The Universe in my Mind

 My heart says

    free the children

let them be, who they will be

my heart says

they're the answer

they will teach us, to be free

my heart says

all the people

past and present, are but one

my heart longs for

connection, inspiration, fun

to remember all of my parts

to honor their sacrifice, 

their visions, and their courage

my heart thinks that would be nice

my heart says come together

listen now, and

be made whole

my heart says drop

my defenses

rest, love, let go 

the illusion of control

when I listen to my heart

my whole world is aligned

and I inhabit peaceful planets

in the universe in my mind

I have a little defect

I see you have it too

or, maybe it's a fun gift

just to see what we will do

life's all a matter of perspective

its just framing, and narrative

how I choose to use mine

sets my intention

of how I want to live

so I will try, friend

to remember

to treat you like the gift you are

another part of me

another piece

a fragment

of the same bright star 

 

Before I came here

I was everywhere else

I was all of us

I was wholly myself

but we, when we live here

take on so much other

we forget who we are

by all else, we are smothered

it takes so much focus

such presence of mind

to burst free from beneath,

our true nature to find

but my friend I do urge you

take sure steps to be free

find the child deep inside you

she'll know who you should be