Empty

Give up the search, all will be revealed.
Hope for nothing, the universe will appear.
Let go of fear, grace will carry you home.
Love without attachment, compassion will fill your heart.
Be empty like the sky, and stars will shine for you.

Inner Child

The boy in me that won’t let go,

 dreams once more  of living freely.

To artlessly follow in life’s abundant happiness ,

and laugh in rapture of its bloom.

Visions of playful folly echo in memories that dare not be forgotten, and

fleetingly, release me from the veil of maturity.

A child of this earth, forever shall I be.

Smile

Thank you for your smile,
I hadn't seen one for a while. 
My mood was rather blue, 
until I caught sight of you.
I know it wasn't much for you to do,
but now I'm happy because of, YOU!

Hazy Days

When you wake up feeling hazy,
and all together lazy, 
pop on the kettle, let your tea bag settle, 
and with a smile, welcome in the day.

One Thousand Smiles

Buddha wears one thousand smiles,
I offer back no less.
For I found the greatest of all secrets, 
lurking in myself.

Many years I had stumbled, 
blinded by my shadow.
Happiness was my search, 
and ego my lowly compass. 

I discovered only demons,
and in darkness became truly lost.

But the Buddha always reaches, even to the damned.
Despair is an opportunity bestowed upon the lost,
to find the root of suffering, and surrender it to love.

In to darkness I had staggered, to find his holy light, burning bright as me.
 I shared a little laughter, and smile as the Buddha.

Ghosts of Love

Alone I reside, with candle light memories.
Your smile flickers in the cold night’s breeze,
haunting affections left unspoken.
How I wish to hold you in my arms again,
and banish ghosts of love.

'A Homage to Silence'

Sweet silence from which all sound ascends,
It is you that I make worship to.
I feel you in my solemn prayers,
and glimpse you in the dead of night.
At your infinite gates, forever I shall wait,
enchanted by your emptiness.

1000 Words

In dusty books, left unread, a thousand words await, 
to take our breath, and awaken souls left sleeping.
Like winds that carry forth the sands of foreign lands,
white pages carry passages of enlightened sages.