Author Archives: Scott Bowles

Therefore

Therefore

I am,
Therefore I think.
Thoughts ripple like shadows on water,
Neither mine nor yours,
But echoes of all that has been.


I breathe,
Therefore I feel.
Not the air alone,
But the weight of tides
That pull at the edges of being.


I see,
Therefore I wonder.
The horizon stretches infinite,
A scrawny line that divides
What I know from what I hope to discover.


I move,
Therefore I change.
Each step erasing the one before,
Leaving behind whispers
Of roads unremembered.


I exist,
Therefore I become.
Not a moment,
But the endless unfolding
Of what could be.

Like Marcus

Like Marcus

What matters lies within—
all else is smoke and shadow.
Your thoughts are yours alone;
tend them like a garden.

When pain comes, do not turn away.
Say instead: Here is my teacher.
When joy comes, hold it lightly.
Say instead: Here is a gift.

The sun rises without your permission.
The stars wheel without your consent.
In this vast dance of atoms,
your only power is to choose:

How to meet this moment,
How to carry this burden,
How to love what life has given,
How to let go of what it takes.

Pride is a prison.
Anger is a chain.
Fear is a fog that hides the truth:
You were made for this exact day.

So stand in the storm
not because you are strong,
but because you know—
strength comes from standing.

Accept what is.
Do what must be done.
Love what you have been given.
Ask nothing more of the universe.

This breath is enough.
This moment is enough.
This life, exactly as it is,
is enough.