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Source Think I have to make my own world. Yeah. Build it from dust and delusion. From everything I’ve lost And everything they said I’d n...

Estoy aprendiendo .. (Spanglish Poem) Estoy aprendiendo a amarme, a ser generosa conmigo misma. I'm learning to take care of myself, i...

Clouds Clouds are like little fish Swimming in a vast, deep ocean, Floating through the eternity of sky. Swept along by the softest br...

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Promise rushed, emotions crushed. Story of two generations, connected generations. Some things were untold, left untold. Untold writes...

▶️ Watch on 3Speak 26 of 81 From the seed sprouts the root From the root sprouts the stem Sprouts the limb From the limb sprouts the flo...

▶️ Watch on 3Speak 28 of 81 Immersed in dualities Ideas and thoughts Of what is ...

▶️ Watch on 3Speak 27 of 81 The seed does not know Where the wind will take it It leaves no footprint To mar the pristine air Only when ...

▶️ Watch on 3Speak 25 of 81 The Tao Cannot be defined By thoughts, words, or concepts But she can be embodied Brought forth to aid in al...

▶️ Watch on 3Speak 23 of 81 The wind blows From the direction it comes With the strength it levies Until it blows no more The rain falls...

▶️ Watch on 3Speak 22 of 81 The internal foe Is a born competitor Wanting to be first It is always behind By desiring all It remains inc...

▶️ Watch on 3Speak Join me for my latest poetry audio blog. This week I read from my newest poetry collection, Domesticate the Heavens. ...

▶️ Watch on 3Speak 18 of 81 When the Tao is not heard Virtue is revered When virtue is lost Intelligence governs When ignorance shoves o...

▶️ Watch on 3Speak 17 of 81 The horse that loves the guide Will follow without knot or grip The guide who loves the horse Will pull with...

▶️ Watch on 3Speak 15 of 81 What of ancient masters ...

▶️ Watch on 3Speak 14 of 81 The Tao cannot be known through the senses She has no one form She has no one sound She has no one smell She...

▶️ Watch on 3Speak In honour of the lunar eclipse tonight, I have jumped ahead in my Tao uploads to 24. This verse also happens to be on...

▶️ Watch on 3Speak 13 of 81 Esteem is a ladder With neither top nor bottom It depends on the shaky regard of others To keep the climber ...

▶️ Watch on 3Speak 11 of 81 The spokes of a wheel turn Allow the air to pass We get movement The earthen jar Maintains an open space To ...

▶️ Watch on 3Speak 10 of 81 The mind is a wanderer Widening and bending the Tao with thought You need not go where thought leads Keep fi...

▶️ Watch on 3Speak 9 of 81 Drink deeply from your cup Share what lies within There is always more Your cup is served by the Tao An over-...

▶️ Watch on 3Speak 8 of 81 Water nurtures the root of life It does so without thought, naturally It runs to the low, dark, and quiet Kno...

▶️ Watch on 3Speak The Devil is a DJ The devil is a DJ extraordinaire Clad in a 3-piece suit and epaulettes On a flaming turntable lies ...

▶️ Watch on 3Speak 7 of 81 The heavens and earth exist For what is found within They endure as vessels Allowing time and material To ent...

▶️ Watch on 3Speak 6 of 81 The Tao is the Great Mother She plants her divine seed in all So spouts infinite worlds So sprouts infinite m...

▶️ Watch on 3Speak 4 of 81 The Tao is a well Dwarfed by a raindrop Deep enough To fill an endless ocean She soothes all sharpness Eases ...

A Murmured Way Click on the Link to hear audio version Murmured Free Verse trace the well-trodden way surveyed and paved by legions in ...

▶️ Watch on 3Speak 3 of 81 Inequality exists because one Does not know his greatness He neglects what is of endless value Hoards and th...

▶️ Watch on 3Speak 2 of 81 Our thoughts create duality Heaven and earth Beautiful and ugly Good and evil From duality appears creation ...