I am reaching for the connection

Looking for protection

Falling through the branches of a situation

Hoping to grab on

Hold on

Then climb up to the place

Where I make a difference

Improve life

And be comfortable myself

For more of the time

More of us feeling fine

**

I am reaching for the connection

Looking for protection

Falling through the branches of a situation

Hoping to grab on

Hold on

Then climb up to the place

Where we can make millions

Improve life

And be comfortable together

For more of the time

All of us feeling fine

**

Safety in the world today

Often seems so far away

We get chances

Sometimes

But they rarely stay

We are forced to work

For such low pay

Just to survive one more day

Forced to believe

That that’s okay

As select people

Get to just rest and play

Never joining the fray

And much of the world

Starts to decay

**

There should be a balance

An even challenge

So everyone has opportunity

And we share our chances

Compassion advances

And true humanity is the only immunity

Where we can all hold on equally

In the tree of life

And we can strive

To thrive

Together

For a place to stay

That remains okay

Every day

**

I am reaching for the connection

Looking for protection

Falling through the branches of a situation

Hoping to grab on

Hold on

Then climb up to the place

Where we can make it easy to

Improve life

And be comfortable in our world

For more of the time

All of us feeling fine

***

Whispers of a peaceful day

My window is open

Rain is pattering

Thousand upon thousands of drops land on

Rooftops of the neighborhood

Dated houses, workshops, garages and sheds

Cars parked on the street

Are calm in the early day

**

The green belt of

the forest

Trees and leaves absorb the showers

**

The upbeat snare drum

Rapidly and gently pounding

The water won’t miss a beat

Until it becomes a slow drip

A shimmer

of silence

then expands

*

A quiet buzz of

a sparkling world

As the drops slowly stop

*

A few quick

single-file streams of rivulets run off

some corners of buildings & branches

Hitting a surface just right

*

Ultimately

Petering out

Filtered into

Resting spots

Temporary or

Permanent

Drip

Drop

And

A Final series of tiny abbreviated

Splashes slapping

Like one glistening sizzle

**

Birds respond to the rains final comments 

Taking the time

to speak up more

As if excited for the opportunity 

**

Flying or perched

Dwellers of the high tree tops

Share shrill whistles and screeches

Happy chirps and chatter

Each in their own separate conversation

Different species

in their own cheerful language and melodies

Signatures of life

Repeating good notes for each other

**

A plane flies high above

Rumbling like kettle drums

Or a bowling ball

Rolling across the sky into the distance

*

No sooner has the jet flown out of range than a train announces it’s passing

Making sure everyone is out of the way

Sounding like low notes 

on a saxophone

**

It repeats it’s tones getting quieter as it fades into the distance again

*

On cue

the songs of twittering birds remind us that they have a symphony instead

It was here first and it 

goes on

Outside the window

*

When they are near 

To our hearts

Where we carry our own rhythm

*

Hope and memories chime in

ever after

Faint or loud as they return

***

I reach out

With everything I have but

I can’t reach your hand

Can’t grasp

Can’t hold

Can’t pull or

shake

Can’t make it better

All the way

**

Was it something that I said?

You have drifted away

Sometimes words

come out of my head

But not the right way

Or from some angles it seems

Not to make sense 

I reach out to you

But these times are tense

**

I reach out

With everything I have but

I can’t reach your hand

Can’t grasp

Can’t hold

Can’t hi-five 

Or shake

Can’t make it better

All the way

**

An acquaintance or a friend

You have drifted away

Sometimes actions

Meaning well offend 

They may be okay

From other angles it seems

It could make sense

To reach out to you

But these times are tense

**

I reach out

With everything I have but

I can’t reach your hand

Can’t grasp

Can’t hold

Can’t catch and

shake

Can’t make it better

All the way

**

It seems that it would help our causes

To share our views

Bury our crosses

Or are we not there?

Should we not compare 

How to maximize our potential

And minimize our losses?

**

I reach out

With everything I have but

I can’t reach your hand

Can’t grasp

Can’t hold

Can’t warm and

shake

Can’t call on you

The hand that’s raised

***

I want to bathe in the sunshine

and bask in the rain

I want to have more fun times

And avoid more pain

I want to

swim in the cool breeze 

And find

shelter from the storm

I want to

have more fuel please

To help

more good dreams take form

**

We are on a journey

We can feel the season

We don’t have to worry

We have learned to use reason

With different situations 

And all sorts of weather

With no hesitation

We reach further

To keep it together

**

I want to save all the daytime

And map out the night

I want to

connect where the stars shine

And hold onto their light

I want more hours to achieve

And more minutes to rest

I want to find ways to believe

It will turn out for the best

**

We are on a mission

We can sense the system

We do have a vision

We have developed a rhythm

With different situations 

And all sorts of weather

With no hesitation

We reach further

To keep it together

**

We keep it together

By just staying calm

And not

spreading ourselves out

way too thin

There is a layer of cloud

Fear and doubt

But the sunshine can also win

**

We keep it together

By using good reason

Adapt to the weather

that we are in

If there’s good reason to shout

Just let it out

For all of the Earth

Just give it a real good spin

***

I look for faces

To keep pace with

The season and

Each month of the year

*

Cold one moment

Not cold in the next

Everyone feels it

Except those

that are free from it

**

I look for faces

To be gracious

In each hour and

Day of the month

*

Warm one moment

Not warm in the next

Everyone feels it

Everyone needs it

To answer all of our prayers

**

I look for faces

My heart races

With each season and

Month of the year

*

Hot one moment

Not hot in the next

Everyone sees it

Everyone feels it

*

Your charm

I find so bright

With every eyeful

All your beauty

Your soul

Shines day and night

Everyone we might know

**

I look for faces

To fill spaces

Each second and

Minute of the hour

*

Cool one moment

Not cool in the next

Everyone thinks it

Everyone sees it

Except those

that are free from it

*

One motion

One gesture

Seals the deal

Makes us real

We need strength

To handle the heat

Our intelligence can numb it

***

The stretch to reach our future version

The hold, very close that makes all the difference right now

The connection that enables both to work together because we know for certain it will work out

