Chessboard Cities

I saw an old brick house
It was worn down
And the windows bust out
But the bricks were solid
And the foundation strong
I wondered how long?
Had this place been forgotten?
Why was there no family
To make that house a home
Why was the yard overgrown
And why were there no garden gnomes?
We went further and I saw
What I already should of known
Faces like mine on this side of town
All different shades of black or brown
Wounded souls
Who still bear the burden of our forefathers toils
Hands dried and cracked
From working the white man’s soil
But that was long ago
So now why do blacks live in rundown neighborhoods
Where whites don’t go?
Unless to buy buildings to make condos
Well here is something I do know
That sickness
And wickedness
Is still in us
So even though it is 2018
Skin color seems to be the only thing seen
Nothing in between
Blacks still not human beings
Just blame us for being lazy
Because the truth be
They had a role in this reality
No need to only blame
Or rub it in their faces to shame
For in that way none of us change
No one knows the the whole truth
And the full story
None of us know
God in their true glory
When we worship in separate houses
But read the same book
And praise the same Christ
Who promises us eternal life
The one who is preparing us all room
In the Lord’s house of light
Why will no one rebuild those houses for the men
And women?
Who now stand outside them
Who need dignity and respect
Cause our DNA does not forget
How and why we got here
Tormented, tortured, taught to live in fear
Hard to find love in these circumstance
For others or for ourselves
Somehow it became just about wealth
Bad physical health
And some really fucked up mental health
I can see that
Found out even more on the journey within
Where this story did begin
I also saw where it might end
In my dreams
We were all more than friends
Finally acknowledged we are all actually relatives
Would you rape and kill your sister?
Or sell your mother?
Or deny your brother?
When they show up on your doorstep
With nothing left
Drenched soaking wet
It’s our connection to each other we do forget
For why?
A car that looks fly?
First class when you fly in the sky?
The biggest granite tombstone when you die?
What if no one came to say goodbye
Or no one was there at the Lord’s house to say hi?
Now what has all that money bought?
What has all that hatred brought
Chessboard cities
Black squares distraught
White squares abundant
With schools where classics are taught
Grocery stores with unprocessed meat
No trash in the street
Everyone got Nikes on their feet
I am still unsure why it is this way
Why we forget this color grey
The in between
The part that is both black and white
Both day and night
Heads and tails
The coin complete
But it is more than that
All colors and shades in fact
And if we want the American Dream in tact
We must be true to that
We still have a long way to go
Our hearts still have a lot of room to grow
Will we get there?
I dunno
However this I do know
I read it in a book so you can too
Treat others like gold in all you do
No matter their skins tone
Cause what’s on the news
That’s not true
To know another is to know you
And to know you is the only way to know
God is true

NYC 2018 (8 Million Stories)

Everyone has a story
Everyones own start
Unique
Like the beat of their heart
Here we are
Not at all apart
On top of each other
Literally
Stacked forty stories high
No one waves bye
Looks and says hi
When a million other faces walk by
Why not?
Why not try?
Why not wave that hardened life goodbye
See those other stories as Divine
Even though there are more than 8 million combined
Can we not do more than survive?
Can’t our love for each other thrive?
Even in this cruel city
Even though it is so busy
Cars honking
Subway cars screeching
Everybody very concerned with pleasing
But the anxiety has no easing
Unless our hearts melt
The experience of 8 million stories felt
On this we all can reflect
Love is what we should expect
Not just respect
Or visibility
But a life aligned with infinity
Where who we are
Is what we should be
Even if we are just one in 8 million histories
8 million individual paths
On life’s cosmic class
At the end
We all pass
Onto the next journey
Still with those we shared this trip with
Maybe now your views shift
For those you dis
You meet again
And cannot miss
Maybe this time you see them as a gift
A beautiful story out of 8 million
A worth that cannot be counted in billions
All human life is precious
And we all know this
So why these feelings do we dismiss
When if we do embrace
Our lives shift
From anxiety
To pure bliss

