This poem was inspired by a musical/noise and visual performance by my friend Kevin Chini at the Bat Cave in Arcata, CA.
Woke up with laughter there’s no sense chasing after what is not yet here. Sunspots on forest floors, tell me, Love, where is the door?
Sometimes I’m an emotional weirdo… Sometimes I just wanna turn my br… Sometimes I forget that we all go… and sometimes I remember the speci… Seeing beauty in the inconsistency…
Told I was born inferior and soci… Defined by gender roles and social… Get used to the indoors Lose all hope of being free Learn to be adaptable to a man’s n…
Ground. Grow. Flower. Seed Detaches. Soaring. Wanders Settling. Root. Breathe
I was reaching for mustard and fel… It was viscerally exciting, want a… Did I finger you? No, you did not finger me. I imagine it’s like a squirrel’s s…
Sonny’s blues... the cup of trembling shaking within. Making sense of suffering and wondering
Recognizing beauty: Here I am. Birds as muses, laughing voices... Transcending division
Wind screams silently Leaves shiver Why learn distance? Thoughts. Stay.
We are not what was done to us Or what we have done Or continue to do to ourselves. Because of the pain. Our pain does not define us,
It’s been way too long. It’s been way too long since I’ve shown myself love without the feeling of obligation. One day is too long.
It feels like I’ve lived a lifeti… in a week. and this isn’t the first time. Time won’t stop to let me reconcile experience into being.
Nowhere, nowhere I wanna go nowhere with you Let’s be empty together and fill our glasses with the nothingness we share
The ego experiences less pain when the realization that nothing… I tend to behave as an introvert m… wrapped up in the contents of my m… It’s a jungle in there and I love…
You can get the girl without keeping the girl. If you want a lesson on impermanen… and how to enjoy life’s momentarin… I’m your girl.
Anger from Awareness of unnecessary violence. The ability to feel It reveals Pain’s sources. A bigger picture Now,