Perhaps

Perhaps good exists only to intensify the experience of bad via contrast.

Easier (Neruda)

What is my poetry? I don’t know. It would be easier to ask my poetry who am I.

Pablo Neruda

Lessons

Life is full of lessons
that death renders irrelevant.

Empathy

Empathy is the beginning, not the end.

On fears

The most debilitating fears disguise themselves as practical concerns.

On choice

Choice is a chance.

Sacrifice

A sacrifice is not diminished by the number of other people who also make it.

If

If you relished it then,
then cherish it now.

Almost

Almost is almost is.

The Shattered Mirror

My newest book of poetry, The Shattered Mirror, is now out! Those wishing to purchase a copy may do so at Amazon. My longest book to date, I'm quite happy with how it turned out.

Defer only

Defer only to knowledge, skill, or experience,
never to authority, hierarchy, or a bully.

Interpretation

Interpretation ignites, and extinguishes, all meaning.

Every ghost

Every ghost is a desire or a regret.

New poems

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Reality

You know reality only to the extent that you attend what is larger (and smaller) than the human.

Negligence

Negligence is the most underreported crime.

On habit

Habit is addiction to pattern.

Life

Life is arbitrary, not random.

On beauty

Beauty is always a collaboration.

The worst

Loss is the worst.