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Poem: Vaccine

One year ago, they locked you away to keep you safe, but you died a month later Yesterday, I received the vaccine that could have saved you Today I feel so sad, so trapped. There is no vaccination against grief

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Poem: lost

Too much is stripped At once, you’re lost Can I lose all this And somehow return? Am I fighting the way It is supposed to be? Just stay still in This astronaut emptiness The ashes are the birth Place of … Continue reading

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Poem: Sidelined

Yes,  relationship with you Is what I came here for It itself dreaming it awakens through a relationship with a teacher Dissolving the myth That you created my experience Is the experience I attained But that has sidelined me In … Continue reading

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Poem: The image does not

The image does not produce the screen The refection does not cause the water The moving cloud does not create the sky The acting play does not make the stage Thought does not engender the space of mind Emotion and … Continue reading

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Reblog: Poem: Desert by Charlie Morris

Desert by Charlie Morris (13July2010) I wonder if the spirits are as exasperated with me as I am with them. Why does my learning come from loss and not from joy? And how long will this lesson take? Why is … Continue reading

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Poem: Worth and Misfortune

I’ve decided my Life Is worth living Even if few understand What it is devoted to And the isolation that brings A few writings that intimate The most important experiences I came here in a body to behold And the … Continue reading

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Astronaut Redux

There is no gravity No air What keeps me alive Spinning In mid-air? All the earth, All the atmosphere Dissolved I am a ghost astronaut Hanging here Devastating celestial, Wrathful dakini Teaching Razed our lives apart Breathe emptiness in Exhale … Continue reading

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Poem: Charnel

I thank you Chödpas must go to the charnel grounds To practice offering their flesh To voracious lower beings But you, you make my life Like a charnel ground A constant offering To grasping for my lifeforce Without moving an … Continue reading

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Poem: This side and the other

I can only fall in love In the marriage Of this side And the other

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Reblog: Deep Ocean – Poem by Charlie Morris

Almost six years ago,  the healer I was working with published this poem.  It had an impact on me back then, and it would sometimes come to mind over the years.  But given the events since November,  just about everyday I … Continue reading

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