A Collection of Original Poetry by Thal Mohammed
Poetry is one of the most ancient forms of self-expression. It is an attempt to capture with words the ineffable and the imaginal. It can help us process emotions that emerge from the deeper levels of our psyche. At the end of every episode, you will hear a poem written by Thal that is inspired by the conversation that week.
You Are Simply
Poem by Thal Mohammed Inspired by Episode 26: From Crisis to Meaning with Shinzen Young Depth and nuance have become a rarity?Don’t you see there is a crisis of clarity? Heed the call, heed the call, and drop your vanity. You have become enamored.You have become distracted. Words, images, and hollow theories are you not tired of your own… BULLSHIT! There is...
Destroy Yourself
Poem by Thal Mohammed Inspired by Episode 25: Raising Consciousness Through Sound with Alexandre Tannous Listen to the sound of silence.Who are you without your personality? You say you want to destroy yourself. Don’t you know that you are:One pulseOne breath Breathe, breathe deeply.Breathe right down to your gut, your groin,and the soles of your feet. Destroy yourself! You see. Those who...
Forgotten
Poem by Thal Mohammed Inspired by Episode 24: Psychedelic Integration with Susan Scharf and Rebecca Hendrix You will be loved stilldespite the silent painof your closed heart and your rough skin. You will be loved stilldespite your deaf ears. In the morning of birdsthat sing by your window-sill. You will be loved still,even though you hide it,your soul, in your...
Seven Layers
Poem by Thal Mohammed Inspired by Episode 23: What’s It Like to be a Vampire with L.A. Paul Many months have passed with no tears shed. Those were the longest months. With dry eyes, you weaved a quilt out of mediocrity. You were voracious and tenacious in concealing the broken bits. But, silly-fool, the darkest parts are gold once lit? What now? How can one shed...
A Changed Landscape
Poem by Thal Mohammed Inspired by Episode 22: Technologies That Serve Humanity with Andrew Dunn It is a city of imported beauty,galloped by a soulless existence.Inside an air-conditioned taxicab,I conveniently avoid the angerof the humid air outside. Slender edifices made of glass and steelblock the memories of a city that I once knew.Posters impregnate the walls witha...
Between My Eyes
Poem by Thal Mohammed Inspired by Episode 21: Holistic Psychotherapy with Phyllis Alongi Mama sends me off to school:binty, she said, don’t let any boy foolwith your heart, for some boys like toplant lies on some girls’ hearts She tells me this and plantsa kiss between my eyes that almosttook the morning sun by surpriseand its light...