Remember that we have the power to pursue joy

Antidote to fear 

Focus on the positive

Create your own joy 

Awake Too Early

My relentless mind 

In perpetual motion 

Sleeping’s a challenge 

Awake against my will

Dreaming of dreaming 

Longing for slumber 

The machinery of my mind 

Psychological cogs churn and spin 

Whirring hum of my soul 

They grow up so fast

My phone buzzes

A beautiful woman

Who I remember

In diapers

I feel joy

At the blessing

Of my simple

Witness 

A Flower After The Rain

As the rain had passed

This flower’s glory shines forth

And then the light shifts