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Jesus ...tonight

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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


C2
 

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