The Autumnal Equinox

 

It came again

Summers end

And fall begins

Write an email

Press send

And then

We return to our start

And I know your beating heart

Next to mine

Sitting in the bleachers

Of a football game

Hand in hand at the dance

Grateful I had this chance

To know you

And a love that is true

And like how the seasons change

Our love does not stay the same

Because baby I don’t play that game

It is far too easy

Cause all I have to do is

Not act sleazy

Be easy

And you fall in love with me

But baby

On this day

That is half light and half dark

Know those are also my parts

But since we only see each other when awake

And I’m happy to eat the cake

You only see light

But baby I’m half night too

Not devilish

But more like Jedi Knight

One not afraid to fight

Although I retired from that life

Still half and half

Dark and light

But no one sees the dark

Cause we all sleep at night

x

Ithaka

I

In a day

We may find a new way

But right now it is today

And we are trapped here

Surrounded by dismay

Everyone has something to say

Complaints

Gripes

Fist fights

Over what?

Being asked to think of others

Being reminded we are just like others

Not as special

As our Instagram suggests

In reality no actual success

Because we never tried

Just jeered from the crowd

And counted likes

T

Then there will be a time

When we can all speak in rhyme

When our lives our rich

And we know we are Divine

Even though we forgot about money

And the last bank closed long ago

No one’s broke

Lots of people smoke

Weed and tobacco

Toke toke toke

The sky will be blue

The ocean too

Because we stopped polluting

Just to count fake paper money

We brought back the bees

And every day we ate milk and honey

Everyone had beautiful tan skin

Cause we gave up the idea of race

And became a family again

H

How can we get there?

How do we became something other than this

How can we undo this mess?

We can’t

We just let it crash

Take our hands off the wheel

And hit the gas

Go careening off the cliff

Gasp

Take our last breath

And pray God takes us back

And gives us a holy bath

Clean ourselves of our sordid past

Then

As always

We come back

So we can start again

Focus more on being friends

Then making ends

Believe in amends

Not just dividends

Then the Lord’s time really can begin

A

Anyway

I may just be offering prayers and wishes

People say I’m just optimistic

I rather be that than sadistic

Like these fucks who run shit

Who are completely narcissistic

Shallow and empty

Making people who are their friends into enemies

They lie to us

Because they’re lying to themselves

Their whole lives

Who they are they just deny

Score points cause they know how to comply

Do sneaky things on the sly

Lie

Get caught

Deny deny deny

Then they tell us

Buy buy buy

Because that will make us complete

Feel unique

But in the end we just end up their sheep

While they ruin the world from Wall Street

K

The Kingdom of Heaven has many names

Nirvana

Shambhala

Ithaka

The place where our odyssey ends

The home we’ve been away from

Fighting in wars

Facing shipwrecks

Cyclopes Sirens

And stormy seas beset

But that was Odysseus journey

These were his trails

Just to get home

To find traitors and usurpers trying to gain his throne

He did not forgive

Or let them atone

But killed all of them with no regret

Then got in bed and let Penelope know he was home

To be our own Kings

Divine

Luminous beings

We must remember

Heaven is not a destination on map

Or a place in a holy book

It’s somewhere we often forget to look

Inside the door of your heart

Lies the flame of the Lord

Your Divine Spark

There is Heaven

We’re always there

Nowhere to go

No trails to face

To be in heaven is to be in God’s Grace

A

Always we have a choice

To create a Hell

To destroy

Play with fake money and fake toys

Or we can choose

Always love

No matter what

Even when we scream at each other in anger

Always forgive

Even when it hurt what they did

Unless it is sin

Then it will be the Lord who will do the judging and decide

Always live

Not just survive

Take a long lunch

Fuck it

Take a bike ride

Even when your boss needs an email to arrive

Always believe in you and I

Not as a couple

Or a pair

But that you’re a beautiful light

And so am I

Together

We both thrive

I’ve got your back

And you’ve got mine

Always

Always

Always

Be you

For you’re beautiful and Divine

And all these mother fuckers on TV need to die

 

Slow Jammin' in Cambridge

 

A night in Cambridge

Walking through Central Square

There was summer in the air

But it was still spring

A few weeks left

Maybe we should have a fling?

Or just take a drive and sing

Instead

We just talked about things

I snapped pics for the Gram

And we brushed hands

The buildings across the Charles were on both sides of the horizon

In the sky

And reflecting off that muddy water

I got high

And started pontificating

About everything and nothing

But before that got old

My mind took a hold

And I put Sunday Night Slow Jams on

And held the phone in my hand

Didn’t know where we where

And didn’t care either

I let you be the decider

Slow jamming and walking

Eating ice cream and talking

Picture taking

Romance faking

This Sunday we did not slow jam and chill

Not slow jam and thrill

We slow jammed and walked

I held R Dub in my hand

Kept talking about the gram

And saying “I don’t understand”

This world we live in

Pointing fingers and never forgiving

Should listen to slow jams in a foreign city

Walk the streets

Dressed up and looking pretty

If more people lived like that

Maybe I would understand

And instead of just having R Dub in my hand

I’d have my other hand with yours

We would pretend

Our love would never end

Every Friday night we would mend

We’d set an example of what others should do

Get your boo

Put on Sunday Night Slow Jams

Hold hands

Make love

And spread compassion

And at the end of the night

Share some passion

But love like slow jams

Comes to an end

But slow jams like love

Is about to begin again

Next Sunday night

I’ll be there

Listening at home

And if you are

Or if you’re not

My love for you will still be hot

As it was last week

When we walked the streets

And slow jams was the beat

Like those years ago

When we did first meet

Because love like the universe

Is everything eternity

And unique

Don't Mask Your Heart

Don’t mask your heart

I saw that written

As street art

Scrawled on an electric box

A simple message

And I agreed

Divine insight

Noble indeed

I’ve got the mask for my face on the seat next to me

And A heart without a mask

But I see greed

Not empathy

I see fear

Not faith

But as the sign said

I won’t mask my heart

Instead I pray to the Lord

Please God be a part of my life

Not apart from my life

So please Lord hold us

As we unmask our hearts

And now clearly see the ugly parts

Help us remind

The best parts

The light

Your part Lord

Radiant and bright

It is true though

When we don’t mask our hearts

We can see all the parts

Dark and Light

Day and Night

So since we can see it all now

Let’s shine our light for each other

Reflect the Divine in one another

Namaste

How we now great each other

On this new day.