Before I begin

I stop and listen to the wind

Sweeping through the trees

Cleansing all the leaves

To my core reaching deeper

Into my heart

And in my head

Orange and yellow

And bright red

All now swirling

Winter clean

Into the Earth

Till spring grows green

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History awakes

A new day breaks

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It starts to sink in

A cold winter wind

Ripping through trees

Barren of leaves

Now souls reach deeper

Into kind hearts

and into our heads

Wishes we follow

Thoughts left for dead

Moon overturning

Forgotten dreams

Outside the Earth

No season is seen

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History seems fake

As new stars awake

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No precedent found

For the sky or the ground

Break through days

Sharing fair ways

No causing pain

For personal gain

No attacks on our peace

Just because movements cease

Support the vulnerable with care

Stay more aware

Difference on the surface

Should not be feared but reassure us

We all deserve to live well

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Our shared life has begun

And with the river run

Swept into the sea

Surging mystery

Vision getting clearer

Into my heart

And in my head

Once thought shallow

Now deep instead

Ages swirling

Cross-currents mean

Within the Earth

Kind channels clean

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History is at stake

As a new day breaks

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I wrote this about artistic inspiration. I am inspired by so many. The folks I invoke here have played a special part recently and for many memorable parts in my life.

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Forever I remember your name

Your vision

Image

And wishes

No one will ever be the same

Your voice and words are so delicious

Bringing Health

and Courage

and Joy

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I’m here

and listen for more

Imagining life in peace

The world is at the door

And through a certain slant of light

Yours is the only promise we need

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As we trade our hours for dimes

Your spirit

Feeling and kind soul

Turn dark days into beautiful times

Weave notes and words into hours mindful

Sharing wellness

Ethics and passion

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I’m here and listen for more

Way beyond yesterday

The future is at the door

Sent direct

Today is the messenger

Yours is the only promise we need

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John Lennon and Jim Morrison

One day I’ll make a name for myself

Being true to my nature and fighting for causes

No talent will do the same as

Our Incredible losses

But others share powerful music

Our enduring heart crosses

Bif Naked and The Tea Party band

Working miracles for today’s many bosses🇨🇦

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The old man down the road

could see the River bending

And in a moment of weakness

gave his soul to the

Commotion

Of all the kaleidoscopes

the best I’ve seen is in

Experimental cost

Focused on wellness

No matter what

And

Free for

Many hours we share together

Loving on

This crystal ship

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Forever I remember your name

Your vision

Image

And wishes

No one will ever be the same

Your voice and words are so delicious

Bringing Health

and Courage

and Joy

*

I’m here

and listen for more

Imagining life in peace

The world is at the door

And through a certain slant of light

Yours is the only promise we need

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We are all fast

We won’t come to a stop

We hold on to some of the past

While the future’s on top

My love please help me keep moving

Right now

Right now keep me moving somehow

Fast

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We are so alive

Hold on to what we’ve got

For every goal we strive

Love means quite a lot

Come on Love

Help us out

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Fast as fire

Fast as a river

Fast as our skin moves

if we shake and shiver

At the peak of the moment

Fast as release

Fast as times go by

when we can find peace

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There’s nothing faster than action

Driven by love

There’s nothing more for sure than

Love from above

And still the world

Can’t get enough

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Fast as lightening

Fast as hard rain

Fast as thoughts move

If we’re going insane

At the peak of chaos

Fast like a beast

Fast as times we hide

And hope to find peace

Theres nothing faster than dreams

Driven by love

There’s nothing more for sure than

Love from above

And still the world

Can’t get enough

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We are all fast

We won’t come to a stop

We hold on to some of the past

While the future’s on top

My love please help me keep moving

Right now

Right now keep me moving

somehow

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We are so alive

Hold on to what we’ve got

For every goal we strive

Love means more than a lot

Come on Love

Come out on top

Where are all

the people that care?

I know some do

But in the big scheme of things

Many seem unaware

Or unable and preoccupied

I try to reach out to help

The world seems to hide

It’s like we need wicked pride to just get attention

As if when we’re not elected or promoted

We’re not even worth mention

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Where are all the people that care?

