THE SPIRIT RAP - A REVERIE FROM A MUSE

For My  Mother who used to do this well. 

The Planet Earth Our Home 

and Hillary who I hope lives up to the faith we place in her. 

THE SPIRIT RAP

WE ARE ALL ONE

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

Across great plains of waving grain

O're endless burning desert sands,

A hot wind sings through canyon lands

Then howls up ridges

Rides the rain

And dies in quiet beneath deep snows

On lofty peaks above the trees.

Where rivers flow to foaming seas

Beneath white sails full blown cool breeze,

High hums the rigging taut and strong

And keel to rudder rides huge waves

Of pounding surf in fog-drenched haze.

Thunder rolls up asphalt trails

Eight lanes of freeway

Silver rails of speeding trains

Fly streaking planes

crescendo swells

Of blaring horns, hot squealing tires

the raucous sounds from concrete caves

Rise between vast gleaming spires of glass and steel

To pierce the smog of smoke filled skies.

Above thin canopies of clouds

Shine countless stars

Vast galaxies of gas and light

And coming soon bad rising moon
Will kiss the colors of the sky

As sinking sun sets in the gloom

Down beneath skyscrapers high

The nightlife springs and prowls the scene

In syncopated rhythmic dance

Our bodies spin, hearts beat alive

Minds seek connection in a trance

Of sparkling eyes, inviting smiles a human touch

The ancient ritual erupts

And all our focus is aligned
To sing love's song in space and time.

In poetry of words and wit

Is life expressed?

The real surreal

This thing is

IT

He roars with rage all spite and fear

What beast is this that mauls and tears 

Time tested fabric of our strength?

A selfish instinct that belief

Who dares assault the tried and true 

To sing divide and conquer blues?

The center holds until we fail 

We cannot falter or this tale

Of human decency won’t last 

Our future grows from honored past 

This planet Earth's pure air we breathe 

drink waters fresh, sail salty seas

The varied species all endowed with life on Earth

Are all around these sacred charges 

We must guard.

Our greed needs cease 
Some aims best change 

This Earth’s rich bounty must regain 

Once honored place - its' just deserts

There is no price, life has no peer

Earth serves us all so hold it dear

Cry - stop this mean and greedy rape 

Of soil and sea for fossil fuel!

For all the power you would command 
cannot replace  
This Promised Land

American - that’s what we are

All of us, each on our own

Then bound together we are strong.

This tribe diverse makes up our whole

This whole's our boon.

It’s not our skin or where we’re born

It’s not our sex or view of GOD.

We all have hope – we all need love

And some seek solace from above.

With faith so strong and flesh so weak

We need, we yearn then strive and seek

And most are bound to give their  best

To offspring born into this test

This perfect world where life can be

a horror or an ecstasy.

Time is the thief that takes us all

A memory left, a faint recall

So pass it on all down your line

Of love and blood and ties that bind.

The love you give's the love you own

Down deep beneath this surface shell

Of flesh and bone our spirits dwell

A spirit made of light so pure

Bright sparks - our souls

One simple truth

A truth we knew when we were young

Old Truth now new

WE are all ONE