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the spirit of Jesus,
is on the menu tonight
for those of you whose Sabbath
is any and every opportunity we have
to break bread and share with open arms
moments away from a world of police sirens
carrying ambulance drivers playing russian roulette
...with the bringer of pain and death
I heard you through the noise
And confusion…
Over the course of countless
days and nights, even though i tried
even from where i stood waiting
...to fight the good fight
Still, couldn’t seem
to get it quite,
…right…
When
you first found me
Moments before the life
i knew only as mine,
...before you...
folded in upon itself
released me from the game
of juggling blame...
even if, in heavens name
my life was ending fast
i was an emotional wreck
preparing my mind for
immediate danger
the IMPACT...
and if i should survive,
living with the aftermath
finding, with the help
of a few friends...
a temporal escape
from endless reruns
of lessons learned...
finding, even though
i'd crashed and burned
and lost all but hope
my visions and plans
down the slippery slope
of indifference and neglect
and those whose lives
i was sworn to protect
were just as lost and alone as i
i felt a greater will within
...but, could not distinguish
whether, the approaching rider
rode down upon me as if on the wind
...or was that upon wings?
was it, friend or foe
returning to the position
contemplative, prayerful
all i could do was try...
believing beyond my vision
even as it was being...overturned,
Turned to dust
and the memories
Of the life i only knew
as drifting dreams
Lay before me
Crumpled in the trust
of something, i'd imagined
would come, arriving just in time
Just like the rest of my unmade plans
the answer in the Creators hands
...having little to nothing
in common with our
minor means of
...doing
and all
those things
we'd chosen to pursue
in lieu of understanding
the gift of life we bring
to one another
when we love
and get it right
And when we fail...
our lives become
a trail of debris
with all what
we would have saved
…in ruins…
A ll told,
a world of dreams,
...in need
Of someone to believe…
to stand beside me and you...
Build them as good as new
To become part of a better plan
breathe life back into our hearts
make our spirit strong again
dance into the new days
sun and moon, wind and rain
but, when all we had was a spirit
...bruised and beaten down
by all the broken bits and pieces
of the choices made and unmade
still, as our last resistance
drained away
and continued to fade
as distant star lights
seen from so far away
you picked up the beacon
of the distress signal in my head
As my life force ebbed
Beneath the waning moon
...and way out back I heard two alley cats
playing cards, or was it shooting craps
Fighting over who would get to rock
She little kitties womb
...tonight
The hourglass
had run out of time
And my life had been
largely reduced to
...Just an illusion
Making a contribution
Towards a different life,
Without a dime
I thought
that i might spare
Or was that, too
Lost in the echoes
Of the dream I had,
…of you
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