Feel my breath,
That mysterious current
Ever-present, surrounding
Filling your sails
From unknown directions
The natural drive
The thirst for life
For knowledge
For experience
The brother to brothers
The sister to sisters
Raising parents
Playing with children
Messing up do’s
And fixing up don’ts
Companion of souls
Gift-giving guardian
For those who dare,
Dare to dream
To soar with the birds
Discovering depths
Journeying throughout
The hidden corners
Of the world’s within.

Swaying to and fro
As the winds of destiny flow
Wave after wave
Knowledge they brought and gave
Washing ashore the personal
And collective I
Changing high tide to low tide
Then back to the high
Freedom for those who want and seek
An eternal inheritance for the meek
Those humble yet strong
True, full of love
Feet firmly grounded, their heads
In the skies above
Those peaceful warriors
Spirit strong – hearts open, pure
Determined, they persevere
Faithful, they’ll endure
Guardians of truth
Students and teachers
We are all children
God’s own beloved creatures
They can see through
This daily illusion
Love, strength, humility
A wonderful fusion
Body, mind, spirit
In synch, together
Their sun shines brightly
In all kinds of weather…
Out of the darkness and into the light
Feel the excitement, experience a fright
The light of truth shining out from within
Encompassed in glory beyond flesh and skin
No more confusion and no more doubt
A harmonious being and without
Blockages cleared and challenges met
Stop the what if’s , no room for regret
It’s got to balance: mind, body, soul
Fulfill your destiny, that is your goal
Yours to achieve, to realize you
Follow your heart, you’ll know what to do.

I’ve opened the windows
And unlocked the door
Cleaned a little bit
Now I lie on the floor
On my back, looking upwards
I notice the ceiling
Head full of thoughts
Overcome by feeling
I’m in a prison of my own making
These bars are illusion, there’s no mistaking
The guards aren’t real
Just projections of me
I’ve thought myself prisoner
Now I’ll think myself free
The battles within
They go on still
Hungry for life
Can’t get my fill
My mind tends to race
Like a runaway horse
Galloping to past and future
As a matter of course
I need to slow down and live in the now
Stop the performance and take a bow
A pat on the back
A smile from ear to ear
Have faith in Self
To strike down fear.
Unwavering strength, determination and drive
These traits and more you’ll need to survive
There are many paths on life’s rocky climb
So don’t fall behind and bide your time
Things to be done, people to see
Places to go, I think you’ll agree
Pleasure and joy, comfort and love
Begone pain and fear, you’ll rise above
Above and beyond this daily illusion
Follow your heart
Through fogs of confusion
Learn to receive and learn to give
Ready to die,
Now you can live.

Galloping forward yet standing still
Hungry for more, can’t get my fill
Wanting to score like never before
Striving to win I forget to play,
Losing my grin I fall and I sway
I get back in the game
A smile from within.

I raise up my chin
A tear in my eye
A twinkle, a sparkle
As I look to the sky.
Ready for action, willing and able
Open-minded, yet strong and stable,
Soul of a warrior, heart of a lover
I slowly awaken and start to discover
How long it’s takin’
This dream we live
There is no fakin’
We’ve got to forgive,
Ourselves then others
For all that we do
We’re in the same boat
Part of one crew.

Staying afloat
Sailing the seas
In the same boat
Slaves to the breeze.
The winds of fate
They huff and they blow
Sometimes they tease
Against the flow,
And the boat starts to rock
Sway to and fro
To get us off course
To see where we’ll go
Give and drift, wait for salvation
Or take action swift, with determination
Guided by spirit, we seek new land
Refusing to sit, taking a stand
Filling our sails
With winds of empowerment
Governing ourselves
Without a government.

From seconds to minutes
To hours, then days
I stumble forward
On and on through the haze,
I try out new
And different ways
To return, to remember
That which I forgot
Become the author
Write my own plot
Return to the source
Embraced by my soul
I dip in the fountain
And drink from my bowl
Finally getting
What I have not,
Until now, mere glimpses
Is all that I’ve seen
But sometimes forgot
Where I’ve gone and I’ve been
No more regret
Have faith,
Your path will appear,
First foggy then clear
Many forks in the road
But don’t be swayed
Follow the light
Or you’ll get delayed
Listen to your spirit
Speak through your heart
Accept love; don’t fear it
And get a fresh start
In this great masterpiece
Of which you’re a part
A painting, a tapestry
Full spectrum, tight weave
Know when to listen
And when to believe
Learn to give and you will receive
Some guidance, advice
No need to think twice
Or pay the price – too high
A lesson well learned
Inherit your destiny
It’s what you’ve earned.

