I Stand With You

 

I stand with you

Whether your countries flag is yellow and blue

Or if your country’s name starts with a U

Whoever you are

And wherever you’re from

I stand with you

Because we share the same sun

And live on the same planet

That orbits that one

RA

Our star

And life-giving force

Our beacon that guides the course

And because we share something so simple and true

I stand with you

I could care less if you vote red or blue

Both are true

And both make up facts

For those who want to believe that

I don’t really get into that

Politics as a matter of fact

Cause mother fuckers in Washington be getting real fat

Well paid

Just to go on TV to say that

Since they won’t stand with you

Then who?

It’s me who will

Even though I am just a man

Writing this down with pen in hand

But please know it is true

I will stand with you

Cause I know you’re just like me

A seed of infinity

A luminous being

Special indeed

You do not need to be told what to believe

Or pledge your allegiance to a certain party

They just want your vote

And all that cash in your tote

Then they tell you not to smoke

Cigarettes or a weed toke

But both are legal

And regal

Designed for uplifting

Soul shifting

Heart expanding and versatile thinking

I’m the one

Who sees that you are merely a fragment of the sun

A mighty star

That will chase away the darkness

But in this world we can barely afford apartments

That’s just fake and phony

It’s your heart I see and that’s worth more than money

So I’ll be the one to stand with you honey

Delta Sign

Delta Sign

A Greek letter

And a sign for change

I hope it is for the better

Cause it is time for things to be different

We need a delta sign

Not really a Delta Airline

And we’re good on sororities

DDD

That’s fine

But I want a change

And I’m not talking percent

Not DY/Y

And we need to do more than just try

More than just make a statement

To post to the internet

We need a change

D

Like the seasons

It’s time

The leaves need to turn

And fall

Winter should set in

Life needs to stall

Huddle up and crawl

Into a cave or burrow

Wait for spring

For the Robins to return and sing

Then winter changes into spring

Let’s have a fling

A change from what we’re used to

Someone different

Someone new

Change it up

So what

Different is what we need

A new equation

But before we get to equals sign

I’m going to need to see that DDeltasign

Because there’s no use in solving an equation that does not measure change

No point in changing numbers

If we want to change the game

In that case the chips we just rearrange

The real problem remains the same

And our hearts do not actually change

That is where we really need it

We need to see different

And be different too

A change for me and you

No longer will we see each other as different

But as the same

Two peas of the same pod

Until we return to the sod

To get there we need to follow a new direction

Where we change at the DDeltasign

To live in a better time.

  

Twosday

 

Lots of 2’s in the date today

Even on a Tuesday

Maybe I should hit the club this Tuesday

Maybe not

Got work this Wednesday

But what do all these two’s mean?

In the year ‘22

Year six

If you add all the parts

And that’s the start

The Hexagram

The I Ching’s most vital part

Although it feels special

And I know it is

I still have a heavy heart

But have a different woman for every night of the week

Plenty of love

Plenty of time spent in the sheets

However, it is what I see in the streets

That breaks my heart so hard

Everywhere I look people spar with ugly words

And disgusting vitriol

All in the name of being right

Judging others as if they had the Lord’s might

But it’s clear they do not serve the light

Especially those who think they are right

Cause they watch the news and do as they are told

But so do their adversaries

They watch news too

Just a different channel

Fair and Balanced

With their own truth

I see how we got here

No need to wonder

It’s crystal clear

But the end of this is not near

The pandemic can end

But I doubt we’ll all be friends

Because we don’t know how to make our hatred end

And completely miss the part that our hearts must mend

I’m out of patience

And done trying

Just ready to see more people start dying

From our hatred for each other

I told the Lord what I’ve seen

Wrote it down

So they could read

What comes next is apocalypse and catastrophe

Judgement for all and me

Too late to repent or change

Pray that Saint Peter cares about your Social Media fame

Business for a Better World

When will it be a better world?

When will business be about us?

And not a foreign trust

When we court happy customers and employees?

Not just count invoices

And bottomlines

Commit white collar crime

But it goes unpunished

Because those with money

Are serious and not funny

But lack integrity

So when will business be about a better world?

Not crypto and NFT’s

But really making the world free

How can we

Make a better world through business?

If it is full of cheats and selfishness

If business can make the world better?

Then why has it not yet?

Why are there so many places to bet?

And why does money make us forget our humanity?

And act so selfishly?

I guess we should learn at Dyson seriously

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