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What will be the net positive effect of each of our lifetimes,
adding all our positive attributes, correctly applied
towards a real problem for another,
divided by the problems we may have caused by our pettiness
...taking into account the sum of all the world's peoples attitudes?
with calculated risks and errors...we may have missed
Will this become our judgement day, week, month... year?
In an hours time will a world prayer be helpful,
if thats what it would take to redeem the value of our collective souls?
or is this an illusory displacement as with water and a straw
(calculate the real Jesus Effect, compensating for ego inflation)
where there is hope...
there is room for a brief pause, in reflection
even in the worst of times
the darkest hours may not yet have come
...but, we can dream
there are others who may value
what we do ...almost as we do
...in life
in the tides of man
particles of sand
washed by the waves may come and go
still, the ocean remains a life all but its own
fed by the rivers and the rain
kissed by the sun
and shooting stardust falling from above
exploding softly through the night
as the waves reflecting all the love back to the stars
...move on, much as they have before
more than a handfull of sun years in revolution
around the galaxy above and beyond ours
extending its aura almost forever
to an earth born soul...
and who are we to argue what came first...
we, who have the power to create a song
about whoever it is we want to be, or...
who we think we are
when, in reality...
we are just like the morning dew
appearing for a brief moment
condensation from the mist
...of days before...
choosing between
coming together out of necessity
when threatened by insurmountable odds
basking together in our smiles
or suffering in our transgressions against one another
never giving a moment to reconcile
for forgiveness to grow into understanding
holding grudges beyond sanity,
celebrating man's inhumanity, against man
...will we never understand
why Jesus came...
giving a touch of love
a time and space
somewhere in our hearts and minds
a place we may only find
when we do the math
and realize
there is an answer
but the only way
to find it
to take hold of one anothers minds
and walk together for awhile
skipping a stone across the universe
laughing in the rain...
just having fun
to realize, before all this talk of
who is or is not right
we were once all free
to decide
how to live
the way we want ourselves to be
without making excuses
and casting the shadows of the blame
for our own misfortunes
on one another...
So here we are, again
casting rainbows into the sky
looking beyond our time
for the answers of this day.
following the footsteps in the sand
only show us from where we came
where we are going...
depends upon
what's most important to our well being
those of us...
sane enough, to realize
what we can do with what remains
that's gravity...
our natural magnetism
attracts and repells us from others
of opposite polarity
isn't it remarkable that
good and evil, seem to work that way
so lets put our petty jealousies aside
get on our horses and ride
or just walk and talk...
taking our time to get to know
who it is that we are...
as neighbor
souls
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