Down to Earth

Flashing visions of red and gold,
Fleeting sounds of drums and vocals,
New shoes,
Freshly dyed and waxed.
We start the car and the evening.
Put in the disc that sings to my soul,
Roll down the window and light up a smoke.
Skyscrapers fly by and the breeze exhilarates my painted skin.
New opportunities and old friends,
Meeting and greeting those who help it all come
TOGETHER
We enter...no lines
Are you listed...no charge.
Seeing these lights and hearing those speakers call my name
I know I am home.

She is wearing my favorite color,
He is singing along with the DJ.
They smile and shake to the rhythms of the Mixmaster.
No need to know their names,
No question we are all family.
Sisters in symphony,
Brothers in bass,
Cousins in creativity,
Spouses of house.

Pick up this pace.
Rivulets of emotion trickle down my upturned face.
Reaching for the lights--can a person touch heaven?
Our hearts beat with this track,
Home in our veins.
Every hair,
Every inch or skin feels music of living.
Waters so deep that two inches of rain feels like The Red Sea,
My laces and soles float up,
UP, UP, UP
Can a person touch heaven without even trying?
Or will it all descend and touch the soul of all the rhythm's children?
Wherever it be,
Wherever we
go,
We will take this along...

TOGETHER

UP, UP, UP until we reach that sky.
Oblivious to outsiders,
In here we are all one soul.
Obliterated by the immense love,
Never wanting to come back
DOWN