Understanding The Body

You are more than this body, though,
it has taken much time
to realize this, to fully understand this.

Within this body you exist.
Within this body you experience.
Within this body you are.

Such a simple thing!
Yet how fraught it can all be.

Existing in a place we never chose.

Yet we exist all the same.
This is the gift and tension.

To make the best of all this
is what me must do, and
I confess of it's difficulty.

You are more than this body, though,
of that much I am now sure.
How true it is of all of us.

I wake and I dream

It is early yet
From my bed I rise
Look through my window
The sky has begun to lighten
and turn shades of blue
How many of these
mornings do I have
How many of these
have I seen
The gift is
now
Do you realize
Do you understand

Never Underestimate 
the Invisible War.

Many Lives

To live many lives
folded into this one
To understand the thoughts
of those unlike myself
To view the world
in ways I never could
To share heartache
that is not my own
To aspire to greatness
I have never felt
To believe in our ability
to change and grow
To become more loving
and compassionate
To learn and absorb
wisdom from the past
Open the book
Let the words find
your eyes
Let the pages live
in your mind
Let the world
renew itself in you

Learn to

Let go

      of the world

One day

    it will let go 

of you

Kiss Me Like A Dreamer

Love is more than the sum of lips and spit,
of sweat and passion.

If I said to you, kiss me like a dreamer,

Would you understand?

Would anything have to be explained?

Could we hold an unspoken understanding
and build a world from there?

growing up

All the beauty you'll never have
was never yours to mourn

All the lips you'll never kiss
were never yours to taste

loosen your grasp
free it completely
let your palm feel wind