UP IN THE SKY

WHY PICK AT BEATLES

WHEN BIRDS ARE FLYING BY?

 

OR SLIP THROUGH A NEEDLE

WHEN CAMELS BLINK THEIR EYES?

 

THE SEA FINDS THE SAND, THE SAND JOINS THE SKY

WHERE COMES THE RAIN, AND THE MOON AND SUN UP HIGH?

 

 

UP IN THAT SKY

UP IN THAT SKY

UP IN THAT SKY

UP IN THAT SKY

UP IN THAT SKY

 

IT IS SO HARD NOW TO DIFFERENTIATE

WHOM ARE THE SAINTS OR SINNERS?

 

HOW DOES ONE SEPARATE

WHAT IS FACT FROM WHAT IS FICTION?

 

OF WHAT IS TRUE AND WHAT IS FALSE

AND OF WHAT IS ONE ABLE?

 

WHEN RELIGION DESTROYS GOD

AS GOVERNMENT TO FREEDOM

 

EDUCATION CONSUMES THOUGHT

ALL SOAKED IN HUMAN EMOTION

 

IN A CAULDRON OF DECEPTION

 

WISDOM COMES FROM DOUBTING

DOUBTING FINDS THE QUESTION

THE JOURNEY BRINGS THE TRUTH

THE TRUTH PERMITS THE MENTION

GREED, JEALOUSY, ANGER, LONELINESS, FEAR

IGNORANCE BRINGS STRENGTH

 

DREAMS THAT SEEP FROM THE TELEVISION SCREEN

BATHED IN PHOSPHORESENCE

 

POISON

 

DREAMS THAT SEEP, AND BOIL AND SCREAM

 

MOST OF WHAT YOU UNDERSTAND ARE MERE SHADOWS ON THE WALLS

 

ATTEMPTS TO FIND THE LIGHT BY

  • ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS (AND THE ATTACHMENT TO ANOTHER SOUL)
  • WORLDLY POSSESSIONS OR POWER
  • ENLARGEMENT OF THE EGO AND RECOGNITION BY THE WORLD

 

HOME THAT IS WITHIN YOU/KINGDOM OF HEAVEN

 

IN EMPTY ROOM WITH A CHAIR

CATHARTIC EXPERIENCE

WITNESSING ONES THOUGHT

 

WILDERNESS

 

THERE IS A SUDDEN PALPITATE

 

WHEN YOU SIT DOWN AT YOUR DINNER

 

A SINGLE LIGHTBULB FLICKERS

 

STRUCK BY YOUR OWN SOLITUDE, WHEN YOU SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE

 

THERE IS A CLAMOR IN THE CUPBOARD

THERE IS A BANG OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOOR

 

THE DOGS SNAP AT THE GHOSTS

AND THE BONES THAT STAIN THE COURTYARD

THAT HABITATE YOUR BACK YARD

 

PLACEMENT IN A DARK ROOM TO BREAK THROUGH FEELINGS OF ISOLATION

BREAK OUT OF ILLUSION OF SEPARATION FROM GOD

DARK GROWS LARGER THE MORE YOU IGNORE IT

 

LIKE HANDS AGAINST THE STORM

 

THERE IS A TASTE IN WATER

SO YOU PUSH AGAINST THE TABLE

 

SHAKEN BY THE GRAVITY THAT ENCOMPASSES

THE DISCOVERY OF YOUR PRISON

 

OCCUPIED BY NIGHTMARES

 

OLD REMEDIES NO LONGER WORK

 

MAGICAL, DIVINE OR MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE

 

 

THEY SAY JESUS WAS A SPECIAL SON

WHO SHARED HIS LOVE WITH EVERYONE

 

WALKED BAREFOOT UPON THE COBBLESTONES

THERE HE BLED, ALMOST ALONE

 

THEY SELL YOU SELF-SACRIFICE

BUT TO WHO’S END, AND FOR WHAT PRICE?

 

 

MOST OF WHAT’S PRESENTED

ARE MERE SHADOWS ON THE WALLS

AND THE GHOSTS REMARK IN VISITS

 

TITUS FLAVIAN

JOSHEPHUS

 

 

THE EGO TIGHTENS ITS GRIP TO HOLD BACK THE SOUL FROM SEEKING THE LIGHT

 

DARKNESS GROWS THE MORE YOU IGNORE IT

 

PAIN AND SUFFERING DERIVES FROM SEPARATION FROM THE SOURCE

 

ONE MUST SOMETIMES BE ALL ALONE TO END ONE’S ISOLATION AND UNDERSTAND THE BREADTH OF OUR CREATION

 

RELEASE OF THE EGO

CONSCIOUSNESS OVERTAKES THE MIND

 

MANY SEEK THE LIGHT AND IGNORE THE DARK

HIGHER VIBRATION

 

SUPRESSED EMOTIONS THAT HAUNT

-GUILT, FRUSTRATION, HELPLESSNESS, ANGER, SADNESS, LONELINESS

 

LOVE