A dragon deep inside, it's true
I know you are a dragon too
And when we do what dragons do
I feel that savage part of you

All woven up in twisted seam
Waiting in darkness deep, unseen
So civilized, that's how we seem
But we are dragons when we dream

We shine our own soul on the rainbow
Weave the Moon a painted halo
Faint and pale glow in the night
We write our beauty on the light

Shorter wavelength,
Bluer hue
Shouldn't violet be
Bluer than blue?
We can't see ultraviolet
So instead
We pick up shorter waves
As blue and red
We think of color as a wheel
But color is the way light feels
It looks so real
But in our heads
Bluer than blue is blue and red

We try to act like we know
Why we do the things we do
The more I watch the way we act
The less I think that's true

We try to act superior
Feel smug, look down our nose
But we are all just animals
With tools and books and clothes

That's not to say there is anything
Wrong with me or you
I think it's quite incredible
What animals can do

But we are little creatures
On a rock made out of stars
Let's not lose our head in the clouds
And forget what we are

That little airplane that I see
Is full of people just like me
As I look up do they look down?
Bright patchwork quilt, a candy town
Green squares for lawn and gold for sand
I bet they're glad it's time to land
For pilots, just a break and then
They shall return to fly again

I’ll tell you, I am not ashamed
I was afraid to get on that plane

I was so young and full of doubt
I think I almost chickened out

And yet within that doubt I found
Understanding, common ground

With someone who showed me the way
Afraid
I followed
Someone brave

How far away
       God is in the sky
Particles and waves
       God is in the light
Rainbows and rays
       God is in our brains
Circles and serpents
       God is in the rain

Sometimes
Only sometimes
I wish I could fly
Rush like the weather
And dance on the sky
Ride on the shining night
Where the wind sings
Sometimes
Only sometimes
I wish I had wings

If you got this far
You can go a little further
Just a little further
Day by day
And day by day
Go further and further
Still a little further
Till you go the whole way

..                only                                          
­               star fire                          melts              together
       ­   say my only                       say                  forever
       bright    electric                    shining          through
  ­   only              shines                so bright        as you
   opportunity       and                 treasure
  rush and rule and ring               and                record
casting down            their               crowns together
say my                          only                say forever

does a tree care if you cut it down
to make a house
                a hundred books
                a boat
                a crib
                a trebuchet
                a bow and arrow
if you dig it up to build a street
                                          a church
                                          a home
                                          a mall
                                          a wall
                                          a well
                                          a garden
If you burn it to the ground
                                     for fun
                                   for spite
                              by accident
                         to stop the fire
                      to **** the dryad



all it thinks about is Sun
                             and Earth
                             and dirt
                             and rain
                             and bud
                             and root
                             and wood
                             and leaf
                             and acorn
would that there were
more of these thoughts