they say
it is always today

but I can guess
what will come next

tomorrow will
be stranger still

and infinitely more complex

no one in the airport chapel
which god?
no one there to ask
reading
and eating an apple
all alone without a mask

not quite the intended purpose
not on the surface at least
while I found no One to worship
still
I found myself at peace

our inner light
woven
across the sky

the hidden constellation
of the mind

when we connect the stars
in our eyes

wonder if everyone
can see the sign

I just want to let you know
I'm not thinking about you
anymore

and that is why
I took the time

to call you on the telephone

love and hate
pushing the heart back and forth
like a pendulum

when I wander in your world
black       and       white
but mostly gray

sometimes I forget the way
and I stay more than a day

somewhere far
outside your sphere
there is fire on my horizon

light that cannot find me here

where I go to disappear

will they believe
there was a time
we kissed our friends
to say hello

and shared
bottles and space
and life

now it all seems so long ago

will they believe
the way we danced
together
in another time

that from this distant new world
might as well be
1999

some people

cut themselves
with knives

burn themselves
with cigarettes

I am not obvious like that
I think instead of act

an inner dialogue
like chess

I set traps for myself

there are many messages
that I would like to send to you
I have chosen to say nothing
silence is a message too

I want to hold your soul
together
keep you warm
and help you cope

but truthfully
for all my hope
I am a feather
in your storm

one day it is just
grass and branches
last year's leaves
the bones of green

the next day
the whole world in bloom
like winter was
some long cold dream

little singing
birds are bringing twigs
on brightly colored wings

would they bring us
so much joy
if it had been
forever spring?

there are infinite
different translations

and together they add up to one

one same story
in all different nations

one same Earth
one same Moon
one same Sun

in our infinite ways
we describe

knowledge
deeper than words
in the soul

in our languages
peoples and tribes

we remember the sky
as our home

I am beautiful
I have my own unique face
no one is like me

I am terrible
I do things that no one should
no one is like me

I am all alone
no one understands my mind
no one is like me

I am powerful
I can influence the world
no one is like me

oh the irony
realizing these are the things
everyone believes