All in All

All in all
Things are fine
Going well really
I am living happily
I guess though I feel lonely
Like no one here really knows me
And though I did have that epiphany
I still can’t say it clearly
Or in a way that anyone can hear me
I remember it throughly
The details
And the scenery
I am just not so sure that is why I see things differently
All my wonderings based here in reality
I’m all set when it comes to fantasy
Been there plenty
I know the difference between now and eternity
Yet people just seem to laugh at me
Not only when I say things jokingly
But when they look at me
Poke fun of my dress mockingly
Not just about me
It’s about all of us
And thee
Why go to hatred so easily
When pain is all it brings clearly
Why do we only see what is different
And can’t see almost everything is the same?
To do so
All we do is change
Remake our heart
So that love is our guide
We will thrive
Not merely survive
Through this corporate slavery
Just living day to day
Every two weeks
We get pay
And 1.5 vacation days
No
This is not the only way
And I wonder why
It seems so hard to see
This world
The Lord did not give
It is the world we made
By choosing to forget our heavenly ways
By denying our truth
By only seeing dollar signs
By not remembering we are better when we combine
We could live any other way
To start
Love is the only word to say

Lessons in Love

Will there come a day?
Hopefully not much after today
When I hear you say
You’re sorry you went away
It probably would of been better
If you stayed
Then at least I would not feel this way
I would have the honor to hold you again
We could make amends
Feel serenity begin
Our lives
I want them to blend
Our daughter could have both our names
One at the beginning
One at the end
In the middle
Something new
Just between us two
That is what I miss the most
Me
And you as the host
Our voices together
Making each song we play better
I wish I could say whatever
And be glad you’re gone
Cause like you said
You moved on
Well I got twenty new girlfriends now
So there
I rather have your vow
Cause I know you loved me
Even if you didn’t want me to
See
And I blew it
Believe me
But there is no reason for us
Both to live in misery
Baby
Now I got everything
It’s just you that’s missing
Remember us kissing?
Now I am just left wishing
Trying to undo a past
Wanting to laugh
But I see your name and gasp
Oh why God did it not last
Why would I feel this way
If it would only lead to dismay
How could I know
If towards your heart I did not go
I guess that’s life though
We can’t have all we want
Even if it was ours
We thought
It is true
The best thing in life are never bought
And I guess
You were just another lesson in love taught
Although I feel like I’ve failed
I know in the end
Love will always prevail

In Jest

No need to make any other calls
Cause you’re already the one
But I pretend I never won
Always second place
Never anyones ace
But I do love
That is true
I just blow it with the things I do
Stuck on being who I was
So I can’t expect your hugs
Because who I am
Is actually a man
Unafraid of what to do
What to say
Or just waste all my time wondering
Who
When it’s you
Standing right in front of me
Someone who waits patiently
And gives of themselves
Cause it’s free
Who knows what we can be
But we will always be nothing
If I won’t be me
In jest
I decline protest
But I really want you laid on my chest
Naked
So I can feel your breasts
Instead I make you guess
Seem as if it is just conquest
My feelings
Regret
Because the dishonesty
Because I lie to you
And me
And then
You flee
And why shouldn’t thee
For no sense in faking
And only enjoy the love we’re making
When we could have it all
Each others dates to the New World’s ball

Ourselves

Gather around everyone
Like all nine planets
Around the sun
Come
Come
Yes, and the little ones
All need to hear
All are welcomed
Both far and near
We are together
In this life
On this planet
As one
One aspect of the Great Central Sun
Whether we be man
Or mouse
Whether be woman
Or rainbow trout
All is always one
Each heart beating different
Than the next one
But together in rhythm
Conducting by the waves of the sun
We have won
Defeated ourselves
No longer created our own hells
And dismal prison cells
Cleaned up the toxic well
Made sure the water was clean for all who dwell
Decided that no longer all we needed to do was sell
Or be chosen
And hear wedding bells
In the mirror
We saw our own reflection
Wondered why we cared so much about complexion
Looked more
And gazed into introspection
The choice was ours
And we chose to rise
Put all these petty things aside
So on Earth is where Heaven shall reside
And we will live in the Lord’s Paradise

