Secret to Happiness

Is

Gratitude

When I forget this

I despair

But

When I remember

Everything

Is glorified

And new.

Royal Pain

Put down the gauntlet

Hero to yourself

There is no mountain

To crest

The range is long

This is but a 

Low hill

Long haul

No use 

Puffing out

Hollow cage

Wasting air

Hollow journey

No one is important

Not even you.

Simplicity

Things were simpler
Way back when
There were trees
Touched lightly
Kissed by breeze
Nothing was mowed
Chopped or burned
The world would turn
Simply
We had only 

One another
Before They came
Made other plans
Cut down the trees
Poisoned the breeze
Tore up the roots
Burned everything else
The world still turns
But everything
So much more complex
Unnecessary
Where has it all gone?

Magic Keys

Just because

They're invisible

Does not mean

They do not exist

Your eyes

Are for one dimension

Your hopes

For another

Our wishes

Create manifestation

Maybe you'll get

What you want

Maybe you'll get

What you didn't know

You wanted

Magic keys

Are everywhere

But they do not unlock

You unlock

Them

You are the key

They are the unlocking

Of You

As you are now

Be free

And see

The veil is thin

Do not be thick

See?

Hate Machine

Hate

Poisons everything

A machine

Without organic parts

A beating heart

From 

Human

To 

Part machine

To

Full machine

A

Hate machine

Oh

The sights I've seen

From the journey

Spurned by

Hard-won knowledge

I set forth

To set right

That which was

Wronged

But along that path

Rocks jut out

Cut me

I cut back

Took my own

Beautiful energy

Squandered it

Focusing on pebbles

Small outcroppings

Losing sight

Of the mountain

I can no longer

Put oil

Into that machine

It is not mine

It is not mine

It is not me.

Journey

'Tis better to have lived free  

  than to have run from your soul  

  an entire lifetime.

The fight for continued justice  

  is ever-present, never safe  

  and so very fulfilling.

To have lived in Love and Courage  

  is the better choice than to have died

Wondering if one had ever lived at all.

Do What You Gotta Do

In the flood

Swim

In the storm

Shelter

In the sun

Rise

In the dark

Light

In your heart

Sing

In your soul

Shine 

Shine 

Shine.