Is anyone ever a total fraud
  or totally sincere?

Is anyone committed beyond mere space
  to a notion fond and dear?

Is anyone ever one hundred percent
  with subtraction the rule of the day?

Is anyone better than what they believe
  or worse than a mother can pray?

Is anyone ever truly in charge
  of that moment that slips through the hand?

Is anyone willing to dance beyond hope
  to a melody lost by the band?

Is anyone chosen from those who are not
  or entitled to what can’t be earned?

Is anyone welcomed straight into the light
—on a path where all others have turned?

(Airplane-Las Vegas To Philadelphia: January, 2016)