The world is evolving
It is evolving ever quicker
Rotating wildly
As it spins through space
We are moving ever quicker
Toward a destination
That becomes more uncertain
With each passing moment
But there is power in change
And power in the mysterious
The anticipation of things to come
We continue to move down
Into a more slippery *****
We are getting to the breaking point
We are almost to the point
Where we can't bear any longer
We listen to the news
And we hear how many people
Are lost
How many people are walking
How many people are out there
Walking on their own
How many people are suffering
How the world seems to be getting
More out of control by the minute
It seems like the world is sinking
Into ever greater chaos
And we are just along for the ride
We are moving along
With this wonderful blue planet we call home
Moving along as we move through space
As we move through time
Evolving and changing
With each new second
That we swirl around
In this great big mess
But we are moving towards something
What the future holds is uncertain
But we are definitely moving toward something
I think we can all feel it
The Earth can feel it too
The birth pangs of a new beginning
A new way of thinking
A new way of interacting with ourselves
A new way of interacting with God
And even with the universe
And this wonderful blue planet that we call home
We will reach a new place of understanding
And truly find our place in the sun
Moving forward
Evolving and revolving
More in harmony with ourselves
And with everything else around us

Stories influence our lives
They influence who we are
We are all told stories
When we are really young
The stories that are parents tell us
The stories we hear on the news
The stories we read
Even the stories we are taught in school
Hold importance in shaping
Just who we are to become
We are all told certain things
Certain things we have become accustomed to accepting
We are told these stories so many times
That we start to believe that these stories are true
Stories about our families
The stories we hear on the news
The stories that people write about us
They all play a role
Sometimes it can be hard to know
Exactly which stories we should
Really be paying attention to
Not all of the things we are taught are always the truth
We have to be able to discern for ourselves
Which stories we should pay attention to
Which stories we should take to heart
Words and stories have power
They have the power to move people
But they also have the power to hurt people
To move people to act out of hate
Justifying people's actions
And giving us the wrong ideas
That can be dangerous
And can cause us to act out of ignorance
Causing us to move
To act off of these stories that we are told
That we are made to believe are true
But there are stories
And words that can uplift people
That can move people to great feats of kindness
That can make you think about something
That you might not have thought of otherwise
That offers those words of encouragement
When you really need it
That allows you to see things
From someone else's view
That even show you things about yourself
That you might not have thought of before
I think it's up to us
To decide what is the truth
And the lessons that we should take along with us
More often than not we repeat the same stories
And the same mistakes
That we are taught when we are younger

When I think about the events to unfold
When I start to think about the future
When I hear stories about our impending doom
When I hear about what could or might happen
On December in 2012
I don't feel panicked
I don't even feel worried
I almost feel a calm acceptance
Of what needs to be
Whether the doomsday prophecies come true
Whether nothing happens at all
Just another day passing by like any other
I know that there are a lot of experts
That have a lot of opinions
Some people say that there will be a massive solar flare
That will come in december
That will wipe out our communications
That will reverse our pole
And that might cause untold havoc on the human population
Some people say that Nibiri is going to pass by
And that it will cause untold catastrophe when it passes
There are even some people who feel like we might go through
A world war three
And that we might end it all by a nuclear strike
Some people feel like the earth might slip on it's axis
Some people even believe that aliens might come down
To take the people that are chosen
And leave the rest of the people behind
To endure the worst of the storm
To take them away
To populate some other planet
Some people even believe that the rapture will happen
And that it will bring upon the returning of Christ
And the impending apocalypse to come
I know that I am actually looking forward to what might happen
It might just be the adventurous side of me
But I am almost waiting and anticipating
To see exactly what might happen
I think I might be a little disappointed
If nothing happened at all
The Earth needs a break
She needs time to rest
This is part of our history
Everything happens in great cycles
Great advanced civilizations rise
Only to be laid down again
And for something new to be laid in it's wake
Making room for new advancements
We need to be conscious of this
So that we can move forward
So that we don't get left behind when the new wave hits us
Because I have a feeling that when it does
It will hit us like a brick
The change will be sudden
And some people might get swallowed up
In that very first moment
But it's just paving the way for the new
More wonderful things to come

Flowers grow in all shapes and sizes
They are all very beautiful to behold
There are different animals on this Earth
That serve their purpose
Whether it be from the spider to the great white shark
Everything on this Earth has it's place
There are many different people on this Earth
We all have our purpose
Our place in this world
We have many different cultures
Many different religions
Many different ways to express music
Many ways to express our ideas about God
Different ways to love
Different gifts that we were all given
We all have our place
We are all beautiful in our own ways
Just like there are many different varieties of beautiful flowers
That all serve their purpose
We are like flowers
We  are all different
We are all beautiful in our own ways
And we all serve different purposes
Just as there is no one flower that is better than another
There is no human or no being that is better than another
We are all just different expressions of the same thing
We are all humans
We all have our purpose
We all have our place
We shouldn't think of one person being better than another
Or one idea
Or one way to express love
Or even one way to express God
Is somehow better than the other
They are all just different yet equally beautiful expressions
We are all flowers in our own ways
We are all trying to grow the best we can
In the soil we were given
We just have to choose to accept the other people
And the plants
And the animals
And live in harmony with each other
Instead of fighting with each other

