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Yeah it is

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In this the time of sorrow

                                                  ( The winds of the storm )

We ride the waves unto tomorrow

And we are reborn

""""""

In love

//

Child / let us go

The gentle valley calling

Let us raise

Sweet acres of golden corn

To bear our hunger less painfully

"""""

And nurture our love

///

Let us beware

All the tides of Reason

Let us in pure love of life

Stay married to the Seasons

""""

///

Let us heed the signs

And stay with all good souls a friended

Ain't a thing we do not understand

But the TIME for THAT

has ended

////

My love

/////

My love

///
Our time being born

On the winds of sorrow

RIDE THE WAVES

RIDE THE WAVES

RIDE THE WAVES
 Apr 2015 John Racky
Prodigy
Imagine a world
no different than our own
except that
everything was sexualized.
Where women were criticized,
for how they dress
Where women were blamed
for the crimes of men.
Where men were pressured
to be what they’re not,
Where men were demeaned
for respecting women.
Imagine a world
no different than our own
except that
everything was divided.
Where whites fought with blacks,
over basic rights,
Where democrats fought with republicans
for not seeing eye-to-eye,
Where women fought with men,
for equality they deserve,
Where countries fought with countries,
for greed, power, and prestige.
Imagine a world
no different than our own
except that
life was fleeting.
Where people only lived
for limited years,
Where time was squandered
on things that don’t matter.
Where people were consumed
by greed, power, and prestige,
Where life was controlled
by the quest for more.

Imagine a world
no different than our own.
anyone and everyone

who is a True Human Being

is said to be a CULT MEMBER

//

to cherish LOVE

and to speak of the sacredness of human feelings

about other human beings

Is called

TAKING THE CHILDREN FROM

TRUE AMERICAN VALUES

//

To speak of

DYING TO KEEP AMERICA FREE

is proper

TO ACTUALLY LIVE FREELY

is evil degenerate communism

( unless / of course / by

FREEDOM

you mean

Unregulated financial markets

••

To read the bible and proclaim

BELIEF

is the highest you are allowed to go

//

to actually EXPERIENCE god is taboo

And is in fact considered a

SOCIAL CRIME

and is the bedrock of CULT activity

••

In this environment

Where does the concept of

PHYSICAL LOVE

fit in ?

//////

Well

It seems that if we keep it

Between

OURSELVES AND OUR CHOSEN LOVER

it is glorified and accepted

especially if it leads to the inevitable

BREAK UP

to the inevitable

BROKEN HEARTS !

and the weakened and even lost

SPIRITUAL POWER

that has decimated our entire generation

It is fine with the Authorities

///

But if it is seen

as a SOCIAL  PHENOMENON

a communally shared exaltation of the PEOPLE

of FAMILY

of BIRTH

of OUR COMMON FUTURE AND DESTINY

then it is called

A RETURN TO CULT-HIPPIE DAYS

//

In other words

HAPPINESS IS STRENGTH

and so the political powers want to discourage it

And distort what it really is

In order to keep us WEAK

//

Once we acknowledge this

We see the choices we have

And thus we can be REAL

and HAPPY

and TRULY SATISFIED

and TRULY FREE
////// yeah
we seen/////

                                                •       the broken ship

The delapitated pier                      

            The black fog

WE AINT GOIN NOWHERE

( ain't nowhere to go )

//              

But home

All together

( HOME )                     //

//

ain't gonna be no

SUPER HEROES

only

ALL OF US

( humanity )

//

Together

AND OUR LOVE

//

Only us

ALL OF US

yeah

That's how it got to be



The broken ship

cross the sea

Here we go
in the school yard

They lowered the flag to " half mast "

To make it the same height as the

***** & the Muslim

We had lynched in ritual sacrifice

And we're hanging on either side it

//

It was NATIONAL HISTORY WEEK

and we were creating an image

Linking America's past and it's future

Destiny

••

We all put our hands over our hearts

And sang

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

//

It was quite touching

//

Joey came over and felt - up my ***
we may say

That

We knew what truth was and tried to live it

Or that

We didn't know what truth was and tried to find it

Or that

We really live in a world where truth is irrelevant

Or that

Our personal histories hinder us from
Comprehending or fully living our truth

///

But ultimately

It seems to get down to one question

IF YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF POWER

WILL YOU ( do you ) TAKE ADVANTAGE

OF THOSE WEAKER THAN YOU ?

all else doesn't seem to really matter

For only this decision has any affect on anything
////   • ||
<>

/      (      (     \

                         )  )

(            )

••

you are no more TOGETHER now
Than you ever were or will be

you are no more APART now
Than you ever were or will be

••

you are no more ALIVE than the one in the grave

The one in the grave is no more DEAD than you are

••

LOVE

&

REALITY

is the same WORD

••

YOU ?

&

I ?

////

Oh yes !

