I heard a child laugh, and asked, “How can I learn to laugh like you, so happy and so free?" The child shrugged and said, “Be happy, don’t be sad.” Haik Kocharian

Turn off the bedroom light, look out the window. It's now late into the night, and the moon is full and shining bright on our naked souls. Haik Kocharian

Stay on your own path. Play your own game. Don't desire wealth, don't seek fame. Drive your own car and all will come to you, be sure of it. Haik Kocharian

He said, “Which way to go I don’t know.” I said, “The answer can be found In The Book of Changes.” Haik Kocharian

Don’t only live to do, also live to be. Give the magic of the moment the time it needs to reveal itself. Haik Kocharian

Sleet, slush, puddles everywhere. Crowds, bracing cold and frozen rain, are stranded. Cars are piled up, disorderly, in stand-still traffic. But just a block away it's a winter wonderland, magical, quiet,

I know you love the snow. Remember when it snowed a long time ago? We walked, and talked and laughed. Haik Kocharian

Bring everything you do in life to a singular unit. In other words, become one with all that you are. Haik Kocharian

With kings and queens, with beggars and drifters, with poets and dreamers, be real, be yourself, be classless. Haik Kocharian

Everyone who sees you sees a different person. Be all of them. Be unaware of yourself. Haik Kocharian

Before you go, before you start life anew, I want to sit with you, hold hands, be quiet, no need for any words. Haik Kocharian

Union Square Park. New York City. Dusk. Silhouettes of trees and people in the twilight. Fallen dried leaves, yellow, red, crushing under my feet. It is already mid November. Time flys. Haik Kocharian

With broken wings and spirit, an old eagle soared above the horizons one last time. To be in flight, to go with a fight. Above it all. Haik Kocharian

Never be beholden to trivial reality. Escape the constraints of the unimportant. Haik Kocharian

Imagine having just one day to live, and choosing to spend your only day on earth inspiring everyone with beauty. Imagine you are a butterfly. Haik Kocharian

Voting polls. New York District 1. I am in line, waiting for my turn to cast my ballot. I think to myself: I worked so hard to earn the right to vote. I am proud, I am American, I am a citizen of the USA.

The relentless search for words, melody, images, is only done to find a language that can be understood by you. Haik Kocharian

Silence. Help me find the words to express pure poetry. Haik Kocharian

Wars, distraction, hunger, suffering is everywhere you look and yet, the poet is unfazed, calmly writing poems about the beautiful in life. Poet knows beauty will save the world. Haik Kocharian

Mind of mine, drift, wander off in every which direction, unrestricted, free as the wind. Experience and be amazed. Haik Kocharian