Author: Mike Margolies

Second guessing
Rumination
Making problems
For peoccupation

Let me go
Uncage me
Drowning in
Uncertainty

A battle rages
That no one sees
Against the most elusive
Of enemies

My eyes and ears work
But I’m deaf and blind
There’s a world out there
I cannot find

It’s right behind
This thickest fog

Following instinct
Staying present
Easy answers
Are apparent

In this moment
I am free
Fully aware
With clarity

A peaceful aura
Emanates and extends
All around
To all my friends

Vision is perfect
With both eyes closed
I hear the whole world
I feel it the most

It’s all right here
Just get the fog clear

Eugene, Oregon

Finders keepers
We’re the seekers
What isn’t lost cannot be found
It’s not elsewhere, it’s all around

Lose your mind
If you want to find

You have to lose to find
What seems out is in
The chest is unlocked
To end is to begin

The waves and the wind
Shhhhh
The birds
[Whistle]
Tell me now
How do you feel?

Running along
The riverside
An empty desert
Where you can’t hide
From highest mountains
To beach and sea
To the lonely forest
Where I’m just with me

Arcata, California and Ashland, Oregon
Rewritten later

Get in the flow
You already know
The pathway to get there
But you’re asking where
The place is right here
The time is right now
Follow your gut
You already know how

Go with the flow
You already know
Right here right now
You already know how

Let go and listen
The birds give a chirp
They sing along with you
Welcome back we’ve missed you
The sun want to kiss you
It all wants to bliss you
Just listen and join

Where does it go?
What is this show?
It unfolds scene by scene
But what does it mean?
It’s ok not to know
Just go with the flow

Arcata, California

Sail the stormy sea
To become what I might be

Travel weary
Take some rest
You need it to become your best

Balance, balance
Ever the challenge
Hone your talents
Don’t impinge

Between desperation and hesitation
Find your authentic expression

Stand on our own
Sit with yourself
Present yourself whole
Find health and wealth

Oakland, California

It will never be perfect
And that’s ok.
Do the dance anyway.

Note what works and what doesn’t.
Iterate ahead.
Update the models in your head.

But don’t get lost in your head now.
Return to the moment.
Wherever necessary, make atonement.

Can you write a new song?
Will you sail the sea?
What took you so long
To finally see?

Take a look at the view
Stay out until 2
This is enough
Dayenu

Can you choose the next scene?
Can you say what you mean?
Do you know what you want?
Or will you go on a jaunt?

Open your eyes and listen
Or else you might be missin
What’s floating right toward you
Grab what’s here for you

Could you sing and dance
If you had the chance?
Could you see yourself
In a deep, inspired romance?

The roses smell sweet
As you move your feet
It’s a beautiful day
I wonder who I’ll meet

Oakland, California

Imagine there’s no drug war
It’s easy if you try
No mass incarceration
Let millions see the sky

Imagine all the nonviolent drug offenders
Going free today

Imagine harm reduction
It isn’t hard to do
And psychedelic therapy centers
Lots of dispensaries too

Imagine all the people
With access to healing needs

You may say I’m a stoner
But I’m not the only one
I hope some day you will join us
And have a toke, or maybe more than one

Imagine cognitive liberty
I wonder if you can
Control of your own mind & body
Without a violent ban

Imagine all the people
Freer in the world

You may say I’m a stoner
But I’m not the only one
I hope some day you will join us
And have a joint, or maybe more than one

Prague, Czech Republic and Baltimore, Maryland

Hop into space
And say your goodbye
To that lovely place
You once knew as Pai
Take my advice
Cause I’m not gonna lie
You should strap in your seatbelt
Cause you’re ’bout to fly

To the tune of Pai Song
Chiang Mai, Thailand

Socrates Cafe Meetup, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Socrates Cafe Meetup, Chiang Mai, Thailand