The game is played
that it is a journey
Of
1000 miles

//                                            
She was sittin on the bed with the 200 lbs of
Macrame string that we managed to buy
At Fisherman's Wharf

With the help of 5 complete strangers

Who had showered us with the

Life altering kindness

You think really doesn't exist

( but it does ! )

//

And she said

DO YOU WANT TO HELP ME MAKE THE BELTS AND POUCHES ?

I turned to my brain and told it to tell my mouth

To say NO

Firmly ( but nicely )

I turned to her and said

SURE
WHEN DO WE START ?


//

JESUS **** !

I started screaming ( silently )

at my brain

YOU TRAITOR !

And you , MOUTH  !

You knew !  You knew !!

••

She became ecstatic !

And said

GREAT!
WE' LL START WITH ME TEACHING YOU
THE BASIC SQUARE KNOT !

//

I started to give my brain it's obvious instruction

BUT !

I blurted out

WOW !
I ALWAYS WANTED TO LEARN HOW
TO MAKE SAILOR'S KNOTS

//

I turned in a huff to these 2 fiends of brain and mouth

And said ( silently )

ALWAYS ?
YOU MADE ME SAY

ALWAYS   !?
A WEEK AGO WE HAD NEVER EVEN HEARD

OF SAILOR 'S KNOTS !!

///

Then the song
Of
JANIS JOPLIN
came to me

FREEDOM ' S JUST ANOTHER WORD
FOR NOTHIN LEFT TO LOSE ----

//

and I now had nothin left

My life was surrendered to hers

( due to the love and kindness of strangers ! )

••

But  ( you see )

There was a massive mistake in my calculations
( again )

You see

SHE
had ( unknownst to me with my selfish heart )

Made a similar commitment to me !

And / more and more /only asked me to do what
I really wanted to do

( even to learn to do macrame )

What I was afraid to do without encouragement

••

WE BECAME A       TEAM !

//

We both had different social skills

She was so unbelievably compassionate

She was so able to break thru people's fears
And enter into such trust inducing relationships

It seemed like magic to me

//

I was really good at organizing things

Setting plans

Seeing the picture of the goals
We needed to accomplish

//

In a certain sense

We never talked

--

A glance back and forth

A subtle gesture

//.

Complete unity

••

People would ask

HOW YOU 2 GETTING ALONG !?

ARE YOU IN LOVE !?

""

and we would look at each other and wonder

GETTING ALONG ?
IN LOVE ?

And not have the slightest idea what they were talking about !

//

And that might help explain
Why

When I read the poems here

I don't know what you are talking about

//

( not the slightest idea )

//

Like there is a weird thing happening
And then it gets weirder

And then someone gets upset because it gets weirder
But it was weird already !

••

And then the strangest vocabulary gets going

Trying to describe some feelings that are really only thoughts

About something that isn't really happening anyway

( or something like that )

••

So

On and on it goes !

I just try to be

Like those strangers on Fisherman's Wharf

Trying to make the magic

That is pure human kindness

//

To throw myself upon

The BARBED WIRE OF EGO

So that you might

climb my back

AND LEAP INTO THE FREEDOM
OF          INFINITY !
What symbols can be used to

Describe


INFINITE LOVE ?

( infinite love )       Yeah         ( infinite love )

Standin by the waters of the ocean

Infinite love                 ?                        

Well
This might describe the         Infinity

But how do you picture
The
                                                   Infinite devotion ?

Or the immaculate sense of trust ?                          

///

We wander the hills                                  

We see ///       Battleships approaching on the seas

We gather our arms and protect the babes

For the sake of god

And for purity

::   love   ::

In any hour of any
                                                        " Scene  "

Who are we ?

&

What are we doing ?

Lay on the tip of the tongue

( infinite love )                ( infinite love )

    
In the matter of the heart

The simple eye knows what it sees

Truth is the only seed

So that must be the place to start

                                       ••

Infinite love

What are the symbols that describe it ?

ONLY YOU IN YOUR PURITY

on the earth in its majesty

The power of ALL
The power of ONE



//



the power of BREATH

holy sons and daughters

Beyond life and death

In the power of your fearlessness
glad to be alone

(                                        
)            
(                                  
)             ­     
\/                      
/\                      
/    \                      
                              ###

my eyes
my heart

                                         are still my own

••

Oh sweet lover !

I love yer love                                             //

maybe today
maybe today

maybe


//////////



maybe

/////

In the cathedral of the light

In the music of the Soul                                            //

The true life

The true humanity

Is what we want to know

//                                  

walkin down that road

Smoke risin from some shack

Some sainted poverty sayin

Ain't no turning back

//

The unborn child is dead

Best get that thru yer head

Must needs be resurrected

By the soul with the holy breath

                                                        •­•
••

Hey sweet babe

In the power that's your own

Mighty fine story YE are

Mind if I walk along


maybe
maybe

maybe today

Two' ll be better than One

/////


maybe
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