I wasn’t meant to meet you there, Just smoke in the air and those tall chairs. A barbecue I attended on a whim, A laugh, a glance, a game to win. You weren’t part of the plan at all, Just someone I noticed amidst them all. And somehow—maybe just the sun— I found the nerve to talk to someone. I might have seemed a bit held back, Not cold, just not...

O' stray souls of the street, Whose bones ache and hearts bleed, I see you there—waiting, Unseen, unnamed, forgotten, As the gods of this land feast, And you, you wait for scraps, Your hunger a prayer unanswered. O' faithful friend, eyes sunken like forgotten wells, Your fur matted with neglect, Legs trembling, as if each step Is a prayer to the...

He's bitter like the fallen citrus lying under the beating sun, Take a bite and wash it down with the hose water from the nearby church. He's familiar as the never ending days and sand spurs in your sandy feet, Wipe off the sweat, bite your lip and pluck them out again. He clings like the muggy air, a suffocating warmth, Sit down to...

I’m crying, I’m screaming so loud, Hoping to hear a shout for help, Or even a sound, So I know it’s not just me in this loneliness, Why has my brain fallen into the abyss? All I need is help , but what help can I get, For this loud screaming voice in my head, It enters my chest, Making me cry a river of sadness, my last normal breath becoming...

If only I could live, Live within my dreams, I’d be buried and bound, Down, beneath the seams. Stretching out my sleep, So sin is seldom seen. With My Eyes sewn shut So nothing slips between. Making a mere nightmare, A Rare sight to see, So why would I want to Leave? Since I am living the dream.

I am not the face you see, Nor the body that you claim. I am the whisper in the wind, I am the call of the same. Not bound by land, nor by creed, Not by the words you speak or write, I am the spark within your soul, The silence that holds the light. Moksha, Tawhid, or Christ’s embrace, Brahman’s heart, or Allah’s grace— These names are threads,...

This is not to any one group This is to all of you, If we don’t learn this simple truth Our civilization will be through. If one side of a war calls for genocide, The war cannot end without it! But how do you stop all the death, If the war will continue if anyone’s left, I have pondered this day and night And came up with a way to make it...

Darkness all around you, it seeps into your soul, the Earth spins on, you feel out of control, but walk into that dark, up in the sky there’s stardust, stardust is all you will see, and when you’re done with this rock in space, when you’re tired of running this race, you’ll be stardust, still there to see, when it’s done and all over, stardust...

Shivering spring blues thaw into summer gold, You're too far gone for me to ever hold, But never will I ever forget the day When I left goldenrod on your grave. And if I could pray for anything at all, I'd pray I can join you when summer turns to fall.

How easy it is to kill, So simple to destroy- The Earth, The Water, The hearts of humankind. How easy it is to hurt, So simple to break- The hope, The trust, The bond between you and I. Yet you care not For any plea Nor heartfelt cry, Not without an attached Bargain and dollar sign. The people's pain Fuels your greed, Our...

They boast: “The faith is growing fast.” But some chains grow just as wide— Across borders where conquest speaks In sermons darkened by pride. Where is consent, when girls are taken, Names erased, beliefs shaken? What grows in silence and in fear Is not just faith, but what we fear. Yet still, the claim—“We are denied.” Inheritance split, while...

The dusty jacket, tattered, did belie Within held pearls bespeaking truth To bring within perfect symmetry The recipe I needed in my youth So distracted I walked through the falling library Of shelves begging with every groan To collect pages torn falling unwary Those voices would fade to the unknown About flew ravens taunting with...