Sometimes when i sleep - 10/29/09

Sometimes when I sleep, I dream of flying sheep
soaring thru the clouds and into my house, not making a single peep


Sometimes when I sleep, I dream of ice cream cones
topped with rainbow sprinkles and jelly beans that I get to eat all alone

Sometimes when I sleep, I dream of pretty flowers
bunches of pink and purple ones that I get to hug for hours

11/15/09
Sometimes when I sleep, I dream of teddy bears
riding on top of heart shaped bubbles and floating in the air

Sometimes when I sleep, I dream of outer space
flying in a space ship, zooming from place to place

Sometimes when I sleep, I dream that I'm in a fun house
I'm big then small then short then tall then i turn into a mouse

Sometimes when I sleep, I dream of raindrops above my bed
They drip from the ceiling then turn into stars before they hit my head

Obama's victory

When I woke up this morning, the true sense of change filled the atmosphere. The air felt lighter. I observed disbelief and shock and hope within the eyes that surrounded me on BART this morning. It was as if faith in democracy and freedom had just been restored. These eyes stared off into the future as if they so steadily as if to blink would wake them from this amazing dream. Eyes incased in dark skin glistened as does a childs when they first realize that they were able to overcome a challenge all by themselves. Last night was something bigger than you or me. It wasn’t about who was right or wrong. It wasn’t about whose vote meant more. It was a moment that unified the world for at least a couple of hours. A yearn to rejoice for something. A desire to be close to one another, whether we admit it or not.

Surrender

I surrender to a God that has yet to respond
I surrender to the rays that reach out from the sun
I surrender to the wind tearing moments apart
I surrender to the cold blanketing my heart
I surrender to the waves that push me away
I surrender to the moon that ends another day

I surrender to the light that burn out from the stars
I surrender to the pain lingering around my scars
I surrender to the night shadowing my fears
I surrender to time collecting all my years
I surrender to the heat that shoots out from my rage
I surrender to the sky and all the emptiness it saves

I surrender to the doubt that contaminates my mind
I surrender to the choices I have left behind
I surrender to life and all it's unknowns
I surrender to experience and accept that I've grown
I surrender to the past and to all it's attachments
I surrender to the future of no more commitments

And last but not least
I surrender to Love and all it's (im)perfections
And to all the challenges I've risen above
To find my true direction

I've given in to resistance
And left suspicion at the door
I've offered up my trust to you
Challenging the universe no more