Effervescent glow
Surrounds me
Comforts me
I feel at peace
I feel warmth inside of myself
Emanating from myself
But not of myself
I feel this overwhelming feeling
That I am being covered
Healing is in my heart
Pouring through my soul
Pouring through me as I descend deeper into the warmth
And the healing light that is pouring through me.
I am one.

I can feel your hurt
I know that you are in pain
Don't worry
I am here
I know you are there
Standing in the dark
Even if you are not aware
I feel your pain
Whoever you are
Out there in the dark
Come back to yourself
It's never too late to step back
And to look at yourself
And where you are going
And accept yourself
And accept who you are
To move past the hurt
To move on
And more importantly
To move past the barriers that tell you
You aren't worth helping
Ignoring the pain
Alienating yourself
And ultimately shielding yourself
From everyone else around you.

Trickling madness pours through my mind
I see myself from a tunnel view
I see everything in my mind
Hyperactive light show
I can't come down
Getting swept darker in the madness
Deeper into my head
Riding the waves as they overcome me
Feeling lost in my own body
Overload has come
I don't know how to get off of this ride
All I know is that I can't stop
My mind is aflutter with no where to go
All I can think of
Is when will this madness end
When will my mind be able to rest
From this sensory overload.

We all go through trials
We all have our crosses to bear
We all have those things
That we wish we could get rid of
Those old bad habits that nevere seem to cease
That seem to grab us and keep us from breaking free
Keeps us from truly letting go
We all have our guilts
We all have pain
We all have times
When we feel like life is just a game
And we are set to lose
When it seems like every decision we make
Ultimately leads us down the wrong path
When we can look back
When we want to kick ourselves
For making those mistakes
Its ultimately what we do during these trials
That really tell who we are
If we are willing to accept what is
To learn and to grow from them
Figuring out which direction you need to take
You can move through them with confidence
Understanding that its just life's way
Of kicking you when you need it
Helping you to see something
That you might not see otherwise
If you keep wallowing in yourself
Not truly accepting the lessons
Constantly making the same mistakes
You can never move forward
Never getting to a better place with yourself
Remaining stuck to repeat the same old groove
Until you finally figure out
What it is you are going through in the first place

Being triumphant
Is about facing your fears
Facing yourself
Facing where you have been
Facing others
Facing your inner demons
That try and shake you
Getting past the lies
Illusions
The troubles
The pollution that the world can throw at you
Transcending yourself
Becoming a better you
Giving back with love
Learning to love yourself
Learning how to love others
Being open enough to accept life for what it is
Being open enough to accept every other life as well
As being part of the grand scheme
Being at peace with yourself
Being at peace with where you are
Being at peace in your spirit
Truly knowing who you are
Rising up until you shine triumphantly
For everyone else to see.

I am weary
I am worn
I don't know where my home is
I feel myself slipping
From where I know I am
I am getting tired
Feeling myself weaken
Feeling my resolve weaken
As I am repeatably battered by the storm
Just wondering when this weariness will pass
When this heaviness in my heart and in my soul
Will actually lift
Removing the fog
Opening up my path
So I don't have to fight all the time

I see the Earth before me
I see it in my mind
I can see it in an aerial view
I can see the people
I can see the plants
I can see our mother
She is there
Shining beautiful and bright
Suspended in space
She is our shining glory
Basking us in her motherly glow
We are all floating through space
Connected to the same planet
Connected to the same spirit
We are all here
Trying to figure things out
We are all here
Living our lives
Living each day
Even though we tend to forget
Our mother is always there
Just waiting to remind just how beautiful
Just how magnificent our mother really is
And just how magnificent and wonderful
Every single one of us are
I see our mother
I see the Earth in an aerial view
She is smiling
She is smiling for her children
And hoping
They will slowly
Start to wake
And accept their true place
On this wonderful
Earth that we call home

To occupy is to take by force
To forcibly remove someone
To take up space
Claiming your territory
Or even your space
There have been many occupations in history
Most of them where done through force
Most of the people who were being occupied
Never really had a choice
If they wanted to be occupied or not
We as humans have a tendency
Of wanting to occupy
Of wanting to take over
Wanting to convert and destroy
Instead of trying to learn
Learning from each other
Sharing our resources and our ideas
Instead of trying to live in harmony with the land
With the animals
With the sea
With each other
We would rather subjugate and destroy
Until there is nothing left
We must think a lot less like occupiers
Trying to control our space
Trying to control each other
And trying to live in harmony and peace

