking

My wondering

My drinking

Let me be forsaken

by all the schools

Let me abide

By no one’s rules

My words

The silence

My antics

The seeing

My frenzy

The stillness

My seeking

The being

Let me hold out my cup

while it rains from above

Let me abide

in the things that I love

The kindness

The faith

The smile

The light

The wisdom

The face

The presence

The grace

Let me stand and stare

Lost and in awe

Let me abide

inside the line I can’t draw

Slow down my dear soul

Learn to slowly sip the wine

Let it burn as it goes down

Let it take it’s own sweet time

Slow down my dear heart

Fall in love and fall real hard

Then sit still and slowly break

Gently touch each jagged shard

Slow down my dear mind

In your rush to win each war

Learn to savor each drop you bleed

Win at home, don’t go far

Let me sit in the fire more

And slowly get a little stronger

Let me learn to give time more time

And be still, a little longer