I know some do

But in the big picture

Many seem so unfair

Or unfocused and mystified

I try to reach out to help

But the world denies

It’s like we need a famous light to just get attention

As if public intelligence without spectacle

Is not even worth mention

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So I keep shouting

And make a big production

If you can’t hear us now

Maybe soon you will

What I can’t understand

Is all the deep doubting

To cause health reduction

To other’s words you’ll never bow

Maybe soon you will

Realize you can understand

Ways to learn about being

Safe and well

with our kind introduction

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It’s about peace of mind

We can’t find it without you

It comes from inside

And it is all about you

The outside world depends on your action

Now that they’ve found you

The energy grounds you

Together now

or alone

A healthy mood with Peace in mind

Determines everything that’s known

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Where are all

the people that care?

I know you do

But when it comes down to it

Many will not dare

So unstable and stupefied

Stop and stare

Try to reach out to help

But the world has lied

It’s like we need to be crucified to just get attention

As if when we’re not subjected and devoted

We are not even worth mention

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So I keep praying

And make a big production

If you can’t hear us now

Maybe soon you will

What I can’t understand

Is why kind plans are decaying

This is Peace reduction

To equitable words you’ll never bow

Maybe soon you will

Realize you can understand

Ways today to start being

Safe and well

with our kind introduction

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This is how good things happen

Yes we protect our world

But we reach out to others

Keep our sacrifice healthy

Until we can make another

Introduce the current moment

Stay true to who we are

Don’t jeopardise the future

Instead build it up

The more we keep it together

The better life we share

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Sometimes if we’re different

We make unusual comments

like how we make it through

to get past our hard days

With more than a few

We may challenge social norms

If in life we feel injured

We try to choose smart ways

But in a mood that’s incurred

Karma’s conflicting storms

Can consume all our days

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Sometimes if we’re different

We have unusual visions

that help us make it through

to get past our bad days

Although it’s nothing new

We may hope for more warmth

But in life run through the wringer

We strive to choose ways to save

With tones calm and cool like a singer

Karma’s kindness forms

Stays true for all our days

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You tear apart differences

as if searching for a truth

The only difference

is what you’ve learned

Keep it together to improve

One helping clue:

We ARE together

Caught up in the moment

Mood builds from philosophy

And new perspectives we haven’t known yet

Now coming into vision

Just because we’re different

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Sometimes when we’re different

We make unusual choices

to try to make it through

We get past some tough days

But if we miss a cue

We can fall thru open arms

And life slips through our fingers

It seems we choose rough ways

But in truth illusion lingers

While Karma’s coping charms

Get us through all our days

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Each day I awake

and before my eyes open

I think of You

You are the LOVE of my life

EVERYONE

EVERYTHING

EVERYWHERE the sun reaches

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REAL LOVE

That starts like a spark

Breathes life in my heart

And grows in the dark

As it teaches

No preaching

Just feeling

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REAL LOVE of

EVERYONE

EVERYTHING

EVERYWHERE

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Real Love is just to care

Find ways to share

Always be fair

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In a world that is often “Go go go”

Real Love can move

Fast or slow

It grows with our actions

Never just for show

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Real love is about being aware

Sooner or later

We all win when we care

For Everyone

Everything

Everywhere

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Deep within the unchecked silence

There are sirens ringing

People suffer neglect or violence

Build Real Love for

Defiance clinging

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Rules and Ideas of compliance

Like hard-edged diamonds stinging

Fools and Egos deaf and blind as hell

While the alliance of Real Love singing:

Love all

Serve all

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Each day fades away

And as my eyes close

I think of You

You are the Love of my life

MY ONE and ONLY

EVERYTHING

EVERYWHERE the night falls

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REAL LOVE

Intensely good path

Breathes Peace in our heart

Lights up the dark

As it reaches out

To all needing

Good feeling

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And to reach within

Past any fall:

Love All

Serve All

Words deemed flavorless

Out of a raven’s fist

Offer potential

To rise to new heights

One awkward statement

A downward spiral

No denial

Then one quick turn

Now looking up again

Sky in our sights

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Feeling normal

Acting grand

No name or fame

Wisened flier at times admired

Seems to me

it’s all been planned

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Of time oblivious

Caught in a lover’s kiss

Lifelong potential

To rise to new heights

One awkward statement

Carry for miles

Eased by smiles

More we learn

More we look up again

Our life invites

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Feel stable

Take a stand

Mind the flame

Body and brain

Our desired fire is

Designed Inspired

Seems to me

it’s all been planned

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Puzzle piece falls into place