I am at that fork in the road
Where I can go one way
Or I can go the other
The way isn't clear
There are multiple options that I can go
Neither one seems certain
I know that I can't spend too much time
Sitting and wondering which way I should go
Or else I will sit here in indecision
Never making a move
Staying in place
But if I am too hasty
I might just make a mistake
Having to backtrack
Turning around
When I could have picked the right choice
In the first place
Sometimes the fork in the road
Is life's way of moving us
Shaking us from our current trajectory
To move on to the next chapter

At last
I am here
I am me
I am breathing
Each Second
Each minute
Each moment
At last
I have arrived
I am alive
I exist
Always
Forever
In the endless vacuum of time
Flowing ever present
Gliding ever freely
I am beyond myself
At last

Sometimes it can be hard to be alive
We go through so much
We have to go through so many trials
We all doubt
We all have to deal with pain
Sickness
Doubt
Depressions
And just feeling lost in general
We **** ourselves over petty things
We allow ourselves to go through so much pain
We all wonder sometimes why we are even here
Why were we born
Only to have to deal with so much confusion
So much pain
Having to deal with so much
That it seems like we can hardly bear
But being alive is also a wonderful and beautiful thing
We all have that living spark inside of us
That part of us that wants to survive
That wants to persist
That wants to get stronger
We all have this living spark inside of us
With every breath we take
We take in life
With every moment
We live
We grow
We change
It might seem hard sometimes
But there is also happiness
Joy
The simple beauty of nice warm day
A hug
The beauty of our mother that is all around us
Being able to learn and to live each new day
Connecting with that inner spirit
Feeling that joy
Being able to share that joy with others
Feeling love
Being able to share that love
Coming together with others
Being able to laugh
Dance
Even cry when the time calls for it
But just being alive
Whatever the emotions
Whatever we are going through
Is still beautiful
Even with all of the pain and trials
We are all alive
Taking in breath
Carrying that living flame
That lives inside of us

I think we need to become more awake
We need to become more aware
Of what is going on around us
If we continue to stick our heads in the sand
Not actively seeking the truth for ourselves
Just accepting certain things without really
Thinking about the ramifications
We will continue to make the same mistakes
To go down the same path
To keep ourselves from moving forward
We need to change
Because the way we are doing things just isn't working
Until we realize that
We are going to continue down the same path
That got us all here in the first place
We need to start accepting radical new ways of business
To really start moving in the right direction
Or else we are ultimately dooming ourselves
And dooming this planet along with us
Our mother can only put up with so much
We need to start taking better care of ourselves
Becoming more aware and awake
We all need each other
We can't do this alone
We need to come together
To really get us through
To become more awake
To what we need to do

We can often alienate ourselves from each other
Its very easy to close ourselves off
To shield ourselves from each other
To shield us from ourselves
We carry these shields around our hearts
That keep us safe
Keep us separated from each other
That keeps us from connecting with ourselves
Sometimes we have to be willing to remove our shields
To let people in
To let yourself in sometimes
So that you can really get to the hurt
That you have been shielding people from all along
Until you can get to the point in yourself
Where you can heal yourself
To know and love yourself enough
To be able to be open with others
To share your heart freely without fear
To be able to interact with kindness
Trying to offer yourself wherever you can
It's also good
To be able to make yourself strong
So that way you can deal with the rolls and the punches
That inevitably come with living
But if you shield yourself too much
You can cut yourself off from yourself
But most of all from other people
Becoming distant from people
Not being able to trust anyone
Or even trust yourself

It seems like life is interesting
You want to do your best
You want to know that you are making some sort of difference
That your life has some purpose
It can be hard sometimes
When it seems like one thing happens after another
It can get easy to get stuck in a rut
And to think that we can never do better
Than the position that we are in right now
It is very easy to let the world
Especially ourselves
Convince us that our lives are just one big mistake
Whether it be financial, physical, emotional
Whatever seems to be standing in our way
Its very easy to take that in
And to start believing that where you are
Is just where you are supposed to be
That there isn't really anything you can do
You just have to keep going along
Not really feeling
Just allowing life to bowl over us
To feel like things are just becoming more overwhelming
Going through life feeling like you are going from one crisis to the next
Never truly being able to move forward
Getting stuck in the mud
And not being able to come up for air
But I feel even though it seems like a lot of people are going through their trials
That as long as you are moving forward
Working to become a better person
Trying to make a difference
Healing the things that you need to in your life
Making the changes that you need to make
To get to that better point in yourself
Even though things might seem hard
As long as you are trying to get to a better place
You are actively trying to help and heal yourself
As long as you are trying to help other people in the process
You are doing ok
You can move forward with pride
Knowing that you are moving
And coming more into the light

