Forget the media
And the lies they promote
Forget the weeds they plant in our heads
Forget the ads for so much trash
The rich are selling us a world we don’t want
Don’t buy it
Or meditate for a moment
On their storylines, hook, line, and sinker
We’re all suckers
For eating the garbage at the bottom of the lake
And we end up fat and ugly
When we should be alive and victorious

Everything is coming together
Even the scientists are finding
The interconnectedness
Of ailments, of energy
That’s why I love astrology
It’s all related so beautifully
You couldn’t make it up
The way a beating of wings
In China affects us here
Babel, it’s all babble
Until you zoom out

Plastic people
Glossy retouch
Andro sprinter
Bulging biceps
Crest whitestrip
Invisalign
Break your bones
And grow them longer
Ultra tan
Ultra thin
Maybe money
Maybe fame
Mostly just
A cryin’ shame

Balloons and cookies
Frosting in pastel
A big white cake
Cute little hat
Blue flower placemat
Pinwheel spinning
Blow leisurely
Head rests on folded arms

Connect and share
We find our freedom
When we forget ourselves
In the music of the day
And just jam with life

The love is in the trust
The American dream
Was Life, Liberty, and Happiness
Not lending a dime
And hoping for a dollar

Money won’t buy life
Liberty, or happiness
You can’t buy what
You already own
Shed that old fur coat

The treasure awaits, buried
Under the weight of your
Parent’s misguided dreams
Society’s heavy lusts
Fame’s cheap burden
Man’s ticking time bomb

If you throw off these weights
Even for a moment
You just might experience
The thrill of existence
The intoxicating joy of
Having all you need

Right now

Just a whiff
And you are hooked
Nothing looks the same
In the afterglow
The trip is easier
When the pack is light

Love sleeps
Love dances
Love reads
Love sings
Love walks
Love sits
Love looks
Love eats
Love gives
Love takes
Love talks
Love smiles
Love lives

Children are magical
Babies of all kinds
Kittens
Puppies
Piglets

They are so close
To the beginning

Like a single-celled organism
In the span of evolution
They were the first

What do they know?
What do they remember?

Good thing they are mute
The first year or two
Or we might not believe
Their stories from before

What is love?
The recognition
Of yourself in others
People, animals, things

We are the light
Shining through
6 billion vases
Different colors
Shapes
Some dark and dim
Others bright

We live to let
That little light of ours shine
Knowing we each
Got a different vessel
And loving through
The filth

Love is the hardest thing
In this world of puppets
And illusions
We can be tricked into
Thinking our skin will
Really matter

Not in a million years

Blessed
Dementia
Trip hop
Don’t stop

Needles
Guns
Smoke in your
Lungs

Bias
Bayous
Unplanned
Abortion

Fearing
The fearful
Faith in the
System

God will provide
Learn to survive

I’m so full
My heart is fat
My stomach is big
I laugh like Buddha
My little gray ants
Scurry away to build their own world
Some people want to shine a light
I want to grow an army
Off the wisdom of the ancients
What could we do?
Solve this world’s problems
Or voyage upward and onward
Jump this fishbowl
And breathe some new air
But they won’t care
What we did
Unless we guarded freedom
And opened the floodgates of love.