TO YOU WHO . . .

OH WHERE
IS THERE
SOME ONE
TO SHARE
THESE THINGS
OF WHICH
I AM
AWARE?

O WHERE IS THERE
SOME ONE TO SEE
THE SHINING TRUTH
THAT'S REALLY ME,
THESE THINGS THAT WE
CAN ALL/WAYS BE?

O WHERE IS THERE
ONE I CAN SEE
BE/CAUSE THEY'RE NOT
AFRAID TO BE?

O WHERE ARE THERE
MY GOD/S OF SOURCE
READY WITH THE
WINKED OF COURSE?

LOOKING ROUND I
SEE THEM DOWN
PLAYING AT THEIR
BEING CLOWNS,

PROMISING THE
PROMISED LAND
CARVING PROMISES
IN SAND,

WORKING HARD AT
BEING BAD
BEING SAD
BEING MAD,

NEVER NEARING
BEING GLAD
NEVER SEEING
THEY'VE BEEN HAD
BY THEIR WANING
AGELESS FAD.

NO UPLIFTING
ONLY DRIFTING
NEVER EVEN
LIGHTLY SIFTING
ALL THE GROWING
THAT THEY'RE RIFTING,
MUTANT SEEDLINGS
THAT THEY'RE SOWING
WHAT THEY'RE NOING
WHERE THEY'RE GOING
ALL THE TREASURES
THEY ARE BLOWING.

HOPELESS
HELPLESS
HAPLESS
MAPLESS,

TRYING
PSIGHING
CRYING
DYING

ALWAYS LYING
NOT DESCRYING
THAT THEY'RE BUYING
THEIR OWN LYING
WITH NO HEALING
IN THE DEALING.

WE'VE ALL
BEEN THERE
IN THE
SPAWNING
OF DESPAIR,

SEEN THEM
SIN THEM
BEEN THEM
KIN THEM.

GROWING
G O ING
FLOWING
KNOWING,

WE CAN BE THEM
AS WE SEE THEM
WE CAN STAY HERE
WE CAN PLAY HERE,

CAN BE LEAVING
OR BE LIEVING
THEIR CONCEIVING
THEIR DECEIVING.

BUT BEFORE
WE GO
YOU KNOW,
THERE ARE
SOME THINGS
WE CAN SHOW

THOUGH IT
SEEMS THAT
THERE'S NO GAINING
IN REMAINING,
ONLY DRAINING
WHAT'S REMAINING
WHAT IS WANING
WHAT WE VALUE
ME AND YOU,

YET THE TRUTH IS
MORE ELUSIVE
AND INCLUSIVE

THAT WE'RE GODS
IS QUITE CONCLUSIVE.

YOU CAN'T LOSE IT
WHEN YOU CHOOSE IT.
NOTHING'S EVER
LOST FOR EVER,
THO WE SAY WE
PAY AN AWFUL
COST IN TRYING
TO RECOVER
WHAT'S BEEN OVER
SINCE THE ENDING
OF BEGINNING.

PAST THE BENDING
AND THE RENDING
IS THE MENDING
AND THE SENDING.

PAST THE TEARS
OF BLEEDING YEARS
IS THE WISDOM
OF THE KINGDOM,

WHY WE CAME HERE
WHY WE ALL BE
CAME THE SAME HERE
WHY WERE DOING
OUR UNDOING,
WHERE WE'RE GOING
IN THE FLOWING
AND THE KNOWING
WITH OUR SEWING
AND OUR SOWING.

THERE'S A REASON
FOR THE TREASON
FOR THIS SEASON
OF UNREASON.

IN THE GUESSING
IS A BLESSING
IN THE SIGHTLESS
IS A RIGHTNESS,
AND A BRIGHTNESS.

IT'S NOT SENSELESS
WE'RE DEFENSELESS,
THERE'S A MISSION
IN THE YEARNING.

THERE'S A LESSON
FOR THE LEARNING!

HERE'S THE TRUTH THAT
HELPS US RUN
MAKES IT FUN:
GODHOOD'S OFTEN
QUITE HARD-WON.
THERE'S SOME LEARNING
THAT TAKES BURNING

TIL YOU'VE LOST IT
YOU CAN'T COST IT,
TIL YOU EARN IT
YOU CAN'T SPURN IT.

TIL YOU WASTE IT
YOU CAN'T TASTE IT,
TIL YOU'RE TESTED
YOU'RE NOT RESTED.

HIDING CRYING
KEEPS US LYING.
ONLY GIVING
GIVES US LIVING.
ONLY TRYING
KEEPS US FLYING.

THRU PLAYING FOOLS
WE LEARN THE RULES.
THOUGH BEING FOOLS
WE FORGE THE TOOLS.

NO THING MAKES US
LOOSE OUR COOLS,
WE ALL STAND IT
AS WE PLANNED IT.

WE ARE NOT RIPPED
IN OUR OWN SCRIPT.

WE'LL RELIVE IT
JUST TO GIVE IT
ALL THE LIES WE
THOUGHT WERE WISE.

WE WILL LEAVE IT
ALL BEHIND
KNOWING BETTER
PLAYS TO FIND.

WE'LL BE LEAVING
AND RELIEVING
NOT BELIEVING
BUT PERCEIVING.

PAST THE FUTURE
IS THE NURTURE
OF THE SOURCE OF
ENDLESS WONDER,

MAKING QUESTIONS
FOR THE ANSWERS,
TEACHING TEACHERS
OF THE MASTERS,

WILLING GODS TOO
BE CREATORS,
SINGING SOULS
OF HOLY GRACE.

[©WRITTEN:
1978 MAY 24
REVISED:
1978 MAY 25 THRU 31
1978 OCT 31, MARK 8
1985 MAY 03, MARK 9
1985 MAY 7, MARK 10
1999 JAN 29, MARK 11.]