We take our daily bread
To commemorate the body
And we consume the wine
To commemorate the blood
But we the same blood and spirit flows through all of us
Even as we are separate vessels
We all share the the same mind
And the same soul
We are all just different expressions of each other
Many shining lights in a glorious design
Mixing and flowing as we interact with each other
Even though we might not see
And though we tend to focus on the difference
We try and repel each other
And keep each other at a distance
We even hurt other people
Or knowingly allow others to get hurt because of our actions
And yet we are all the same spirit
We are just different expressions of the inner flame
That flows through the universe
And flows through all of us
We just need a chance
To see that inner flame within everyone
Shining bright below all of the blocks and barriers that we put up
We come from the same body
We come from the same spirit
We all share the same blood
We are all vessels
Just struggling to find the light
And return back to the source

We are taught to follow the flow and grind
That tells us we have to work for what we want
We have to put aside our own feelings and dreams
To follow the material idea
Of what we think we should do
We have to go to school
We have to work
We have to stay in the grind
Killing ourselves trying to keep up with the pace
I think part of the reason why there are so many people that are lost
And why there are so many people who are left by the wayside
Who just don't seem to fit
And who seem to get left in the cracks
Its because there is a deeper part of ourselves
That knows that we are meant for so much more

That spark that inside of us.
That creativity that lies in all of us
No matter what, we all have this spark inside of us
That spark that connect us together
That creative spark that leads the way
We are meant to live in joy
Expressing ourselves fully
Sharing our gifts and our creative sparks with each other
Allowing ourselves to share ourselves with others
And allowing ourselves to let go of fear
Tap into that part of yourself
That creativity
That part of you who knows who you are
Where you have been
And what you are meant to do
And being able to share that openly with others
Instead we shield ourselves
We judge ourselves and others
And we tell people that they shouldn't express themselves
And to fully express their dreams
And their artistic potential'
To punch into the grind of material living
To grow up
Stop being a kid
To **** that spark inside of you
But we all have it
Once you have found it
Never let anyone **** that creative spark in you
Allow yourself to live in joy
And to share that gift and yourself with others
Allowing yourself to be open with others
And having that heart of a child
That takes joy in each moment

The surface is calm
The calm is interrupted
By a torrent underneath
A hidden current just below the surface
That you can't see
Or can't really feel until you have dived in
Its only once you have gotten in
That you start to realize
Just how deep and just how strong the undercurrent is
It threatens to take you under
You can feel yourself being dragged farther and farther
Panic starts to set in
You become disoriented
You begin to forget which way is up or down
Water begins to get in your lungs
You begin to choke as you try and force the water out of your lungs
The cold water is like a grave
******* the life out of you as you continue to struggle
You know that if you can't get out
You just might drown
There is no one around
No one to save you if you go under
Then
Almost like  a flash
You remember that all you have to do is relax
Stop fighting the flow
Just spread your arms out
And just calmly float to the surface
As you begin to float toward the surface
Its almost like you are lighter
You can feel yourself ascending
Breaking the waters surface as you breathe in that life giving breath
You sit on the surface
Shivering and exhausted
But alive
And all you can do is just thank that inner voice
That told you to be calm
And just let yourself rise
And you feel that much more happy to be alive
And that much more whole and appreciative
Then you have at any point in your life

I stare blankly at the stationary
I don't quite know what to say
I know what I need to say
But I just don't really know how to express them
I sit in anticipation
Waiting for my pen to write
Willing my fingers to move
I am wrapped with indecision
Its like my mind and body are frozen
Its almost like they are paralyzed
As if the thought of writing alone
Has caused my mind to falter
I know it needs to be done
I need to set it free
Set free the emotions
The things that you did
The things that I did
The things that we both can't take back
The things that we said to each other
The time that we both can't take back
The anger and the frustration
The love and passion that might still be there
Its all there
Still raw
Real emotions are threatening to grasp me
But I know that I need to write
Need this cathartic ritual
To get rid of everything
And give it all back to you
And be honest
And just write
And get it all out
Before it paralyzes me any further
And keeps me from moving on
And moving forward with my life

Sometimes its easy to lose control
Sometimes its easy to lose ourselves
Get lost in the mix.
Get lost in the shuffle
We can lose control of ourselves
We can become so hurt
That we can't see the path in front of us
We can lose that light
That shows us the direction
And shows us the way in the dark
Its easy to lose control of ourselves
But sometimes in order to gain control
We must be willing to give up control
And to accept that we can't always have control
In every single situation
We have to be willing to give up the illusion
That we can control everything

