I cover myself in ashes

Wander naked in the street

Search for You intently

Asking every one I meet

If You live in everything

Then show Yourself today

Or make me one with the embers

And with ashes, blow me away

There must be something else

Beyond the in and out breath

There must be a silent pause

Beyond the noise of life and death

Where do I look for that

Who do I need

How do I find it

Why and why indeed

I stare deep into my cup

And in the swirls of my time

I will find all my answers

As the quest is only mine

I have put aside my rosary

I have forgotten how to pray

I want to learn to die each morning

So I may truly live each day

I want to meet the death

Between each breath, in and out

So I may live the breath itself

And let death not cast a doubt

I want to reach the gold mine

Of silence between each word

So that each word that is spoken

Is worthy of being heard

The clouds may be thick and heavy

The stars twinkle less bright

Knowing the sun will still come up

I will rise and take my flight

Is good enough

I might not be wise and well cut

Only a jester in your court

Knowing I make you laugh

I am doing my perfect part

Is good enough

I might be drunk and unsteady

Lost and wandering in a hole

I know the steps to the winehouse

Are etched into my soul

Is good enough

I may not find my perfect silence

Or the treasure they say is quiet

But that I hear the thunder in the words

And that the pause is quite a riot

Is good enough

I wander the stars

The galaxies and more

I wander the streets

Of tales and lore

I have a million questions

Burning my mind

I stop each I meet

Would you be so kind

Tell me who I am

Where have I been

Why am I here

The seeking is keen

I keep asking why

I am not sure I belong

Was I supposed to be here

Or did I just turn wrong

Where are the wise men

Learned and bright

Why can’t I tell

Wrong from right

I seek my answers

Pray somebody tell

In your telling I seek

Heaven or hell

Don’t show me the mirror

And tell me to find

In my own reflection

Why am I blind

I close me eyes shut

And listen for silence

Answer me why

This is my lone dance

To the tall mountain I ask

Tell me how you stay unperturbed

Are you weary or tired

Or do you still rise upward

To the blue sky I ask

Tell me how you remain proud

Are there days you want to fall

Or do you still love the cloud

To the rushing river I ask

Tell me if you are tired of motion

Or do you still wake up each day

Longing to meet the ocean

To the old tree I ask

Tell me how you stand tall

Through the snow and the storms

Bear with grace and not fall

To the silent stone I ask

Tell me how do you feel

When you paved way for armies

And now to you they kneel

To myself I ask

Can silence be heard

What if I’m just meant to whirl

And the rest is just words

A sip to remember
A sip to forget
Pour me one more
No regret
I have tasted the best
And no other is same
I keep drinking and hoping
To get drunk again

I am the valley

Empty abyss, in disarray

Call out

I echo whatever you say

I am the ocean

Overflowing depths

Dive in

I will push up to the crest

I am the mirror

I am and am not

Stare in

And see yourself you forgot

For all who loved me and went away

Who I loved and then lost somehow

For all who broke me and moved on

Who mended me and brought to now

I stand in silence one more time

Determined to live with no regret

Renew my promise once again

Never ever will I forget

My cup of wine is made of clay

Can shatter with a single strike

Clay that comes from parts of me

Dust of kings and beggars alike

In the radiance of green

Hides the hint of the gold

What is young right now

Hides the hint of the old

In the clear blue skies

Floats one gentle cloud

Against the brilliant laughing blues

The tears wear a shroud

In the still waters of time

Flow the rivers of age

In the mirror’s reflection

Hides the perfect sage

In the thunder of silence

Are the answers to my why

We gaze intently at each other

My mirror and I