To Hither I Go

To hither I go
To hither I come
To hither I went
To hither I return
Each season
Like a migratory bird
Or a nomadic heard
From one place
To the other
Then back
And do it all over
Is it really so bad?
To not follow the fad
Or wonder where or who
When you just do what you knew
By instinct
The map you were programmed with
To travel there
To come back
To a life thought unfair
People forget
How dare!
But to what I’ve learned
Nothing can compare
To breath fresh air
To feel the warmth of a gentle stare
To being open and completely bare
To achieve
I do not really care
But with you may I share
These few words
So I can feel heard
So the travels will not feel absurd
But a journey to take
A story to tell
Around the campfire
Or the wishing well
We need but travel together
But if I see you there
Or when I come back here
I’ll know it is clear
Our paths were laid side by side
So we always see each other on this ride

8.1.18

If you want a better world
If you want to see smiles on the faces of little girls
If you want to see boys that are gentlemen
If you’re sick of hearing news of corrupt businessmen
If you want to have more friends
There is only one thing you can do to begin
Make yourself light
Be sure to shine bright
Go out and have fun at night
Duh, be nice!
Then others will be nice in return
Very simple to learn
But to the outside we always seem to turn
Others to blame
And others to judge
Even though that is not a humans job
It is for the one above
That power greater than any of us
In them put your trust
And your faith
For they created this place
You
And everything else too
But it is only you
Who
Can change the world around you
Not by blaming others
Or giving a silly speech for internet viewers
You change your world when you smile at a stranger on the bus
When you change your face to soft from rough
When you ask questions
And don’t just brag about your fancy stuff
When you desire no credit for what you did
Just did it anyway
Cause that is a better way to live
Cast off your fear of sin
For no human is perfect in deed
But from our inception
Our Divine holy seed
As ourselves is the only way we can be
That’s what God wants
So who said differently?
No need to believe
For we all know what each other needs
It’s love
Is it not plain to see?

All Things Same All Things Different

If it all changed
All things different
Colors the same
But rearranged
The place familiar
But the setting peculiar
As if in a dream
A place known
And unknown
A wondrous scene
What if you meant it this way?
What if?
You had your say
And now today
Is that day
You had hoped for
You did wish to go back to before?
So why is it different?
And feel so strange?
Perhaps it is not the place
But you who has changed
Although still called by the same name
Yes in the same town
Just got back?
Nah been around
Still hold the crown
And the key to the city
They already gave it to me
This all seems so differently
And perhaps now I can see
Nothing can stand still
Regardless of your wish
Your desire or will
And you decide whether or not it will be a thrill
Doesn’t have to be
It can be chill
But yes change it will
And so will you
That explains the different hue
What you do
And what you’ve done
Rise and set like the sun
Life on earth is about becoming one
Not some contest to be won
To become part of the sum
The connections to all things universal
This is the path of the spiritual
And that road is long and winding
With ups and downs
Fast-forwarding and rewinding
So here we are again in time unending
Same setting same place
But all things occupy new space
A new journey on a road that leaves a trace
Now we take it at my pace

What's Your Calendar Like?

Do you have plans tonight?
What about next week?
What is your calendar like?
I got plans
Want to join?
You might
They won’t start tonight
Or tomorrow at dawns light
For real
They started by God’s might
In the first instance
The first light
Now I’m here
And I’ve been far and near
Here and there
Through lifetimes
On many planets I did reside
And always learned to thrive
So I am going to stick with what is working
The Lord doing the conducting
I’ll just be serving
Living
And Learning
Hopefully are plans will align
The stars will shine
Underneath the night sky
We combine

Spring of 20something Teen

Tonight it was light just a bit longer
Today the birds could be heard singing just a little louder
The sun shone a bit brighter
I guess it is coming
A new season
We call it Spring
In the other hemisphere
It’s the other thing
That starts at the Equinox
But Summer next
It’s not
In one place
It’s one thing
And in the other
The opposite
That’s how it works
When you’re on a sphere
If you’re on the side that is near
The sun is warm
And Spring brings Summer
But when you’re away
Autumn comes and Winter is here to stay
But today
My thoughts go astray
Everyone says
What a beautiful day
All I think is that
The snow went away
So is the ski season over?
Or will we again
Enjoy runs
Sliding on our two feet
with skis underneath
Some sunny days are nice
And I like to get home and it be light
However
Skiing always makes me feel right
Whether it be a sunny day
Or after work at night
That is what Spring means to me
The end of my favorite hobby
One that takes me to lodges
And hotel lobbies
But like all seasons
And all seasonal things
They have their time
But now it is time for spring
New life
And a new beginning
So I celebrate that the ski season is ending
This spring
Maybe I won’t have a fling
But rather a new start
And by summer I will have a warmer heart

