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)