I WAS BORN AND RAISED
IN THE REALM OF DARKNESS
HOW ELSE WAS I TO LEARN
TO BE A LIGHTHOUSE
STAY AWAKE LIKE YOUR LIFE
DEPENDS ON IT (IT DOES)
I ALMOST LET FEAR WIN TODAY
INSTEAD I CHOSE TO SURRENDER
TO REMEMBER
TO NURTURE MY INNER STRENGTH
TO BELIEVE IN MY INNER KNOWING
TO REACH MY HANDS
TOWARD THE LOVING EMBRACE OF
THE INFINITE THREAD OF HOPE
THAT WEAVES ALL OF THIS TOGETHER
I CHOOSE TO EMBRACE ALL
AND TO TAKE BACK MY POWER
TO NEVER FORGET WHAT I AM
AND WHAT I AM CAPABLE OF BEING
(I ALREADY AM)
I WILL NOT DIM MY LIGHT
IN THE FACE OF FEAR
I CHOOSE TO PERCEIVE MY CIRCUMSTANCES
THROUGH MY SPIRITUAL LENSE
I LIVE INTENTIONALLY
I TRUST IN THE TIMING
AND DIRECTION OF THIS JOURNEY
I AM ONE WITH ALL
ALL WITH ONE
I LEAD WITH LOVE AND GRATITUDE
AND YET
WE HAVE SO MUCH WORK TO DO
TO RAISE THE COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS
TO PLANT LITTLE MEMORY SEEDS OF
OUR TRUE ESSENCE
ALL OVER THE EARTH
SO THAT THE LIGHT
MAY SHINE THROUGH THE CRACKS
THAT HAVE BEEN
STRATEGICALLY PLACED
IN OUR VERY FOUNDATION
TO REPLENISH THE EARTH’S VIBRATION
BACK TO A STATE OF LOVE AND GRATITUDE
TO VIOLENTLY SHRED
WITH OUR CARNIVOROUS TEETH
THE FALSE NARRATIVE
BEING FED TO US
TO GO BACK IN THE DIRECTION
OF OUR ROOTS
LET US EMBRACE OUR DIVINE RIGHTS
FEEL ALL OF THE DEEP JOY AND GOODNESS
THAT HUMANITY CAN OFFER
THE UNBEARABLE SUFFERING, TOO
AND LEAVE BEHIND A LEGACY
THAT WILL BURN ETERNAL IN THE HEARTS
AND SOULS OF OUR CHILDREN
AND THEIR CHILDREN’S CHILDREN
ONE OF UNCONDITIONAL
ALL-ENCOMPASSING
REAL AND THEREFORE RARE
LOVE
LET US FEEL A DEEP INNER-KNOWING
FLOW FREELY THROUGH OUR VEINS
THAT WE ARE FRAGMENTS OF SOURCE
DIVINELY GUIDED
ALWAYS PROTECTED
WHEN I VOLUNTEER TO COME BACK
FOR YET ANOTHER ROUND HERE
ON THIS DENSE PLANE OF EXISTENCE
MAY I REMEMBER ITS PHYSICAL WEIGHT
IS NOT CONDUCIVE OF ITS POTENTIAL
FOR GROWTH
AND AWESTRUCK MOMENTS
OF UNDENIABLE DIVINITY
THE SURREALISM IN SIMPLICITY
THE SMELL AFTER IT HAS RAINED
AS THE SEASONS SHIFT
AND THE CYCLE RENEWS
THE PROFOUNDLY INTIMATE
CONNECTION FORGED BY
SAFE HUMAN TOUCH
FREE WILL
AND THE EXISTENCE OF ART
THAT THRUSTS ITS FIST
STRAIGHT DOWN THE THROAT
SETTLING SOMEWHERE IN THE GUT
TO EXPERIENCE THE SPECTRUM
OF RAW HUMAN EMOTION
AND ALL OF THE OTHER BEAUTIFUL THINGS
WORTH BEING HUMAN FOR
A SIGH OF RELIEF
A FLEETING GLIMPSE OF JOY
A GLEAM OF HOPE
RETURNS TO THE SURFACE
OF MY SKIN
RESONANCE OF
AUTHENTIC LIFE FREQUENCIES
PULSE THROUGH
MY ANEMIC VEINS
WE WILL BE OK
WE WILL GROW INTO BETTER
UNRECOGNIZABLE VERSIONS
OF OUR PAST SELVES
RESILIENT
CONNECTED
ALIGNED
THIS I KNOW
AND THIS WILL GUIDE ME THROUGH
TO THE OTHER SIDE
OF THIS EARTHLY CLUSTER FUCK
WHERE UNIMAGINABLE BEAUTY
ABUNDANCE
AND LOVE
PATIENTLY LIE IN WAIT FOR OUR ARRIVAL
THEY WANT TO BE CHOSEN
PICK THEM UP
SET DOWN WHAT NO LONGER
SERVES YOUR HIGHEST SELF
OR THE HIGHEST GOOD OF ALL
WE
THE ALCHEMISTS
SHALL TRANSMUTE THE HEAVINESS
WE CARRY
INTO LIFE-SOURCE ENERGY
THAT WILL RIPPLE OUT
ACROSS THE SEA
ACROSS IMAGINARY BORDERS
DRAWN IN THE BLOOD OF THE FALLEN
THERE IS ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE
WE CANNOT EXPECT TO BE AWAKENED
TO SHIFT AND EXPAND IN CONSCIOUSNESS
WITHOUT BEING ABRUPTLY SHAKEN AWAKE
WITHOUT A LITTLE SACRIFICE
KEEP WHAT REALLY MATTERS
IN THE CENTER OF YOUR VISION
SURRENDER TO THIS SEASON
OF YOUR LIFE
REMEMBER
SURRENDER IS NOT DEFEAT
IT IS A SHEDDING OF
OUR EGO’S DESPERATE ATTEMPT
TO CONTROL
TO PREDICT
TO KEEP US OUT OF THE PRESENT
MOMENT AT ALL COSTS
SURRENDER IS
PUTTING ON A SUIT OF SACRED ARMOR
FORGED FROM THE ART
OF TRUE DETACHMENT
AND INTENTIONAL EXISTENCE
IN THE HERE AND NOW
SHARE YOUR LIGHT
BUILD THE COURAGE
TO CHOOSE LOVE OVER FEAR
BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER
FOR WHAT IS COMING
IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN ANYTHING
WE WILL LEAVE BEHIND
AND IF THIS SEEMS
LIKE MORE THAN WHAT
YOUR HUMAN HEART AND HANDS
ARE CAPABLE OF
FAKE IT
UNTIL YOU MAKE IT
WE WILL MAKE IT