ARE YOU STILL ONLY ONE OF THE SLEEPING  (10/1989, Southern California)

 
momentarily contained  
here in this landscape  
of hair and skin  
i feed the sky  
with my persistent breath  
the earth with my life  
as the sky  
breathes freely back  
into my body and being  
a much deeper song  
of completion  
wherein each moment  
is a new dawn  
here within  
this open circle  
of being i am  
as consciousness  
molds on  
some instinct  
is listening forever  
with patience  
beyond the sun  
of its sum  
for i am a desert waiting  
for something more  
than sand alone  
can ever explain  
though i expect  
no explanations  
i simply know and trust  
that the greater of me  
still overshadows  
the lesser of me  
whether anyone else does  
or not  
for in time  
we will all truly be freed  
from our mental  
bondage of self  
and thus to all  
resultant darkness here  
as well  
aahhhhhhhh  
smell the sweet falling rain  
which now descends  
close your eyes  
turn your face up to the sky  
to feel and savor it  
as thousands  
of cool  wet kisses  
run like wild horses  
across your warm  
open  
dreaming plains  
dont you feel it there  
a rich love so rare  
yet available  
to us all  
or are you still only  
one of the sleeping  
consciously unawakened  
egoically stuck  
along with most  
of this worlds  
still struggling  
stumble blind masses  
just another  
numb  numbered sheep  
bogged down  
trapped in the currents  
of all you believe  
held down  
for so long  
now nearly out of breath  
longing to resurface  
for air  
back up from  
somewhere down there  
feeling  
momentarily  
only semi lost  
in the dark  
murky mystery  
of the seemingly  
bottomless depths  
of your still sinking lifes  
restless sleep  
without even being  
able to dream  
anymore  
much less find  
ascend to and take  
just one more  
near desperate  
last gulp  
of fresh air  
still you may say  
at least you have  
hope  
but how can you  
hope  
when you cant even  
seem to fully  
find a way  
to truly  
believe in yourself  
all the way
anymore
much less  
ever co create  
and make manifest  
for yourself  
and for  
the greater good  
of all  
a much better  
much brighter  
new life  
and new world  
here  
to bring  
into being  
at long last  
for the ongoing  
very survival  
of not only  
yourself  
but of and for  
everyone  everything  
and all else  
presently  
still living  
existing  
or being
in this  
wondrously  
mysterious  
truly magical
long suffering
world
we re all still
an inseparable
part of
here
even now
as  
well