I can no longer deny the mysterious
Like denying a child’s tears
I can not look up to the sky and just see clouds, or a sun, stars or moon
There is more to this life then what they say, beyond the rain, or pain of lightning
I am priviledged because I can not deny the mysterious
When I bled my double helix into mother earth,
Her single heal-licks in forms of kisses nurished me back to life
I use to think too much and kiss too little
Because the mysterious was not a fact, but a phantom of unpleasurable pauses
Into my thoughts I would rationalize, but into her warm bossom she would emphasize
“Wake up and drink my breathe,”
Just so I could know the mysterious I had to take a chance
And have a shattering heart-attack to collapse my intellect
And when I woke up, mother earth smiled, with a greeting of ocean blues
And I went body surfing,
When I broke into her ocean, her salt burned me with its love
I know the mysterious and she knows me back
Her aging smile will stay awhile as my life detracts
Into the filtering lines that bustle down below
I no longer wonder about the mysterious, I can finally let go
So when I cry myself to sleep reaching for the stars
Mother earth lends a hand and lets gravity do his part
That I may know my limitations but allow myself to be free
Because love can fade, or go away or bow me to a knee
But it was mother earth that taught me to love the mysterious
To not change minds, but be healed with signs that can not seen or heared
But when her salt burned my eyes, my heart would cry, why did I ever do this
Now I respect whats not known, and will it daily, watching from above
And never forget how I wept and knowing that I once loved
I neither fear nor fret of ache, though constant it may remain
In my veins, my blood runs pains that icicles would be jealous of
Yet love once again, steams out my tips so my fingers turn from numb
So I can feel love’s weathering ways and keep myself in step
For when I’m cold, I turn to the mysterious and she drinks in my breathe