Finds a perfect fit

An unsettling breeze blows over this space

Awkward instant tears us to bits

Dedication builds us back up again

At times in starts and fits

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Be kind

There is no risk

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Focus on the moment and the moment finds us

Nature we share

Help us take care of things

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Be kind

There is no risk

As we understand

Share calm words

Be overheard with a consistent caring plan

Focus on the moment and the moment finds us

Nature we share

Helps us take care of things

Start opening our mind

To working harder at being kind

Save grace when we can

Seems to me its all been planned

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You seem more than curious

about some kind of eternal bliss

Dream of potential

To rise to new heights

One well-placed statement

End of the trial

Finish with style

Time to burn

Till things look up again

We all have our rites

I’m feeling able

To lend a hand

Times seem dire till we rise higher

Seems to me

it’s all been planned

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Depth to the depth

When shallow I’m hollow

A breath in and out

Time moves and I follow

Then in the West

We call out Apollo

His best must be left

In grooves that we follow

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Daybreak has all of my plans

At night dreams start all over again

Lighting the way everyday

A test to the test

In fire I wallow

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A splash of wisdom

A dash of defiance

I aim to be close to

Established compliance

I can’t complain

but we do need change

To challenge the system

And set a new stage

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So today, I buck history

of mine and the world’s

Try to redesign meaning

Of words we’ve unfurled

Bright ideas, dark days

My optimism is pure

Work and believing

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Confess to the rest

When shallow we’re hollow

A breath in and out

Success proves how to follow

Guessed to be best

The world shouts a loud call out

The rest must be blessed

In grooves that we follow

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Daybreak has all of my plans

At night dreams start all over again

At the height of day

I work and pray

Success at the test

In fire I wallow

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Smoke is rising

Flames are twisting

I waver like a leaf in the heated breeze

No surprise that

I’m resisting

To get past pain to find progress beneath

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The future is uncertain

and alternates positions

Staying strong in only one:

The stem of cool and calm vision

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Day melts like anger

channeled into steam

Breathing in the logical conclusion

of today’s fiery turmoil

The slope of a mountain we climb

Shines red with rivers of

Passion branching out

tomorrow hardening to form our resolution and

Calm

becoming grey as concrete

Plumes to ease our mind’s tension

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Fuel for flame falls

Through night and day

Hues of red and orange idle

Locked for now or forever

in calm grey and green

Of waking dreams

Crawling over years

like clouds roll into vision

Tears preserve future life

Growing resolution to move forward in new days

Breathing heights of tomorrow

Fanning flora not fire

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Excruciating loss

Again and Again

Maybe not for each of us

But for one time in a life

We should make a difference

when we can spare resources

If we can’t accept the rain

Sorrow thundering down

We may surrender to beauty

In another waking day

Strain comfort from humanity

Black out the darkest pain

One word

can change the moment

Change the day

Change our Life

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Just one word

or a sentence or two

Changes everything

The world and our mood

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Watch what you say

Careful what you do

Say what you mean

And what’s right for you

In the big scheme of things

It’s best to be true

Share what makes sense

From your point of view

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One word

can drop very fast

Change our mind

And change our Life

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Just one word

With some follow through

Changes everything

Understanding and Attitude

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Watch what you say

Careful what you do

Say what you think

And words helpful for you

In the big picture

Each second is new

Share thoughts for progress

We can’t misconstrue

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Every word means something different

from where we stand

And how we think

Each word should be well thought-out

but sometimes we act on impulse

And sometimes we don’t have the facts

or the most logical link

We should aim to choose our words carefully

the best we can

just in case they sink in

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Any word

can change our train of thought

Change a little

Or change a lot

Just one word

Or a message

False or true

Can change everything

If it makes it through

Watch what you say

Goes for me too

I try to help out

Sometimes we have no clue

This is life

Reality right on cue

Share our energy

It’s all we can do