I believe in marriage
So it ***** that mine so *****

Americans believe in money
Bill Gates Big Boy bucks

Catholics believe in Jesus
But also the Big Bad Big Boy Church

I am one of them
But I wander in my search

I've talked with kind Thai monks
Spent time in a sweat lodge

Went to Israel for a wedding
80s music all hodgepodge

I attended the San Fran Zen Center
Heard Thich Nhat Hanh speak twice

Prayed in Taipei temples
(The people there so nice)

Drove to Lanham, Maryland
Hindu temple, Turkish mosque

The priest at St. Thomas More
Might think I'm a little lost

But really I'm just out in front
One day they will see

At least I hope that's true
Mother Mary, Let it be!

Waking in the morning
Can't recall my dream

When I was 17
Oh! My basketball team

She was a cheerleader
President of my class

I sit in the silent chapel
Rarely go to Mass

Her father was a priest
Episcopalian church

And also a painter
Like me, he must have searched

Her hair was long and brown
Way down to her waist

Still I must be patient
Now no time for haste

Not really sure
If I remember clearly sweet 16

Now I'm 51
But you shoulda heard what I seen

The spiritual master of the man who has no spiritual master is Satan.

                      - traditional Sufi saying

Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.

                      - Satan in Paradise Lost

They also serve who only stand and wait.

                        - John Milton

It may well be meaningless
Life ***** and then you die

Silence through Eternal Night
Vast and empty sky

Meister Eckhart said to live
But live without a why

I still seek the better story
As in the Life of Pi

              Hi.

The man with moonlight in his hand
Has nothing there at all

Padre, por favor
I'll need you when I call

Desafortunadamente
My story now is Fall

September when it comes
December basketball

I'm tired and I'm lonely
This country is despair

Coffins droppin' left and right
Highwater Everywhere

It's motivation money
It's people rarely care

But she is Tupelo Honey
And at her I stop and stare

    Blue eyes. Black hair.