When you feel alive
Go ahead and take flight
It’s time to realize
You’ve got something inside
Never question why
Something makes you feel alive

If you want to sing; write a song
If you’re feeling something inside; write a poem
If you want to dance; show the world your moves
If it makes you happy; do what you do

When you feel alive
Go ahead and take flight
It’s time to realize
You’ve got something inside

If you want to pray; that’s ok
Don’t worry about public opinion
And their wicked ways
Eternal life! Pave the way
Eternal happiness; that’s your way

When you feel alive
Go ahead and take flight
It’s time to realize
You’ve got something inside

Maybe it’s a cruise to where the waters are blue
A hike in the mountains and the magnificent views
The city or country; it’s up to you
If it makes you happy; do what you do

When you feel alive
Go ahead and take flight
It’s time to realize
You’ve got something inside
Never question why
Something makes you feel alive

Cruising down the highway the high beams on
The image of driving thru space as the snow falls
Hydroplane here and a hydroplane there
The adrenaline rushing but there is no fear
Six o’clock Sunday traffic is pretty light
Exiting the expressway and gliding thru the stop sign
I hit the accelerator; fishtailing is such a delight
At the stoplight as the snow still falls
Under the streetlight it looks like a waterfall
The light turns green and as I start to go
The flashing slip light is putting on a show
The snow-covered road with its shining white
The appearance of a lighted runway
As I begin to take flight
Heading toward my final exit on downhill *****
I tap my brakes and slip sliding I go
A couple more taps: I navigate the turn
Gliding thru one more stop sign
I hit the accelerator going for a one hundred eighty fishtail turn
After correcting I continue to go
The car moving from side to side as if I’m drunk or ******
Arriving at works entrance I hit the brakes hard as I make my turn
The car spinning around this race I just won.

If I can put a smile on your face
Life would be great
Something I write or say
Hope I made your day

If I can put a smile on your face
Life would be great
A hug, a kiss, maybe a handshake
Hope I made your day

If I can put a smile on your face
Life would be great
A song, the sound of my guitar
Hope I made your day

I am not my story
the narrator past
obviously his suffering
was never mean to last

no one bullied me
they helped me forged a man
into a lover of life
a healer of the land

I have no regrets
no blame to invest
I’d actually like to thank
the universe for this test

we didn’t come from our parents
we were only passing through
I’d like to thank them both
for the hell that they once knew

I am not a story
trapped within a book
I am a poet
the past is what it took!