Reaching within
I slow down time
Feeling my thoughts
I throw down a rhyme
Whether half-empty, or cup half-filled
Experiencing miracles,
That you have willed
Into existence
Amid the strife,
Grab hold the reigns, take charge of life
The pleasures and pains cut through like a knife
A two-edged sword, which cuts both ways
From the beginning to the end of days
Harnessing power, the light of the light of the Lord
The eternal spiritual, umbilical cord
Can you afford not to hear the message of love
Listen lend me your ear
To the words from above
Casting a light
Right through the night
Dark corners of your mind
Will give you a fright
Even if slight, then you will find
Truth stranger than fiction
To test your conviction
Take it in kind, get past the grind
Unbind, and you’ll discover
Previously unseen
The heart of a lover
You know what I mean, that shining sun
There’s no turning back you’ve begun.

The rivers of emotion flow from deep within the core
Thought about devotion, forced me to explore
I implore you to like never before
Get to know the score
Because the more you learn
The less you know
So go with the flow
And catch that train
Listen for a change,
Do, try to refrain
From speaking oh so much
When you haven’t got a lot to say
Just ‘cause you forgot who you are
In this day to day
The comfortable illusion
In whose grasp we live
A truth and fiction fusion
Got to let go
And give ourselves over to know
Realearn our nature-true
That fundamental fabric of being
Linking me to you.

Young jedi knight listen to me
Whether or not you may agree
Keep yourself still,
And hear my plea
I’ll tell it to you
As it was told to me
The darkness calls, it will call again
Devouring souls of women and men
It is the flipside of the power you wield
Know when to attack and when to yield
It is the Force that animates all
The light will rise and darkness will fall
Above all things, to yourself be true
Guided by the Force, you’ll know what to do
Your worst enemy resides within
A balance of love and discipline
You’ll need to strike down this foe
Without flesh or skin
No time to waste
Right now you begin
No-one can take
What you’ll not give
Remember this and
Long you shall live.
Could you help me look
Would you be so kind
As to help me find
Searching every nook, and cranny
God knows there are many
I need stress-relief
I need to unwind
These things
That bind up my senses,
Raise up defenses
Stifling, chaining
Motivation waning
Holding back, ignoring
That which needs exploring
Looking into,
Penetrating to the core
Selfless, blameless
Gets me talking more to myself,
But not just talking
Openly communicating
Masters of our destiny
All of us fabricating
This collective daily illusion
That we hold to be true
Fight and struggle as we may
There seems nothing we can do
For it holds us in its grasp,
Or so we feel and think
Forgetting about the common link
Joining us all
Together,
As one,
Already begun
Never to be done
Infinitely present
True, ever-lasting
Open up to the power
And it will send you blasting – off
Soaring, to the heavens above
Finally experiencing the world as it was created
One Love.

Inherent perfection
Of an imperfect being
For all the blind
And all of the seeing
Sink your teeth into this
Taste the first bite
Looking into the abyss
Experience a fright
You might
But maybe not
Unravel the plot
Tie up loose ends
Weave them in tight
Miracles happen
Love at first sight
But keep in mind
That you may find
Horror and wonder
To make you ponder
Upon this existence
That we call life
So offer no resistance
Like husband and wife
The bad and the good
Still misunderstood
Forever entwined
Right from the start
When your soul is aligned
And there’s warmth in your heart
You’ll finally realize
You’ll know, you’ll be
Unbound, unhindered and
Truly free.

From me to you
And you to me
From her to he
And him to she
It comes around
It goes around
Mostly lost
And rarely found
This human condition
With which we deal
No manuals written
So we go by feel
Learn to get by
And reach for the sky
Before we can walk
First we must stand
Quenching spiritual thirst
Lend a helping hand
We’ve got to be grounded
In truth and in earth
Wandering, searching
Lost since birth
The more seek out
And the more we roam
Little by little
Find our way home
Slowly we realize
Accepting, we see
That home has a place
For you and you,
And you and me.

Mars to Jupiter to Saturn – return
Rivers of energy feel how they burn
Coursing through veins feel how they flow
From above, and below
Completing a circuit, finding a place
A beating heart which thumps to the bass
Fundamental and primal wisdom of instinct
Together as quanta each packet distinct
Yet part of a whole united as one
If never-ending then never begun
The warmth of the sun, air that we breathe
This collective tapestry you and I weave
Leaving a yarn to find our way back
Lost in the labyrinth and under attack
From personal demons and the day to day
Falling, getting up, finding our way
Our individual path, winding up the mountain
Towards the same summit, the source, the fountain
Approaching truth, cautious at first
Afraid to drink, yet dying of thirst
Fearing the worst and fearing the best
Feeling so tired, wanting to rest
My mind’s always racing, my heart on my sleeve
Embracing feeling, wanting to believe.