On a journey far from home
This was home some years ago
Friends appear and fade and grow
Heart to heart and soul to soul

Hope and love or hot rod?
LSD and Woodstock
Laissez-faire or state-run
Please, can I have some?

When you die, why would you
Think you’re coming back here?
Speed of light, speed of soul
Other Earths to choose from

Decorate these plain old shells
Paint and plump and groom them
Get a tattoo, piercing, brand
Powder, shine, and tune them

Love and mercy, trust and faith
Things that don’t come easy
Remind yourself every day
Of who you want to be

It’s freaky when you tune your mind
To the frequency of the Milky Way
All the lyrics sound the same
No matter what the station
All the books read alike
No matter who the author

Every shared revelation
Makes perfect, boring sense

It gets so easy to tell
When someone is out of tune
All you hear is the dissonance
The words no longer matter
The challenge then is twofold:
To believe in their future
And to hear your own dischord

There’s no such thing as perfect love
In relationships down on earth
Our bodies, our minds, our experiences
Make loving the hardest pursuit
Fear is so easy
Distrust a snap
Anger & pettiness common
Who ever wanted the easiest life?
Fanned and fed grapes on a sofa
All of us bred to adapt and survive
Without a challenge we stir
Give us this day just our daily bread
Forgive those who trespass against us
For love conquers all and foes see the light
When we trust in the process that birthed us

We were given these amazing
Bodies to test drive
Living machines

We’ve altered, we’ve crashed
We’ve abused and indulged
We’ve jumped the fishbowl
And gone to the moon

But when you turn off the lights
And dive deep within
Life becomes dark

Society chases its tail
And we all fall down dizzy

In this industrial pot
Of colors and creeds
We listen and learn
But the quest for truth
Is a puzzle with no box

So we each hold our lights
No matter how bright
And shine without blinding
As we walk through life.

You’ve come to my temple
With humility and faith
Your lips
A mantra against my skin
My sighs
A praise unto eternity
Baptized in my waters
We ly with the stars
Just as electric
Just as temporal

We all have the potential
To do good or to do evil
Certain things make it hard

To do good

Maybe you weren’t raised right
Maybe you got a chemical flaw
Maybe you had some bad breaks

Would it kill you to try?

It feels like it could sometimes
When your rage blooms deep within
It’s gotta go somewhere

You know you should take ten

But the release feels so good
Like snot from your nose
But the virus spreads

Silver spoon
Spoon-fed
Missing you
Grateful dead
Live a little
Buy a lot
Build a house
High five
Good intentions
Big rush
Maze of smoke
Feel the buzz
Crush a chip
Handstand
Mistletoe
Grandstand
Filthy rat
Escape to peace
Live there
Get a lease
Make it work
Find a way
Big love
Paper plate

We all need those good vibes
Thick beats, waving melodies
Fresh moist air
Crispy juicy melt in your mouth
Warm chocolate syrup in a sippy cup
Room to dance
Room to make
Sweet hot love

Someone you love to hate
Someone who takes your shit
Someone who calls you out
Someone who loves and loves

The music weaves us together
In one colorful tapestry
If only for a song
We forget what we hate
And remember what we love
We let our hearts out to fly
And lock them away with the last note

Our brains all work the same
Our hearts all feel the tug of real love truth
When will we rise above our past?
Rise above our chemistry?
Can we all hike the mountain to that beautiful plateau
Right now
Carry the feeble on our shoulders,
And rest where the sun sets on our insecurities
And the moon rises to greet each and all
Effortlessly reflecting the sun’s perfect majesty
Despite being small
Despite being lonely
Its craters and imperfections we call beautiful
Because it shines on with such ease
Shine on us and let us shine
Let’s go there always and forever