Bare Feet!

your religion smells like
shoes left in a corner, never worn!
i want to know what
your bare feet smell like!

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Different

thank god we are different...
yet beneath all our differences
there lies a sameness,
that joins us together!

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Two Choices

two choices:
we either put guns
in the hands of our children,

or,

we give them
a bowl, a fork, and a book!

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Greed

greed
eats
its
own
children

like
a
moth
drawn
to
the
flame

swallows
its
own
light

without

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True Religion

true religion
gets the hands
dirty with
the heart's true
convictions....

and doesnt keep
running... to wash
them!

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Buddha Steps # 3

everyday,
i try to let go
of something else

this just makes me
realize
how many more things
i have
to let go of!

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Fallout Shelter

your arms,
my personal
fallout shelter....

when i grow weary
of the world's assault!

and, baby,
i need you now!

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Forms The Bridge

death is a door,
not an abyss.
love is an abyss...
the part of you
that you give
forms the bridge...
give your all!

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Sexuality

real sexuality
lies in the
art of giving

with total abandon
without remorse
without motive

giving unconditionally!

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You Just Being You!

if i could give you a gift...
it would be you!
you just being you,
in all of your youness...
as no one else can do!

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