If life really is a bowl of cherries, then we would all get several bites. But the bites we take, never seem to balance things up. All our lives are about balance. Grains of truth, pinches of salt, mothers and fathers, reality and perception. Poems are just words, but our expression is a fulcrum. Take what you can from these poems, and find your own balance. This first collection was started in 2004, and written over the course of a year spent off and on touring in the company of Alanis Morissette. It became a habit for me to break out the leather bound journal and pencil whenever a quiet moment presented itself. Even when dog tired, if the call was heard, it was answered. But this book is not a snapshot, some poems were written from experience, some from empathy, and some from an emotional reserve tank that I was unaware I had. Some flowed in minutes and others in days. I hope the reader will find some resonance in at least one part of this book, and making a connection is all that the words can aspire to.
