"Rules"

There are no rules

There is no right way

There is no wrong way

There is nothing by which

To measure what is right

What is wrong

And yet

There are rules

There is a right way

There is a wrong way

There is only this

To measure what is right

Or wrong

We do so by

What feels so

And what does not

We do so by

Understanding

That we are all

Human beings

All experiencing things

In different ways

And yet

We also do so by

Realizing

That we are all

Human beings

And all have similar reactions

To things like pain or poverty

And so

And so

Live your life in a way

That makes you happy

Live your life in a way

That does not make others

Unhappy

This is a great

Rule of thumb for

How to fix the world

Why can't we ever

As human beings

Seem to do this?

ML

11/8/2023

13:27

 "Stains"

My art is

Precisely

Multiple

Failed attempts

At bringing

Order to

The chaos

Playing

Songs for

No one

Writing 

Words for

No one

Reflections

Refractions

Of the

Chaos

Inside me

Around me

Spontaneous 

Musings

Like this

The lessons

Of the past

Always return

These days

Thinking about

Writing about

My past

Again

Sticky subjects

Better left

Alone

Leave the

Dustbins

Of yesteryear

Alone

Pain is nothing

But a reflection

Of energy

Made manifest

In the body-mind

There is no

Cure

There is only

Acceptance

Of “what is”

妥協

You can fight

Or you can

Choose

Not to fight

You can complain

Or you can

Choose

Not to complain

So long as

One feels

That one is

Moving forward

One is

Moving forward

Why do I continue

To write

These things

Here

Inappropriate 

I should

Just quietly

Slip away

Where are we now?

Where are you?

Where am I?

“It’s the end

Of this

Three-ring

F***ing show”

The hidden

Stains

Always

Reappear

In time

November 4, 2023

Tokyo, Japan

Temperature: 25C / 77F