Ithaka

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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