be

be
who you are
don't get tied up
in the excuses
of anyone else's expectations

what is your greatest joy?

sitting on a mountaintop
and wondering who you are is fine
but go for the best you
you can be

it's not about who everyone sees
it's about how you feel
it's about your joy, your bliss
your greatest resonance,
your highest frequency

if you have one life
to broadcast
what tune do you want to play?

if you have one life
to broadcast
who do you want in your audience?
do you want an audience that talks back?

what moves you to tears?
is it worth pain
to feel the positive tears
the ones that come after the pain?

how many new wonders
could you cry for?
how many new joys?
how many beings could you love?
what helps you to love the greatest?

these are the big questions.

the stuff behind us
has shaped us
but it's not all
we choose what lies ahead

the great paradox
is that life is change
and yet it's what we most resist

people bang their heads
night after night
against walls
finally get into a soft bed
where they hope to sleep

there are soft beds everywhere
your body could be a softer bed
if you gave it a life it loved
if you gave it the relaxation
that comes not at death
but from living the life you love

what makes your spirit bigger?
what traps it in a case?

there are no guns to your head
and your life should not be a gun

there is no need to go off
when what you need is to walk

we have had many loves
what do we want to carry tomorrow?

sometimes there is conversation
sometimes there is just talk
sometimes there is not conversation
and sometimes we have to have a talk

come to jesus, they say
this is my word
this is my life

and i'm not hanging it on a cross.