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I'm Too Alive to Die

1/19/2018

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I did my time,
First enshrined, and later 
Entombed in identity

I died there again and again,
Decaying into something finer than dust
Before being welcomed back into the earth,
The Mother and Father 
Taking me home to formlessness,
To the simplicity of being

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Leave Me In The Dark

11/30/2017

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​(Inspired by “Signs” by Jorge Luis Borges)

In the quiet dark I drink in stillness,
Raw and whole, savoring the aliveness 
Of a mystery left intact

I could be the root of a tree
Nestled deep underground,
Or the crispy smoking wick 
Of a freshly blown candle,

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