The same sun

I dodge around on edge
as if expecting to find you in
a tiny corner or crevice
hidden in the dark

You know, that secret part of you
in the shadows or as a ghost,
the part we don't show?

Lost in a maze, searching through faces,
bumping into others starry-eyed, lost, fixated

Each footstep hypnotizes me into
the rhythm of a heartbeat, I turn my head
to see if you are there, disappointed

I desire for you to appear

But what if that desire is selfish?

If I wished enough would it happen?

What would happen if it did?

I dream a little glimmer of the truth

My mind's eyes sometimes even
forgets what you look like

Am I searching for a feeling or a face?

Maybe the desire is right
within me:

Comfort, kindness, peace,
motivation, inspiration,
excitement, acceptance, warmth,
trust, beauty, adventure, wisdom?

Am I capable of the strength I found within you?

Am I worthy of these feelings alone?

Am I even searching or just stumbling?

Living vicariously
through what I found in you
I am left drained of perspective

I feel nutty, nervous, empty
yet thrilled by an essence

My life is forever changed

Peace is not exclusive

The light I found in you comes from
the same sun I bask in,
the same sun I was born to witness,

the same sun I hope to meet you under
when I uncover my self from the shadows first.

The thing about greed

The

the thing

the thing about

the thing about greed

the thing about greed is

the thing about greed is that

the thing about greed is that it doesn't

the thing about greed is that it doesn't share

the thing about greed is that it doesn't share or

the thing about greed is that it doesn't share or even

the thing about greed is that it doesn't share or even care.

There's no such thing as moderation

There's no such thing as moderation

what I love I love to my fullest

what I live for I live for my fullest

what I want I desire with all my heart

when I wake up I embrace the day with a smile, not an apathetic yawn

when I walk I take strides, not tiny footsteps as to be silent

when I smile I show all my teeth, not a half smile or grin

when I talk I exclaim, not muffle or garble words with gray eyes down to the ground

With moderation comes complacency

and to progress means to go full force
to do, to act, to be
to the fullest

as to bring change in its purest sense.

Simplicity

What calls out
of the storm
the lightning the thunder the clap
is hiss the rolls the crashes
what calls out of the cacophony
the endless notes
the phrases interrupted by time
the notes that don't mean anything
the ba da bee ops
the za zapedy ees
the da dee a be oo das
is the sense that we
as a unit
need to take a step back
and think simply
not just in music, art
but in life
because in simplicity is honesty
all art must be built on that which is true
even if it means going without
flourishes
bends
squeals
whinnies
hoos and hollers
what calls out of the storm
the lightning the thunder the clap
is hiss the rolls the crashes
is silence, is sunshine, is reality.

The world according to jazz

In its sound
I can find the profound

a bop a beep a boop
zee ba da lee-op
da ba da ba ee dod e la

it's a language
it's a code
it's a dialect

a bop a beep a boop
zee ba da lee-op
da ba da ba ee dod e la

it's a way of life
it's a lifestyle
it's a spirituality

a bop a beep a boop
zee ba da lee-op
da ba da ba ee dod e la

it's in me
it's in you
it's in us

a bop a beep a boop
zee ba da lee-op
da ba da ba ee dod e la

I can hear it
I can feel it
I am it.

Passion!

Passion!

Passion heals the world

I have seen so much medicine

so many corporations

so many products guaranteed 

to cure you

to heal you

to make you happier

to make you healthier

to release your problems

but, they don't work

there isn't a direct route out

of unhappiness

unhealthiness

but there's passion

there's a vision

there's determination

and with these tools

anything can happen

and you heal yourself as if in magic. 

I wake up each day

I wake up each day
with a mission

a mission to spread

music

music and art

music and art all around the world

music and art all around the world so that people can see
the impact of passion, of life, of beauty
a role model without greed.