Before Experience

the experience
that I am after
is the one
before it

nothing is wrong
but what I would
have there be
taught as I was
to yearn
after something
I couldn't learn

Stay in Beauty

stay in beauty
manage it all
below the neck
stay in the heart
navigate well
break the sting
and strife
of calculating life

Tiger Woods

it seems appropriate
to be writing a poem
about Tiger Woods
as he is in the media
due to personal choices
that attract attention

we have all been there
(not in the spotlight so much)
but having made poor choices

let's leave the dude alone
so he can have the space
to make another choice
without all the stuff
that is not even his
(i.e. our stuff)

Deemed Important

how am I doing?
there is no way to tell

there is no time
there is only the witnessing
of shapes, color, circumstance
nuances and created meaning
nature and fetish
with a little relish
and 360 degrees
of importances
held up by the four corners
of the universe
that easily collapses
into a single party favor
found in the deepest part
of the one and only