It has been a long time since I have utilized this particular forum of expression and the poetry and short stories stored herein are a testament to my frame of mind and state of being back in the early to mid-00s. I made some friends here that I still have and I look back fondly upon these works and the intense, spiritual and material explorations that led up to their publishing.  These works are presented in the spirit in which they were shared and I offer them humbly for those seeking experiential knowing or even just to know who I used to be, so many years ago. Thanks for visiting and, as a slight disclaimer, just because I wrote something in a poem or story many years ago does not mean that my knowing stagnated and is the same now as it was back then. We all grow and evolve whether we choose to or not, it is inevitable. Who I was then, is not who I am now. Go in peace and claim your blessings!