deception and betrayal
the world has plenty of
if we offer ourselves up
willing sacrifices
the betrayal is by self
if by ego we are led
mis-led
seduced by things which are not
what they appear to be...
to thine own self be true
but that requires that we
know thyself
and that brings us back to
seduction and betrayal
for it is from the self
that we do run...

the farther i wander
the more i stray
from the Tao, the Eternal Way
night seems like day
day like night
with ego determining the way
i am entrenched in matter, decay
illusion, deceit, smoke and mirrors
obscure the path
the White-Winged Horse hovers...
follow...follow

I open my eyes
to that bluish tint of other worldliness
in Elysian fields
I awake and wander
walking thru tall grass
and it thru me
where would i go
why would i want to go
going seems irrelevant

in being all going is subsumed
hither, thither
to and fro
spinning about
a pawn of fear and doubt

gathering the grain of tall grass
light diffuse, light bright
penetrates
to the core
holy prism
truth's open door

State of the Union

we went down Congress Street
to shake the bridge, move the world
challenge assumptions, unstructure beliefs
"honk if your for peace"
pause
give it some thought
whats the cost
autos, SUV's, hummers, the lot
streaming across Congress Street Bridge
America-on-a-life-line
an I-V pumping oil, blood money...

who has not seen god
everyone has
he is sublime
tho he is not outwardly visible
his will and himself are one
we objectify things that they may be seen
his "doing" eludes our "seeing"

What a beautiful child
my god has revealed
unto me
the treasure within the mountain
a beautiful, beautiful
loving child...

to know
that you are not alone in the world
is a great gift of Peace
a step toward
the "Brotherhood of Man"
"Imagine..."