Table of Contents
Dedication . . . . . . . . . . iv
Beatitudes . . . . . . . . . . 9
A Movement in the Air . . . . . . . 11
The View from the Lighthouse . . . . . 12
The Life that you Create . . . . . . . 15
The Belly of the Beast . . . . . . . . 16
Heroes (To Erin) . . . . . . . . . 19
Runway 24 – Lukla, Nepal . . . . . . . 20
The Mode of the Hummingbird . . . . . 22
Dancing with the Muse . . . . . . . 25
Darkness and Light . . . . . . . . 28
A Penchant for Strippers . . . . . . . 30
I am not my chair . . . . . . . . . 32
Why Are We Here? . . . . . . . . 35
Vengeance “lex talionis” (For the suicide bombers) 37
Dreams – (in four short acts) . . . . . . 39
This Moment in Time . . . . . . . . 42
Apparency . . . . . . . . . . 44
The Vengeance of Angels . . . . . . . 46
Taking Off My Watch . . . . . . . . 47
Bricks . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Circumstance . . . . . . . . . . 50
Authenticity . . . . . . . . . . 52
The Whisper of Sheets . . . . . . . 53
Connecting Dots . . . . . . . . . 55
Catch and Release . . . . . . . . . 57
Mother is Listening . . . . . . . . 58
The Poet . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Space . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
We should be more than just entertainment . . 64
Radiance . . . . . . . . . . 66
Integrity . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Intention . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Waiting for You . . . . . . . . . 70
Life as a Human . . . . . . . . . 73
Path . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Borders is Closing . . . . . . . . . 75
The Secret to Good Sex . . . . . . . 77
The Perfect Life . . . . . . . . . 79
Friendship . . . . . . . . . . 80
On the observation of a cripple – yet buoyant. . 83
Different Doors . . . . . . . . . 84
A Poet's Wish. . . . . . . . . . . 86
The Secret Handshake from God . . . . . 87
The Taken Road . . . . . . . . . 88
Weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
The Easy Answer . . . . . . . . . 92
Barriers to Flight . . . . . . . . . 95
Why we do what we do . . . . . . . 97
Actors . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Barriers . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Sailing – Song of the Daemons . . . . . 103
Terrorist. . . . . . . . . . . . 105
The Cliff . . . . . . . . . . . 106
The Dance . . . . . . . . . . 108
Woman . . . . . . . . . . . 110
The Root of Strength . . . . . . . . 112
A Simple Step . . . . . . . . . . 113
Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Spiderwebs and Evolution . . . . . . . 115
Slicing Tomatoes . . . . . . . . . 119
Tips From My Father . . . . . . . . 120
Thanksgiving . . . . . . . . . . 121
Decision . . . . . . . . . . . 124
America 2197 . . . . . . . . . . 126
Stardust . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Maniac – For Syria . . . . . . . . . 132
On Poetry and Social Responsibility . . . . 134
About the Author . . . . . . . . . 140