One way or another

It will work out

**

The thoughts about a past experience 

The decision that we make for the moments here and now

The connection that enables both to work together because we know for certain it will work out

One way or another

It will work out

**

Days may go astray

Not the way we wanted to

But eventually 

One way or another

It will always work out

*

Our cognition

And intuition

About the past or future

Make all the

difference in the world

right here and now

**

The moment that catches us in present times

The instant we are thrown into the current, here and now

The connection that enables us to work forever because we know for certain it will work out

One way or another

It will work out

**

Days may go sideways 

Not the way we wanted to

But eventually 

One way or another

It will always work out

*

Days may go as planned

We may have the upper hand

Eventually 

One way or another

It will always work out

*

Our cognition

And intuition

About the past or future

Make all the

difference in the world

Right here and now

*

Our persistence

And insistence 

About the present moment

Make all the

Difference in the world

Right here and now

***

In a mediocre day

I make it my own way

Get through excelling

Future-telling

Made in stages

To be great as

Anyone

And at least okay right now

*

In a true blue collar way

I make it through the day

Get by outstanding

Not too demanding

Made in stages

To be great as

Anyone

At least okay right now

**

Working all the time

Even when we are done

Working for a dime

They expect us to run

*

They treat us like we are

unfeeling machines

They don’t care about our brains or hearts

They are indifferent to our personal scenes

And then adamant

when we stop and start

**

On an average sort of day

I make it my own way

Get through excelling

My soul I’m selling

Made in stages

To be great as

Anyone

And at least okay right now

**

Working all the time

Even when we are off

Working past our prime

And they still call us “soft”

*

They treat us like we are

programmed machines

But they don’t care about

our moving parts

They are indifferent if

we don’t have the means

But yet get so furious

when we fall apart

**

On any given day

I try to have my say

Get through excelling

The world I’m telling

Made in stages

To be great as

Any world

And at least okay right now

Let’s make it through somehow

***

I have a different

frame of mind

Since I got left behind

Which was caused by an understandable

lapse in attention

*

Now we are both in different moods

We changed our relevant views

Somewhere we may have lost

our essential comprehension

*

And we may never find ourselves

on the same pathway again

**

Now if we had

fallen in true love

We could never get enough

But with less-known

souls or strangers

We don’t have that dimension

*

We both have different attitudes 

And quite clearly different views

We should not miss the chance to build

essential comprehension

**

Can you tell me your point of view?

Or how we could make things better?

Get over a barrier or two

Discussion helps us comprehend them

We try joining our views for a while

First pretend

Then we will be transcending 

*

And find a point of view

That we can attend to

**

I have a different

frame of mind

That can’t get left behind

But may naturally fade

in and out of our conscious attention

*

Now we are both in different moods

We changed our relevant views

Somehow we start to build

our essential comprehension

**

Can you see my point of view?

Or how we could make it better?

Perform a miracle or two

No surprise we can’t comprehend it

But try joining this view for a while

First pretend

Then you will be transcending 

*

And find a point of view

That we can attend to

***

We each exist alone

Balancing our universe

We may join our views

in many ways

but we

also

each have our own space

Our own domain

Weak or powerful

A field connected

To the entire universe

Our balance

Determines our

Perception

Experience and feelings

We may impact

the same in others

**

The heights of consciousness

The peak of a mood

The influence we have

is precise or crude

It depends on the angle

And how it’s construed

The lows of consciousness

The depths of a mood

The influence we have

May never improve

It depends on the angle

And how we can move

**

So how do we influence

our balance

when the world

weighs down on us?

We must find ways thruough

All the challenges

When the world

goes to town on us

Look past

Endure

Keep waiting for the cure

We can always be sure

A better end

for our world

Will be found for us

**

It’s a matter of time

Adapt and climb

Protect and prime

The moments we find

For feeling better

When our plans align

Improved design

Justice not crime

Arrives when we balance

Find calm in our mind

Get through the grind

Find synergy together

That makes things fine

While everyone of us

Makes it divine 

***

I think about life

And look into the sky

I appreciate the stars

Now they all align

*

When I focus for a while

Often I find

that I have to smile

I just can’t help but think that

There are infinite possibilities

**

I think about life

And look into a sign

If I fixate on troubles

Now they all align

*

When I focus for too long

Seems like everything

is going wrong

I may sometimes forget that

There are infinite possibilities

**

When I listen to the world

*

Taste the times

*

Or remember a bright aroma

*

I feel the energy

*

As I open my eyes

I expand the skies

I read the signs

And calm my mind

*

There is always another time

Another place

Make the best of this one

Right now

**

I think about life

And look into my mind

I appreciate plain words

Now they all align

*

When focus finds good balance

I aim to get past every challenge

I fully imagine that

There are infinite possibilities

**

Our world is grounded

In our past

Bring focus to the current

It leads to our future

and is all that we will ever

directly connect to

***