The whole of everything
Is always more simple
Than we really think
We as humans tend to complicate things
We have a hard time accepting that some things in this world
Are better left alone
Our hearts will tell us what is really important
If we are willing to accept that the whole of everything
Is that we are all whole in our own ways
Our hearts always know the truth
We just have to understand and let go of the things that we tell ourselves
The things that keep us from truly being free
That keep us chained to hate
And the things that keep us from accepting others
And seeing the light in our fellow man
That tells us that we are somehow better
Or that are actions somehow don't matter
That keep us bound to the material
That tells us we have to play the game
That we have to step over other people
That its inevitable that some people have to be hurt
Some people have to be at the bottom
To keep certain people at the top
That war and pain and diseases and poverty and ignorance
Are just acceptable parts of life
Its just something you can't avoid
And a fate that you can't escape
But the heart knows
The whole of everything
Is always more simple
Then we really think
We tend to complicate things
We are all whole in our own ways
We just have to find the truth in us all

The good life
Can be had by all
We live each day
And continue to breathe
When we continue to hope
And continue to laugh
And we share that laughter with others
Share a smile or a moment
With someone who is sad
And try and brighten up their day
With a laugh
With a smile
With a kind gesture
Extending yourself in kindness
And allowing good nature
To flow from your soul
Be jolly and content
At the simple fact
That we live in such a wonderful world
Even though things might seem topsy turvy
How much a smile
Or a hug
Or even a good handshake
Can really make the difference
Or just listening sometimes
When people might need an ear
But even more importantly
Be willing to share that good life with others
So that the goodness around you can grow

Time frozen in sand
Sands moving ever slowly
Traveling through time

Constantly flowing
Slowly moving towards its end
Path is shown below

Flowing from the heights
Ever descending downwards
They are digressing

Constantly falling
Entropy caught in a glass
Mirroring our fate

Arrows fly like darts through the wind
Piercing whatever they can in their path
Just as arrows can pierce a person's skin
Words can pierce just as bad
Sometimes we walk around
And we are not aware of the affect that our words
And our actions have on other's
It is so easy to be malicious sometimes
And to say things that we know might hurt people
Especially when we are feeling threatened
Or when we are angry
Or even to hide ourselves and our own insecurities
Its easier sometimes just to put some one down
Piercing them with our words
And stabbing them with our actions
A look
A glance
A snicker
Avoiding them all together
Purposely going out of your way to hurt some one
To try and get back at them
For some wrong we think they might have done
Its easy sometimes
To send these verbal projectiles
We toss them around all the time
Letting them fall wherever they may
Leaving carnage and destruction in their wake
Harming and scarring those who they hit
Blindly hurting people
Whether it be intentional or otherwise
We need to be more careful with each other
And try to heal the hurt that has been caused
By the random sling
And the wayward arrow
That finds its target
And sinks into their soul

Elegance personified
Grace everlasting
Feminine beauty and might everlasting
I see you before me
I see your skin displayed before me
As I gaze into your eyes
As you gaze into mine
Its like my soul is mystified
By the grace
And strength
And power
That I see in your eyes
That I feel each time I am near you
You hold my essence in your hand
My heart with a simple utterance of your voice
I can feel my soul fluttering
Even at the anticipation of your touch
I know you are out there my queen
And I will be your king
And treat you like the queen that you deserve to be
I know that we haven't met yet
But I know that you are out there
Waiting for someone to share your elegance
And to share your strength
And to share your power with
Our souls just haven't met yet

Read out loud or in my head
My thoughts are always moving
Colliding and coalescing into ordered chaos
Random thoughts and ideas
Brought together in weird designs
That stir some thought or emotion
Words that are fleeting
Thoughts that are constantly winding
Never ceasing flow of thought
That seems to permeate my existence
Thoughts that come together
And flow
Shape,
And form in front of my eyes
As I put pen to paper
And as I type word to screen
The thoughts manifest
Colliding into the physical
I write and hands respond to my thoughts
Its almost effortless
Just letting my thoughts fly
Connecting them together in random strands
That seem to mean something
But maybe they don't

Bedtime stories we tell ourselves
Are actually quite funny if you really think about them
They all seem a little dark in their own way
Kind of like humpty dumpty
Who is this egg and why would be sitting
On a wall in the first place
And they always show the picture of him
Sitting with a pained grimace on his face
As his eggy innards are flowing on the ground
Or even the story of old mother hubbard
We sat in her cupboard eating her curds and whey
Who actually swallows a spider when they are eating
And if they did would they really die
Sometimes I wonder about the people who write these bedtime stories
And nursery rhymes
And wonder why parents keep telling their kids these stories
That seem to make little sense
But still seem to be very popular
Maybe we are just so used to telling them
That we don't actually sit and wonder
About what they really mean
Or how ridiculous a lot of them are
Maybe I just think too much about the little things
But I can't be the only one who thinks this way

