A hungry ghost chases desires but is eternally unsatiated. 
A hungry ghost keeps you consuming consuming, so you can never quite bloom into your fullest potential.
What is your relationship like to the consumption of substances, experiences, netflix, people?
Do you exist in a state of hunger and endless want/boredom or vitality and inspiration? 
How do we free ourselves from the hungry ghosts that haunt many of us? 
And live inside of a deeper satisfaction and well being than we’ve ever known? 

I got hands reachin out
of my hungry eyes
Grabbin at the closest thing
that they can find and
maybe it’s not what I need 
But somethin in my heart still bleeds
And I’m lookin for a bandage
To stop 
the flow
To make 
it slow
To conceal the wound
Hoping the pain will end soon 

Time after time
I couldn’t give myself the love I needed
Time after time
Apathy was all I could see
I smoked weed so I could feel my heart opening 
Cuz my heart was so hard
I fought and I fought and I fought and I fought 
I couldn’t bare the hurt of not being able
To see my own worth 
I couldn’t bare the hurt
of another person telling me to leave 
I couldn’t bare the hurt
of feeling unwelcome in my own flesh
Where is my home?
Where is my home?
Where is my home?
Jill, will you help me build my home?
Cuz I don’t much like it out here
in the dark cold alone.
Oh my heart wants a nest
But it’s all cold in here inside my chest
Oh my heart wants a nest
Jill, will you be my place of rest?

The answer is yes!
I’ve been waiting to show you all my love
All I wanna do 
Is be there for you
All I wanna do
Is make sure you’re feeling soothed
So the spirit of life
can move through you

Jill, will ya open the door 
and let me in
I’ll warm you up 
from within

I love you
Oh I love you
I love you

And I just want to know you. 

PART 2: The Proclamation        

Emotions are useful information I do not wish to alter through the use of drugs.
I need to be able to sense which relationships and environments are genuinely compatible. 
I do not wish to rip off doors in my mind to other dimensions that I can’t close. 
There are some things I’d rather not see,
l don’t need to see 
all that.
I have overcome my hunger for drugs so no one can entice and manipulate me. 
I have overcome my hunger for drugs so I don’t confuse my love for a person with my love for the substance I’m consuming.
I have overcome my hunger for drugs so I can better respond to emergencies with swift clarity
and so I don’t become numb to atrocities. 
I have overcome my hunger for drugs so I can connect with my certainty and leave behind the wobbly, doubt filled states of inner conflict.
I close the door to drugs so I may be at peace and pursue my deepest passions and unify my energy in contentment and betterment.
I need Jill to be present with me in every moment so I can feel safe and grounded.
I will settle for no less. 

I make decisions before I go 
Into spaces where other people have strong flows 
I’m energetically sensitive 
I can feel your cravings bro 
Thank god I’ve learned how to say no

I can finally trust myself 
That didn’t come in a day 
I’ve seen myself be strong when tested. 
Again and again I choose the best for my best friend
I’m glad to rediscover this thing called
Discipline 
That breeds a sense of pride and strength in me
I’ve got mad respect for the person I’m becoming 

I am the captain of Jill’s dream boat
It’s my job to keep it afloat
Guiding it at sea
Riding waves of reassuring energy
I remove the unnecessary so the necessary may speak 
I am proud of the simplicity I’ve been cultivating 
A few years of internal and external spring cleaning 
My soul is beaming 

Now I get high on vulnerability, physical activity, making art, and learning
I’ve reconnected with my drive and now I make a decent earning
I hope this expression gets your wheels turning.