We Can Stand    (written March 2001)

I saw my future come down again

And I looked up and down and around again

To an unspoken word

And unspoken center

To a sound so nurturing and pure

And so tender

And your eyes, your smile is mine

And our souls are separately entwined

Just take the independent space for dependent living

And take good care of yourself while your freely giving

Ohh, walking down the road

We’ve got our hands at our sides

And our heads are hanging low

Miles and miles we’re climbed

Hiking on sand

And we realize

That we’re not on dry land

Only if we come together

Can we stand

We can stand

I ate the sweetened black of night

I knew it was the source when I took the 1^st bite

It consumed me

And stole my rights to joy

But I was blind to my own mind’s ploy

Cause we’re still living and breathing

And building and being

A balance, presence

A light shown for seeing

Into the core of our essence

Ohhh, there will be days

Days when one of us will walk into the shadow

And the other towards the sun’s rays

Walk the shadow with me and climb

Into the rainbow

And we’ll sit in the darkness of color

And glow