The first will become the last
And the last will become the first
As it is in the beginning
It will be in the end
The alpha and the omega
The beginning and the end
All in one moment
All in one second
Constantly playing out
Constantly balancing each other
As we move along in life
Just as there is a beginning
We all have an end
Life is always moving from one phase to the next
Constantly recycling itself
Never ceasing
Everything is transitory
Even when we think of people
We see that there are people who seem to have a lot of wealth
And people who seem to have all of the power
While it seems like there are some people
Who seem to be without a say
Without a voice
Without a dime to their name
But who is really happy
Is the business man that keeps buying all the things to fill his heart
Any happier than the child that might not have anything
That enjoys the simple pleasures
And can laugh and play with ease
And even the person who you might look down upon the most
Can have hidden knowledge and truths hidden in their eyes
And hidden in their hearts
That they are willing to tell if you would only listen
And whose heart truly sings when they see someone happy
But there are hearts that are almost always looking to destroy any happiness
Because they live so much in fear and in hate that anyone who is happy
Just shows them how unhappy they are inside
Who would you rather pity
The person whose heart sees love and can be happy for others
Or the heart of the person who can only see hate and greed and fear
Alpha and omega
As it is in the beginning
So shall it be in the end
And just as we begin to learn
We depart again
To return to the earth
Where we can all be free
Recycling ourselves
As even we move from one phase to the next
Constantly flowing in balance
As we continue to live and to die and struggle and grow

Everything must change
Nothing stays the same
We must all grow
We all change as life moves on
The world changes
Moment from moment
As we float along the winds of time
As the sands blow
And as the river flows
Everything moves and flows
It its own inexplicable way
There is nothing in life
That is ever concrete
Everything is always moving
Always changing
What we thought we knew
Becomes distant fantasies
As new realities come into view
Even our minds
Our hearts
And our bodies change
All flowing and converging together
As we start to change
And move toward each other
Life is steadily moving and changing
As we continue to flow along the wind
Flow through time and space
Where we all converge into one

Its midnight
I am sitting here
Half between awake
And half between sleep
Not quite knowing
When my eyes will finally rest
When my mind will actually quit
Enough for me to simply sleep
So many things on my mind
That I just can't put it to rest
Long enough to actually fall asleep
I know that my body needs it
It's when we do most of our healing
I know that if I don't
I am only hurting myself in the end
I know all of these things
But knowing is different
From actually getting there
I want to be able to sleep
To feel that calm that comes
When I am free
In my head
In my dreams
When I can feel rested
Rejuvenated
Ready for a new day
Instead I sit here awake
Knowing that its going to be
Another long night ahead
Hopefully my wishes will be answered
And I will find rest tonight
But I have a feeling
This just isn't going to happen

Marble and stone
Hard and rigid
Some people
Are like marble
And stone
They are so rigid
In themselves
And in their ideals
That they can
Not compromise
They would
Rather crash
Break
Destroy
Everything
And everyone
Around them
Just to keep
From having
To move from
Their own rigid
Ideals
The same ideals
That confine them
And restrict them
Keep them from
Moving forward
And being able
To understand
How life really is
But sometimes
It's good to be broken
So that you can be
Remolded
And to change you
Into the person
That you were
Always meant to be

Everything is everything
Every moment is important
Everything is contained in us
Everything is contained in each second
Contained into each molecule
Contained in every single breathe
We all have everything we need
We all contain that fire
That drives us
Flows in us
Consumes us
We are everything we need
We are everything we will ever need
To survive
To live
To thrive
To exist
To find joy in each second
In each molecule
With each breathe
We just have to be willing
To accept ourselves
And to understand
Everything is Everything
Everything matters
Nothing is in vain
Even us

Hell is a place in our heart
Where we are farthest away from God
Where every waking moment
Is devoid of love and compassion
We create our own heaven
Just as much as we create our own hell
Our hearts tell our fate
We live inside of our hearts
And God knows the hearts of all of his children
Our souls tell our story
Our souls tell our paths
Of the body and the mind
We all can give in to that darker self
The demon in us all
That inner demon that tears away at our hearts
That keeps us from truly seeing ourselves
As God sees all of his children
That keeps us farther away from the truth
Living in lies
Living in hate
Fooling ourselves into thinking
We are more important
Then other people
Or even God himself
But God sees all of his children
He knows all of our hearts
But he also knows that
None of us are ever too far
To give up on
And we are never more
Then a couple steps away from heaven
From the cleansing and healing
When we accept ourselves for who we really are
And stop listening to the world
And start listening to our hearts
And following our souls
And following our true calling in life
We all live in heaven or hell
Inside of our minds
And inside of our hearts
Its just depends
On which way you look at it

