I wrote this poem for my friends daughter who is being bullied in grade school. I've never met her before, I have no idea what she looks like, and I don't even know her name. Yet I woke up two nights ago with her in my thoughts and moments later this poem came to me. … Continue reading Vampires →

Come,Take a rest.You’ve been a juggler all your life.Isn’t it time to let your thoughts fall? Chains can never last forever,But buried treasures sometimes do. Sometimes I feel like I’m sittingAt the bottom of an ocean Chained and shackled yet somehow I’m not drowningThere is a buried chest.Within my chestAnd it contains a heavy cloak … Continue reading Buried Treasure →

The past, The present, The future. "Be in the present," they say. But how can that be? When the past often haunts us like a ghost, And the future looms over us with its menacing shadow. "There is no before," the mad man said, As he tried to escape his past. "And there is no … Continue reading They say, I say, You say… →

Escape into the vast wilderness of silence,Near the burning bush,Where you might hear the voice of God. Tiring thoughts,And fears,And worries,Rambling on inside my mind have pushed me here,Where snowflakes fall with grace,One by one,Upon the silent mount of Sinai. Don't you think it's funny?All this running around,All this hustle and bustle,All this frantic madness … Continue reading The Land of Silence →