it's hard to let go
of the thought
of gold pots
and dangled carrots

of the words
i thought were mine
and in time
came to find
they were all words

and the pictures in my head
of a giant palace
and a big warm bed
where goodness grows
and all are fed

but i am too attached

moment to moment
i can't find
when i time travel
all over in my mind

where is the now when i'm still in tomorrow?
and **** -  i should sit and meditate on my sorrow
and when will i learn that love cannot be borrowed
that *** can be sacred and this path can be followed

empty rings around the sun
sing their praise and we are one
vacant circle in the earth
fills with song then there's rebirth
telescope eye in the sky
hemispheres of orange whys
empty circle in the dirt
buried gems of stolen mirth

mountaintops of idle sighs
tell the stories of the lies
ocean floors of untouched sands
parallel to vacant lands
pyramids of melodies
bring the strongest to their knees
fairy tales of silent truths
pale horizons, paper moon

lost and found and then, i'm lost again
no advice or caution from the wind
pray and ask and pray - i pray again
not sure why i pray - not listening

open valleys round your heart
nod and smile and play the part
craters filled with velvet dreams
nothing's ever as it seems
baby won't you sing for me
tell me of the remedies
bring the petals whisper wind
spilling treasures in their hymns

peace and war and then, there's peace again
sing your sound to me, i'm listening
pray and ask and pray - i pray again
help me find my way - i'm listening

sleep in dreams
write those scenes out
wake with means
toss thoughts about
now those dreams are real

walk my field
step out, sun's up
wear no shield
rays say time's up
now your mind's not sealed

blue, white, and sometimes there's light
grey, pink - orange only when i think
dark, bright - clouds fight
and sometimes they rain on me

but, i forgive them
when they kiss and makeup - i'm blown away
lost for hours in may showers
driving by in the winter's sky

i look to you when stars fly by
i think of you when snowflakes die
and i wonder how you're doing
how your day compares to mine
how you pass the time

and sometimes, when no one's around..
i'll sing to you and watch you smile

I am a burning building
You are my tall wall that is still standing
I can't contain my flame that is always burning
You can't keep calming.  Your ocean's too demanding

I am a structure that is always crumbling
My frame is cracked and my composition is lacking
I have no time to keep going on like this pretending
I have no control over these matters that are pending

I see no flaw with my way of understanding
You have no law I see that is worth defending
This is my temple.  It's only love I am sending
These are our wounds, I am only but mending

I am a towering Banyan tree
I am ancient and wise beyond almost everything
I stand, I stand watchful of what every new sun brings
Quiet, I stand just listening to all of the birds sing
I am the leaf that is whistling in the wind
I dance all the time and I'm never mad at anything
My time is now and look at all of the change that it brings
So much to take in.  How could I be saddened by anything?

I've seen so much in all my years of standing
I see your struggle and it is only but ending
This is my love and soon, you will be understanding
This is my heart that I am forever lending

I am, I am the subtle secrecy that you leak
I am, I am the silent truth that does not need to speak
I am, I am the soft quiet guidance that you keep
You are, you are the very same prophet that you seek

he's just trying to fit in
that's not a sin
but i can see the blanks
inside his eyes
he smiles and nods
and he'll agree
with all he sees
but i can see some truth
beneath his lies

i see myself
stare back at me
his eyes i've seen
in a mirror
not too long ago
another death
when will i see
that i don't need
to keep on counting them
as i go

another breakthrough lets me see where i've been tripping
another peak at what i seek helps clear the road
another death, yes i confess -
i've been fear driven
another day, another dance
awake again - here i go

and then again
one's sent to me
to help me see
the lies that i have hid
behind my truth

how i too blinded
try to be
one who's received
and not rejected
falling back into my youth

i see the arrogance that comes with light
that dim's my fight
when will i see
there is no need
ignorance has been my bliss
ego my fist
that doesn't let up
till i start to bleed

another time when i was blind
i can't remember
another spell i myself cast
i have let go
another curse has been reversed
one less contraction
another log pulled out
so that the river
can keep flow

another breakthrough lets me see where i've been tripping
another peak at what i seek helps clear the road
another death, yes i confess -
i've been fear driven
another day, another dance
awake again - here i go

i see the colors when you walk away
i watch the ocean while the sky turns gray
i hear your laughter, but it's just the air
and yes, I am happy but just not prepared

so i felt the quiet as it filled the room
and i heard the silence but without the doom
and i watched it slowly while that flower bloomed
and i sat beside you as that guitar tuned

remember summer when we caught the sky
and that sadness melted when the wind blew by
and i never thought about those times we cried
and i found the answer written in the sky -
it was in the sky

so now our mornings, they just melt away
i hear the future tapping, "seize today"
i've always known that it would be this way
cause it's always heaven when that guitar plays