Lying in bed, right on my side with my
Wrinkling torn hands beneath
My heavy head sigh

crying wet tears that pour from my heart
that go along to the very beat of my soul
I shed my tears for the past life that has gone
for the time I had missed
for the songs once sung
for the words once spoken

I shed my tears for those brave souls
all souls truly
that have come & gone in a time so long ago

where the Beats lived in a hotel
to mark history with a tall tale
of genius & invention
of passion & proliferation
that has yet to be conquered
yet, let alone to even be matched

I lie here in bed sobbing the sobs that do make my soul beat
for the energy they in-spirit in me has nothing else more to compete

I cry & cry, shaking & shivering
at the thought
that I have not
been born nor lived in a time that is right

they knew their way to freedom
they knew the voice they thought & spoke
How I would trade it all to be side by side them at their hidden dumpy joints
living simply, forgetting about the paper money, the digital numbers
living through experimentation in constant risk
only turning towards the self-expression that always will exist
how I dream to live such a life,
to pick up where they had left off
to show the people of all they are truly capable of

if proven facts can’t change the way the people think & do,
for all writers, artists, musicians
PLEASE please listen deep
it is you, all you, the healers & the leaders that will evoke such feeling
to reach the misguided youth through truth
driving the bunch towards something new
anything new that our souls together will guide us to
anything that entails progress
a sliver of hope shining light
for anything would be much greater than this sickening life

the life we have all grown to know, all conformed to submit
when there are no other options, no wonder we have driven society into such a ditch
yet that rut can be conquered
we can clumsily climb to grab the ledge of knowledge
to help hoist our brothers to the greater times

BUT we musn’t forget we are One & One, only One there is
we must share the ability to understand the heavenly heights;
how this life will be created only through our envisioning sight

As Above, So Below
Ready, Set, Follow the Sun
Hand in Hand
Let Us Go