I have decided 
somewhere in sleep 
to turn off 
the noise to 
hear less but 
listen more and 
to stop looking 
for things that 
aren’t really there 
and to see
that which is 
we conjure demons 
because we can’t 
be with angels 

It is always easier 
to connect the dots 
of one’s own life 
having before lived it
than it ever is
knowing where to step 
if this is true 
then one must trust 
that wherever one steps 
is the correct stone 
that will lead you 
there from over here 
and will one day 
make sense even though 
today it will not 

When I moved here 
I left everything behind 
and only packed expectation
such a fools errand 
I should have bought 
the refrigerator and bed
but because being me
I marched through gates
already declaring my victory 
unaware that this foe
was mightier than me 
time wears everything down 
before it ever builds 
up and even I
have been slowly whittled 
to this now sharp
stick that I am 
you do indeed become 
that where you are 
and where I am 
is better than before 
for I now live 
in the land humility