Once you found me

Inside a tree


When you touched me I fell asleep

I dreamt of your love and it followed


Now I feel your eyes

The child that can never be free


Where they fled you’ll never know

Why the left I will not say


Here I remain

Hoping to be found again


Inside a tree




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We are not the biproduct of other people’s past traumas and errors,

Yet we wrestle with that legacy of inherited weight in our souls.

This is because we have the sublime capacity,

For empathy.



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As the great wave approaches
Time it and cut through

As the mighty Earth shakes
Steady and hold tight

When facing the impossible wall
Tear the ****** down



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I saw a tree growing in the earth
Before the sun
It's roots streched down
Fruit ripened and fell
Toward the past
There I lay my head
Upon the mountain

I saw a great wave approach
Gathering twilight
I gazed into the sea
Whales danced and sang
For our future
There I lay my head
Upon the moon


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One human sits in a box
Shaping the future

Using primitive tools
With exceptional creativity

Never completely satisfied
But foretelling a dream

Shifting the cosmos
One grain at a time


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Old friend with knowing heart

These gifts of emotion deserve thanks


That which cannot be put into words

Flows from my being with blinding light


I give my humble gift to you

Let these hands of healing embrace


Softly and with a gentle reminder

Together we can be



SJA2025

If I’ve not mentioned

That you look beautiful

It’s because I forgot my name



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