Sometimes In life All you need Is someone to pop the pimples On your back, Or pick out the food from your hair, Like a monkey. Except maybe the human Doesn't also eat the food.
Category: poetry
Death of the projected self
As the gap grows between the self you are and the self you thought you would be, Your envisioned self dies the death of a million cuts, Like a drawing incrementally erased from a white board. You are strong where he is weak, Grieving where he is alight with fancy, Alive where he is dead,… Continue reading Death of the projected self
Atonement for negative karma
I recognize that my actions have harmed others in the past. Through selfishness, I have created and amplified traumas, Some of which may live on to this day. These will need to be healed through time, Some of them perhaps living on to future generations. For my part, I recognize that my own harmful actions… Continue reading Atonement for negative karma
Dear spirit
Dear spirit, Please fill me with the knowledge That there is nothing I need to accomplish, No tests to pass, That I am perfect as I am. Please let me rest in the certainty That I fulfill your purpose merely by existing. Too, please fill my soul with the courage To do the work assigned… Continue reading Dear spirit
Recognition of abundance
I wake today grateful not just to be alive, But to have been alive, Seen what I’ve seen, Felt what I’ve felt, Touched and tasted what I have. Thank you, creator: No matter how much more there may be, This was enough.
Jackson Holzberg Buckley 