the universe will never forget you

the universe will never forget you
for the scratches that you made
or other marks that appear to smooth out
but are in fact eternal ripples
like every breath you took and every footstep
along all the journeys you took
through every happy or sad moment
on through every hope and doubt
none of us are ever forgotten
linked back to the first seed thought
back to the beginningless beginning
back to complete purity
as we seem to go out we in turn
are going back to complete purity


*

each night i revisit my collection of sleep

each night i revisit my collection of sleep
every dream like a record in a sleeve
favorite ones played so often there are deep grooves
each record plays for more than 1,000 years
but the needle always get bumped by dawn


*

sometimes when i meditate

sometimes when i meditate
i feel like a cat staring at a few potatoes

how can i know that? was i a cat before?
but it feels okay

the potatoes don't mind
all the buddhas don't mind




***

every poet
has god

as an
admirer


*

god is reading
all my poems

even the
bad ones



*

all my thoughts/ return to god

all my thoughts
return to god

even though
i don't know
who god is

just like

every bird
i see

flies in
the sky

free



*****

Alcohol and Drunkenness Are Forbidden on Mars

"Alcohol and drunkenness are forbidden on Mars," said the commander as he rammed the lifter over and over again into the main airlock.

human nature stands in the middle of the path

human nature stands in the middle of the path
blocking the way eating something messy
you're annoyed justifiably
you don't want what human nature is munching on
until you get closer and see it is ice cream


***

help me catch my mind it is trying to run away

help me catch my mind it is trying to run away
my mind saying it is not running away
ideas to fool me into being not vigilant
i am moving through a landscape that remembers nothing
nothing of me will be recalled when i am done with all opinions


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Napa
Foster Road

unclasp your eyes from this writing / your beating heart is dreaming

unclasp your eyes from this writing
your beating heart is dreaming
the racing mind is free
a sky full of flowers bouquet
the trout in the stream sees
and fields upon fields are flowing
under a soft going breeze



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sincerely please free me

what are you doing today / to block yourself from happiness?

i'm sorry this poem is not straight