Count Your Blessings

Count your blessings
And be sure to count them all
Not only the ones you see
Or the ones that help you be
Be sure to count the little things
Like insects with pretty wings
That sit on your hand
Make you feel human
Remember to count the fact that you are here
In this moment
Living on this planet
With free will
Not all have it
Be sure to be thankful
When others help
Be grateful
Do our best not to be spiteful
Even when others are rude, mean, and hurt you
That we cannot undo
But we should count blessings all the same
Cause when we are hurt
There is room to change
No game
No lives that are lame
Just know you are blessed all the same
Have been since the day you came
Since you were given your name
Since The Lord lit your eternal flame
Spoke your souls name
That is a blessing
There should be no shame
It is from The Lord we have came
They too will be the last to call our name
The most important blessing is you
You are Everything’s wildest dreams come true
So
Be grateful
Be peaceful
Know your cup is full
And runneth over with blessings still

Sometimes You Know

Sometimes when you meet someone
You just know
Just takes one time
You meet
Begin your love show
Doesn’t matter if you’re only five years old
And you’re not suppose to know
You do
You know love too
You can tell the feeling
The results
Help you understand the meaning
Why we take this journey
Why we become flesh
And decide to marry
Because it is love we come from
And love will be done
On Earth
As in Heaven
As above
So below
So of course you know
You always have
So don’t be surprised
When you turn around
And it’s been 30 years since you met your first love
Put your hands in a glove
Your feet in boots
Click into skis
Finally free
Done so by her love for me
She called
And asked if I would come
Ski a run
The Bunny Hill to start
That was all it took to own my heart
From that night on
I gave my love
And she gave it back
In all her beauty and glory
Mountains and hills
From here too there
Covered in white to show they care
This is how they give their love
Their invitation
Beckons me to travel in all directions
To participate in introspection
Even though women do not return my affection
Me and Saint Germaine have made a connection
They’ve introduced me to some fine pieces in their collection
Some of my favorite recollections
I hope we can spend 30 more together
As long as there is not too much change in the weather
Regardless my dear
I love you forever

Forgive

If I cannot forgive
I guess I forgot what I learned in Sunday school
Got too caught up in being cool
And thought I do no wrong
I was playing myself
All along
For I must forgive
So you will forgive me
When I act astray
Leaving you feeling in dismay
You too make me feel this way
So let’s forgive
When we do
We rewrite sin
Heal each other
In each others arms
In gratitude
Do no harm
Even if what we did
Did alarm
There is room to forgive
Forgive me
And I forgive you
As the Lord Christ told us to do
Embrace one another
Address women as sisters
Men as brothers
Adorn Mary our Lord Mother 

A Pale Blue Dot

So let me explain this again
One more time
Beginning to end
Watch time bend
The dimensions blend
Remember back to a time when
There was nothing
Just light
The Divine
In all their might
We were all there too
Smashed together on a dot
That was pale blue
We started there
And here we are
Still one
Together on this pale blue dot
Spinning around our sun
Ra
Helios
Other names too
But it burns yellow
So our home can be blue
And I can get to know you
We can share life with one another
Love each other
And all others
Because we came to Earth with that in mind
Not just here to fill up our time
With calendars of appointments and to-dos
Long lists to complete
But never time to contemplate
Life’s wonders
Or
What if God makes mistakes?
I guess I must forgive them too
If they even do
Cause that is what I remember being told to do
Forgive those who trespass against us
And may they forgive you too
When it is you
Who is trespassing
But now
My memory is surpassing
All that came before
Beyond infinity
Through Heaven’s door
To a face to face meeting with the Lord
Of course
You were there
And that was when I first saw that glance
Those eyes
An unavoidable invitation to know you from the inside
To your inner temple
Where your soul resides
Let my soul lay next to it
Side by side
You me and the Divine