I was dead, then alive.
Weeping, then laughing.
The power of love came into me,
and I became fierce like a lion,
then tender like the evening star.
He said: ‘You’re not mad enough.
You don’t belong in this house.’
I went wild and had to be tied up.
He said: ‘Still not wild enough
to stay with us.’
I broke through another layer
into joyfulness.
He said, ‘Its not enough.’
I died.
He said, ‘You are a clever little man,
full of fantasy and doubting.’
I plucked out my feathers and became a fool.
He said, ‘Now you are the candle
for this assembly.’
But I’m no candle. Look!
I’m scattered smoke
He said, ‘You are the Sheikh, the guide.’
But I’m not a teacher. I have no power.
He said, ‘You already have wings.
I cannot give you wings.’
But I wanted his wings.
I felt like some flightless chicken.
Then new events said to me,
‘Don’t move. A sublime generosity is
coming towards you.’
And old love said, ‘Stay with me.’
I said, ‘I will.’
You are the fountain of the sun’s light.
I am a willow shadow on the ground.
You make my raggedness silky.
The soul at dawn is like darkened water
that slowly begins to say Thank you, thank you.
Then at sunset, again, Venus gradually
Changes into the moon and then the whole nightsky.
This comes of smiling back
at your smile.
The chess master says nothing,
other than moving the silent chess piece.
That I am part of the ploys
of this game makes me
amazingly happy.

I sat with no anticipation.
I waited without expectation.
I enjoyed, with no desired outcome.
A sea of gold appeared, a horizon without end.
Took my breath away, I had to retreat.

Maybe, tomorrow, again.

Inside this new love, die.
Your way begins on the other side.
Become the sky…

Take an axe to the prison wall.
Escape.

Walk out like someone suddenly born into colour.
Do it now.

“Man struggles to find life outside himself, unaware that the life he is seeking is within him.”

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.”

“Have you ever been at sea in a dense fog, when it seemed as if a tangible white darkness shut you in, and the great ship, tense and anxious, groped her way toward the shore with plummet and sounding-line, and you waited with beating heart for something to happen? I was like that ship before my education began, only I was without compass or sounding-line, and had no way of knowing how near the harbour was. “Light! give me light!” was the wordless cry of my soul, and the light of love shone on me in that very hour.”

“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not been discovered.”

“The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”

“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.”

“Reading books everyone died, none became any wiser
One who reads the word of Love only becomes wise”