People's lives mean something
We all have our voice
We all have something to say
We all have a spirit
That tells us who we really are
No person's life
Is any better
Or somehow more important
Than the life of someone else
We all have our own unique voice
Our own unique ways of viewing things
We all share this planet together
Every life deserves a chance
No matter how lost
No matter how separated
People might be from reality
How far away people can be away from the truth
Everyone deserves their say
No one should ever be killed
Or forfeit
Just for the sake of another
We must all be able to come together
We must be willing to appreciate
The wonderful uniqueness
That comes together in a wonderful unity as well
Even as we have our own ideas
Our own thoughts
Our own way
We breathe with one breathe
And we beat with one heart
That beats to many smaller drums
Even as varied and as different as we all are
We are all still one
Joined in humanity

We all fall
We all rise
We are all subject
To the flowing ebb of time
We all have our moments
When we feel the most content
When we feel like life
Is just where it is supposed to be
There are time in our lives
When we feel lost
And when we feel like all is lost
And when we feel like we don't know
Which way is up or down
When we can feel
Like life doesn't really make any sense
When we are searching
For answers out in the rain
When we are searching for ourselves
And when we need to start again
But we all have these moments
They are just a part of life
We just have to be willing
To seek
To love
To grow
And continuing to to move forward
Through the good times and the bad

In my corner
In my head
There is this voice
This guiding force
This inner knowing
That leads me through the storm
There is this sense that I have
That things are going to get better
I don't know how
I don't know why
I just know that things have to start getting better
Before they start getting much worst
And there is this overall feeling
That life is moving
Where things are headed
I can't quite say
The only thing I can say
Is that as long as life is moving
Continuing to move forward
Then things are how they are supposed to be
Its when things are stagnant
And static
When you have to start worrying

We could all use a little love
Everyone is searching for it
We could all use a little peace
To make it through the storm just one more day
We are all searching for acceptance
We just have to look inside of ourselves
And we will find everything we need right here
We just have to be willing to look
To make the effort to really search ourselves
And to get rid of everything
That keeps us from understanding
Just how beautiful
Powerful
Wonderful
And beautiful you really are
And when you get to that point with yourself
When you can really truly feel that love
And acceptance
And peace for yourself
You will have truly found a gift
That not many people gain
And you can begin to move forward
With light
With purpose
And with love

Everything rusts
Everything decays
Entropy at work
The never ending decay of time
Nothing lasts forever
Everything returns to the Earth eventually
Even we are temporary
We are born
And then we begin to age
To decay until our final moments
When we return back to the Earth
We must accept this
Because if we live our lives trying not to age
Trying to beat time
Worrying about the time that has gone by
We will not be able to accept life
If we can't accept that at some point
We all age
We all die
It's just a natural part of living
You can't worry too much about it
When it's your time
You will go
You don't have much control over that
But what you can control
Is how to live your life while you are still alive
And live it to the fullest
Without fear
Without doubt
Moving forward in courage and love
And trying to spread that courage and love
To others as well

Christmas is this thing
It's an enigma
There are many converging factors
That make this time of year equally hopeful
But equally stressful and plastic
Giving unrealistic ideas
That  can drive some people to poverty and insanity
Within a mere week
Sometimes within a day
I think the thing that makes this particular holiday special
Is the offering of hope and good will that it is supposed to stand for
Yet it's also the time of year when we are told that we must spend our money
Buy that big screen t.v.
Buy your hope
Go broke trying to buy our penance
Spending money to wash away the guilt
To feel like we have actually given something
To somehow feel like we can make up
For all the other times we didn't give
Or make up for the distance we have with our families
And somehow make up for all the times we weren't there.
And we somehow feel entitled to receive these gifts
And some people will actually feel mad
Even angry if no one gives them a gift on Christmas
Whether they have been naughty or nice
And then there are the people who are left out in the cold
Who have no family
No loved ones
No gifts
No hope
Who feel even more estranged
And lost
And forgotten during this time
But even with that said
There is still a kernel of goodness and wisdom
To spreading good will to all men
And trying to spread hope and faith
For your fellow man
And trying to give just because we can
Instead of trying to receive something in return
I think that we need to imbue these qualities all year
Instead of trying to simply focus on them
When the holiday times comes
Giving to people just because you can
And sharing that empathy and good will
And showing people that you care
Just because you can
I think that if we were all to take these lessons to heart
We would all be a little better off

Searching for myself
Searching for my way
Searching for what use to be so plain
Trying to find myself
Out there in the world
Trying to remake myself
I am trying
I am searching for the person I want to be
I am searching for my dreams
In this endless landscape
Searching for my purpose
Searching for what I feel
Searching for what I know to be true
I am searching
And I know that I will be searching
For the rest of my life
Are you searching too?
Trying to find yourself among the muck
Among the calm that comes from the chaos of daily life
Are you searching for what really matter?
For what you truly believe in
What are your hopes and dreams?
Maybe we can help and search with each other

