Just an Ordinary Christmas

Lord, help me remember
To appreciate what I have
And that which I can
Before it is taken from
Or given to me
Again

The Writer

Worlds of buy-me-nows
Demands to mix
And throw off wedding vows

Our lands today
Could be called insane

So I keep writing
Inspired by what still remains

And as the witness
I feel no pain

Cold

The fire won't seem to start
Beneath his endeavor
Or heart

Every button he doth press
Brings him only closer
To death

In some failed servant's role
For which now, he is too old
And cold

Burned

You
Took my humanity
Away

So I say:
Thanks
And good riddance
To you both
In every way

Resting Your Attention

What clouds
Our bright shining
Up in
There

Attention on
Those clouds
And you get
Clear air

Beyond Resistance

The feelings arise
And I watch them

God Never Turns On You

Shame on those
Who I asked for help
But didn't

For even I know
That criticism
And judgment only
Isn't

Putting Your Attention On Your Suffering Can Help Dissolve It

When I give my attention
To some
They leave
But luckily
So do my feelings

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When memories cry
And images knive
Then it is time
To delete those parts
From your mind
And your life
With full space
Distance
And quiet

Bailey Road Alien Abduction, 1997

It may explain how people change

From loving you fully, to the despisal range

Awakened one night, thought it was a chopper

And now today, you refuse my best offer

Were you taken from my world?
I always thought you'd be my girl
Yes, people change and they are free
But the one I knew would never do this to me

Tin Dan

Lord, take this thing
From my chest
For I can't bear
And I can't rest

Rip it out
And me apart
So much agony
From a heart

End this pain
And set me free
From the lies
That love's meant for me

Goodbye

You don't love me anymore
Or like or respect me for that matter
You obviously think very little of me
I get it

So I stay away
I keep my distance
From now on
Because knowing you're with another man
Hurts me more
Than I can say
Especially after I offered
To do whatever it takes
For us to be together
Again

World or Deity

When you can't relate
To others, you're odd
The "no one loves you" burn

When it is so strong
Gone on so long
That it's your normal state
You can always turn
To God

Dark Desire No

What drives you to find
Where you think God can't go
What upsets the mind
To make you leave me so
What made our vows
Be pushed so very low
By a land that rots
And yet goes deeper so
To silence my tongue
And yet 'Everything else can go'
To drown me in lies
Then strand me alone
Destroyed, lost, failed, abandoned
Such is Dan O
The one who God holds

Only God Can Take My Loneliness Away

And the Lord saw fit
To set him apart
Bereft of all others
So he would love her still
And be loved by God only
In return

When It Comes to Romance, There's Obviously Something Wrong With Him

I watch the desire
That the mind sends
I watch the mind
And the suffering ends

More Than A Woman Can or Will Give

For one as needy
As me
Only love from God
Consciousness always
Sets me free

God is Consciousness

Never leaving
Always there
Always loving
Accepting every care
The greatest friend
Before and then
Holding me
'Til eternity's end

The Only Way to Fill This Gaping Hole in My Heart

Well my dear, you know
How much I do love you so
But it takes two to tango
And you no longer want me, I know
So, love of my life, it is time
To let you go
And I'll turn my attention back
To God
Who's always there for me
You know?

How Negative Interest Rates

One of these days

Maybe God will explain 

What went wrong

And why she stopped loving me

Always

His Best Friend

In this world
She showed him
Best
And worst
Heart shining
And burst
Only with her
His Heather girl

No Other Way

He could never get
The love that he wanted
For long

So he had to focus
On that
Which was always there
Instead

And It Doesn't Matter How I Cry

Love Gives You Wings So You Can Crash Into A Mountain

To confess your love
Ten years too late
Does lead one to
Agonizing fate

Last shot at love
Or alone he'll end
But at least he confessed
To his best friend

My Old Haunts

Stars
Shone light upon what we once were
Hope
Died the day I lost that girl

Daneurysm

If I can't have

The woman I love

Then I can at least have

The consciousness
From which she springs

Beyond All Reason

Love unrequited
Is the greatest pain I've known
To realize how long I've loved her
But she no longer loves me so
My heart, once shining
Now leaks with cracked love's dying flow
And knowing how much I've failed
Does nothing to help agony go

The Scars That Won't Heal

No one for me
My dear, good friend I've known
So I let you go
And remain alone
What else to do
Bur mourn over you
And what we were
Or yet could be

Not the body

I see form, awake
I sense feeling
Sensations reeling
No greater mistake
Than to take
It for me
But I am its steward
And advocate

What to Hitch Your Wagon To

What comes, must go
Whether fast or slow
But consciousness is always there
You know?

1-Star Morning Demons

Every morning, they say, "no good: quit!"

But I keep going; writing in spite of it

You're Always Home

It's always here
And always now
You're always home
No matter how

The Trail to the Plateau

All things fade away
Question is:
What path to take today?

The Root of the Matter

If you don't believe in yourself
Who the hell else will?

Superposition

The words may change
But consciousness doesn't

Mandela Effect (Geography)

What happened
To my world?

Bethany Reach

Every year I
Ask the sea
What is next for me
I guess we'll surely see

It's a Dream

When this life
Does fade away

Will I miss
Another day?

You Can't Win

Oh so many
Failed goals
Could you tell
If you lived in Hell?

Behind these Eyes

Consciousness is always now
How can it ever be not?

I am always here
No matter my apparent spot

Farther

Confidence
Where's confidence
Only if I've won

Confidence
There's confidence
Now that I am one

What Else Do You Have to Lose?

Slavery or poverty
Watch me fall

Yet I am not through yet
Despite it all

Further is Closer

When you get so little from the world without

You have no choice but to focus within

Ploughed Furrow Browed

This life destroys me
So I let me go

Dream Time Dream

From dreams awakened
Into this life shaken
Wondering how on earth it could be

Then he remembers 'let it'
Even if he doesn't get it
For knowing dreams can set one free

anOtherworld

The worlds I travel daily
Makes me wonder true


How it happens maybe
Where on earth are you

Dan's Cloud

Around him
And within
It covers
And says
He's no good
Again

Struggling
He grasps
Until he knows
That things go
When asked

Getting A Head

Inevitably
Our bodies end up
As bones
And dust

Why not at least
Attempt
What we must?

Sysphus's Lament

With righteous glee
You say to me
"All you want can come to thee:
Just follow Attraction's Law...
for eternity!"

And yet, I become upset
For the rock could not be set
Upon the high ground
Of what I wish to get

I ask you why
And you say "Harder! Try!"
But is it a lie? I can't deny
For stories can only keep you
From what's really On High

Empty Home

Wherever I roam
Sooner or later
I return
To an Empty Home

And though lonely
I know only
That it's always here
And it's always now
And I'm always I
Watching
From my Empty Home