Cleft

We cleave ourselves
into different tribes
like a mountain shot
through with fault lines.

Some fissures run deep.
Some are mere chalk lines.
Yet every tribe overlaps others.
We're members of many tribes.

My freedom of movement
expands with every tribe
that counts me as a friend.
Why would I not want this?

Flowing in Tao

Time stops and eternity begins.
What looks common is anything but.
Answers are waiting for the questions.
Each encounter advances all sides.

Undone

An agile brain can
neutralize a stronger body.

An elegant touch can
win over a clever mind.

A curious spirit can
undermine a bitter heart.

Reflection

A lake with a rocky bottom
can still reflect a perfect sky.

But only when it remains still.

Money Pools

Money flows
toward money.

It accumulates
where the greatest
fear lies.

Caterpillar

A grandparent.
A predator's victim.

Fascination of children.
An ancestor.

A survivor.
A parent's child.

By these common bonds,
a sibling of humanity.

Body Snatcher

Tao walks with my legs,
breathes with my lungs,
watches with my eyes,
listens with my ears,
thinks with my brain,
believes with my heart.

Tao and I create my life
moment by moment.
When I look, Tao sees.
When I listen, Tao hears.
When I touch, Tao feels.
When I ask, Tao answers.

Judgment Day

Judgment Day
comes every day
we forget we are
children of the Divine
and lack nothing.

We judge others
against our own desires
and refuse to help
those who are hungry,
those who are thirsty,
those who are naked,
those who are sick,
those who are in prison.

It's our own judgment
we should learn to fear.

Rain Tao

Tao is like rain.

Too little dries us out
and makes us brittle.

Too much soaks deep
enough to reach the heart.

Tour of Homes

Each life has many homes.

First is the home
of our earliest memories.

Second is the home
 where we learn about power.

Third is the home
that shows us about pain.

Fourth is the home
we call our own.

Fifth is the home
we discover inside.

Sixth is the home
that holds our bones.

Seventh is the home
we never lose.

No Room

Tao needs no
room to be present.
Tao needs no
clock to exist.

The walls of space
and the roof of time
are gifts of the Divine.

They make us possible.

What They Carry

Mountains carry darkness.
Forests carry light.

Both carry Tao.

The source of all
light and darkness.