Some people believe in love.

I believe in pleasure joy
in truth telling too

I believe in happy today and forever afters

This much I know is true.



I long for clarity
I long to speak
I long to write
Mighter than the sword
and keeps me light

I long to flow
comprehending as I go
and months and years after too

I long
to be
free
more so than to belong

I long to believe

That I'm everything I know I already am

Confusing, isn't it Sam?

I long.

I long to Hold on.


to all that helps
not hurts
to that which my embrace would never hurt
nor cause not even an iota of dismay

i long to hold on
to that which
gives me
perhaps even without knowing
a true helping hand

in this sea
this forest
all this wilderness

i long
i need
to hold on

to my understanding
that we all need something to hold onto.
something true to believe in.

something simple
something clear
something worthy
something dear


for some it's man
with him attached, a hand
for me it's my ability to feel sense and think
writing is what saves me from
taking a drink
and writing is what i chose will save me from
the brink.



i love to write!
and that's no lie
i love love to


whoops
catching myself now
it's pleasure joy and happiness i'm after
and the happy together and today and forever more.


i joy to life, whoops i mean write
i believe in my right to write



"she can live the life she wants to
it's alright with me.
but hey i'd rather be a cowboy"
john denver


nice to know where you stand and where you're coming from. and what's going on.
so that i can see
what it means
this business
of you and me

since i was a kid
smiling faces staring back at me
and dancing the jig
i wished i could join in
i wished i could inspire myself to want to win



some other's game
no thank you all the same
i'd rather play with those i like
rather than the kids and things that bring me fright

i'd rather write
with all my might


or create art
beautiful colors and shapes too

or take photos that show images that reflect truths that come
straight from the core of my being and heart



sh ...


whew.