I have been around the block a couple of times
So it's pretty safe to say that I have seen a lot of things in my life
But what never ceases to amaze me
Is how people seem to be so easily led astray
And how easy it is for people to accept things
Without really thinking it through
There are so many things in this world
That just seem to be blatant
That a lot of people just don't seem to see
Or at least they just don't choose to accept it
They would much rather live in ignorance
Then to wake up and see what is right in front of their faces
When it comes down to it
Most things that are a quick fix
Are almost never really worth it when you actually come down to it
Most of the things that we tell ourselves
That make us feel like somehow we are better
Like our truth
Our way of doing things
Is the right way
And that everybody else
Who doesn't follow our way is somehow wrong
We are all humans
Just trying to find our way
And no matter how confused
Our lost
Our angry some people make me
Even I have to look back
And realize
That's just how some people are
And even though it might seem like
People are confusing sometimes
I have to be able to look back and try and understand
Where they are coming from

We are all stained
We are all trying to remove the blemishes
Remove the scars
Remove the dark part of our pasts
The dark part of ourselves
We are all stained in our own ways
Things that make us wonder
If we will ever get clean again
If we can ever become whole
If we can ever become pure
Free of stains
Free of hurt
Free of pain
Free of the things
That make us question ourselves
If we are really where we are supposed to be
We all have our stains
They can cloud our eyes
Make us feel *****
Make us feel like we can never truly be clean
That we will just have to live the rest of our lives feeling unclean
Feeling stained
Feeling damaged
Feeling lost
Feeling alone
Ostracizing ourselves more and more
Feeling more and more cut off from others and from ourselves
But we all have our stains
There is no reason to hide
We all have those moments
When we feel unclean
And like we can never be whole
And like we are standing out in the rain all alone
But it's through life's trials
That we are able to learn and to grow
And slowly but surely remove some of the stains
And replace them with a more whole
And fresh
And clean you

The earth is a place of magnificent beauty
It's a place of wonder incomprehensible
Our beautiful mother sustains us all
Our beautiful pearl in the milky way
Perfectly positioned
So that we may live
And so that we may thrive
And learn
There are a lot of things
That people do
To harm the Earth
And to harm our mother
But she loves us all the same
Even with the wars
Even with the diseases
The poverty
The ignorance
And even with the pain
That comes from living
And growing
The earth still supports us just the same
In her loving embrace
So we should start loving the Earth
A little more
And caring a little less about war
And violence
And ignorance
And start paying
A little more attention
To the Earth
Our mother
Because she wants to heal
And sing
We just have to start listening

Paper dreams on plastic lies
Corrupting us with their paper dreams
That tell us we can't be happy without that paper
That tell us we can't be happy unless we buy that plastic
And sell our souls to their paper dreams
And plastic lies
Those people tell us
That the only way to live
And play in their little game
Is to buy into this fantasy
That tell us that we can't be happy
Until we have bought every single toy
Until we have bought ourselves dry
Trying to fulfill this paper dream
And those who see the truth
For what it really is
And decide not to play the game altogether
Are ostracized and seen as a nuisance
Or crazy
And seen as people to be gotten rid of
Disposed of
Because they refuse to buy into the paper dreams
And the plastic lies
We need to open our eyes
There is more than enough in the world
For everyone to have plenty
And for our Earth to heal
And for us to pay more attention
To our planet
And to the people standing right in front of us
We are so filled with greed
Chasing these plastic lies
That make us hide ourselves
That make us fake
Following the rules
And separating ourselves from each other
That a lot of us don't even realize they are doing it
They have become so used to immediately seeing themselves
As somehow better
Somehow more important
Than other people
Because they buy into the plastic lies
And the paper dreams
But we are all equal
We all have something to give
And we all have something to gain
By giving up these dreams and lies
And getting back to the natural way
Before we started buying into this reality

We all must make a stand
For what we believe
And what we feel is right
We must all be willing to make a stand
And put an end to what we see right before our eyes
We must be willing to fight for this world
And fight for our peace
We must be willing to stand up
For a world filled with hope
With love
With dignity
And with respect
For everyone and everything on this planet
We must be willing to put aside
The things that keep us apart
And that keep us from fighting
Fighting for what we should really be fighting for
Fighting for our planet
Fighting for justice
And mercy
And in an end to all war
An end to poverty
An end to the destruction of our planet
And the destruction of our minds
We must be willing to take a stand
And stand together
If we are to save our world

Ordinal perfection in your grasp
Another new first begins again