#Spirit

"Keep Austin Weird Haiku Neck dragon tattoo, piercings, purple haired kindergarten teacher.Keep Austin weird."

"Stumble When you don't know how to end a sentence you've stumbled upon a truth."

"Great Poets [10w] Great poets can milk blood and tears from a stone."

"Happiness [10w] Happiness resides in the quiet pause,not in the pursuit."

"The 2-Step Self-Discovery Program The first step in self-discovery is not giving a shit what anybody else thinks.The second step is knowing you're a self-centered asshole."

"Gone to the Dogs [10w] All ideals corrupt into ideology to sustain the social order."

"Hanzō Katana Poetry A poem should be forged and folded to perfection like a Hanzō katanaand as gentle as the mist it cuts through."

"The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that its center is really everywhere, it is within each of us."

"Past/Present/Future I have no problem living in the present,but because of my pastpeople want to kill me in the future."

"A Moment Before Impact [10w] The deer's eyes were moonstones, reflecting back my car's headlights."

"Storm [10w] Clouds darken to X-rays revealingthe tumorous thunder resounding within."

"Lady Clowns [10w] Lady clowns drip menstrual blood in seven luscious rainbow colors."

"Spirituality and Aging Spirituality comes naturally to the old because they're running out of options."

"Good vs. Great [10w] To be good twice is a true mark of greatness."

"Overheard at Ashtanga Yoga Class *"I don't know my he left me. I even had a rabbit's food hanging from my dreamcatcher.""Maybe you should've used a little more suction and a few less amulets."

"A Matter of Perspective I see rain dancing on the stage of the pond.Fish see heaven throwing a thousand kisses.My wife see a drizzle of olive oil on a pot of spaghetti. The scientist sees condensation and precipitation.The rain sees reincarnation.A poet see them all in permutation."

"Pale Oak Leaves Scatter Pale oak leaves scatteraround my father's grave."For this I pay $30/month maintenance?"

"Tonight is For the Dying I've seen it grow dark ten-thousand times, yet never once mourned the loss of light, until tonight. Tonight I'm dying, dying, dying; before morn I may be ash in an urn, I know the light will return, maybe keeping ablaze its promise to others. Maybe not.If I had my druthers, the others would bedying, dying, dying, too,tonight."

"I think to think. Not to be thought-full, or to reach a point of wisdom or acquire a grace of knowledge. I think for the sensuality of thought."

"The Sound of Killing [10w] + [10w] A doe, a deer, a femaledeerin my headlights.A doe, a deer, a femaledeeron my sunroof."