Lost In The Crowd

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Lost in the Crowd​

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Life is not a state of being or a curse,​

But, silent poetry in motion!​

The same poems we all enjoy!​

The same groove we all move!​

The same absorbing ambiance;​

The same exact delicious steps,​

The same melody, we all adore,​

The same lyrics, no one tires of,​

The same warm ineffable prose!​

Yet unique, for each individual;​

Each having their unique value!​

Each possessed of a unique style,​

The delightful dance we all perform!​

As if we're a kid in a candy store!​

Betwixt the silent notes, of desire.​

Reciting our silent, personal prose!​

Dancing, to our unchained melody,​

Gliding upon heavenly moonbeams!​

Between all the stars and the moon!​

Ever higher with each deeper breath!​

Rapidly time slows to a crawl for us!​

Reveling in dancing poetry in motion!​

Reveling within this glorious moment!​

Reveling in doing what we wish to do!​

Reveling in the simple freedom to revel!​

Reveling, in our joyous freedom we feel!​

Lost, in the wonderment of amazement!​

Lost in the wonderment, of wonderment!​

Lost in wonderment, of all our ignorance!​

Our one desire to dance with the universe!​

To rejoice in dancing, with God's creation!​

To share any love with the whole universe!​

Singing our song, with the universal choir!​

Our jubilation ascending, unto the heavens;​

Casting gazes eternally higher, as we dance!​

Casting our sights upon the moon and stars!​

Open to all the joy, that life has yet to offer!​

Only knowing this singular blissful moment!​

Only knowing great wonderment never ends!​

Only knowing a journey can be never-ending!​

Often when too weak we can lie to ourselves!​

Waiting until we're sure we're strong enough!​

Waiting until we are certain the time is right!​

Some of us just waiting for some kind of sign,​

Some just wait when waiting just feels better.​

Some attempt to wrestle with their conscience!​

Some try to haggle, with anything in existence!​

Until more certain, or willing to face ourselves!​

Until feeling more comfortable simply listening,​

Until better prepared, to find a different world,​

Only aware, we are unwilling to go there today,​

To seek within where we all fear to go the most!​

To boldly go where nobody, has ever gone before!​

To beneath the deepest and bluest event horizon!​

To journey down any road, we're afraid to travel!​

To confront each of the obstacles, along our path!​

To slay the beasts of everyone's worst nightmares!​

Naked, and completely unashamed of who we are!​

Naked becoming invulnerable in our vulnerability!​

Unafraid to enter our world, as a different person!​

Whatever has happened, whenever we remain lost,​

When our feet lose the path and the path the way,​

You can never change, what has been done to you,​

You can never even take back, the things you felt;​

And nobody else will ever be able to do it for you.​

No one among us ever really made another listen!​

None among us, can ever make themselves listen,​

None can ever hope to make others listen either!​

None could really pop, another person's bubble!​

None forces themselves to listen to themselves,​

Never when intent on tuning themselves out!​

When all we have to do, is go with the flow;​

Granting ourselves all the serenity required!​

To face that which we alone might change,​

To accept the things, we can never change,​

The wisdom, to distinguish between them!​

To face whatever it is we may yet change,​

To face our fears and see them disappear,​

To do all the things we know we can do;​

To do more than all others think we can!​

Knowing, God, has already granted this.​

Simple pattern matching applying to all,​

The one greater context of the One truth,​

That which is beyond, all comprehension,​

That which gives, anything any meaning,​

That which gives our desires significance,​

That which makes the stars shine forever!​

That which graces, everything upon earth!​

That which is the great spark of life itself!​

Is all that anybody, has ever really needed!​

Humanity has merely to take the next step!​

Humanity has only to listen to their hearts!​

Has merely to begin dancing, to their music!​

To grasp both individually, and collectively!​

To grasp both intellectually, and affectively;​

What we've always all wanted, and desired!​

Humanity's final fulfillment, and birthright!​

Enough happiness, to fill the entire universe!​

Providing everything, we all actually require!​

Providing for any of our most personal needs!​

Giving us more than we think we can handle!​

Giving us all the resources, to make it happen;​

Giving us all everything we need this moment!​

To provide anyone their own Heaven on earth;​

To provide anyone what we've always wanted,​

To discover any happiness, peace, love, and joy!​

To spread it, to all the four corners of the earth,​

To personify love with each step we might take!​

The wisdom to know, what we may accomplish!​

The courage to manage the seemingly impossible!​

The contentment, to make the best of everything!​

The willingness to let go, what none may control!​

The grace to always find forgiveness in our heart!​

The serenity to accept what we may never change!​

The strength and motivation, for us to keep going!​

The love springing forth, from our memory of God!​

We have only but to accept the Truth in our heart!​

We have merely but to give in, to our heart's desire,​

We have only to allow ourselves to do as we desire!​

We have merely to encourage, our impulse to dance!​

We have merely to allow ourselves to live, yet again,​

Each has only to surrender to their individual truth!​

Each has only to raise their gazes, upon the heavens!​

Each has only to become, their own poetry in motion!​

No mere words of wisdom, provided by a mortal man!​

Nor greater triumph by the greatest of humanitarians;​

Nor even Jesus walking on water in front of everyone,​

Can really make anyone decide to tolerate one another!​

Can make us all choose to listen and go upon our faith!​

Can really force someone to exercise their own free will!​

Reaching out while allowing ourselves to be vulnerable;​

To abide by harmony, all must dance to their own music,​

Each must take their own steps on the road less traveled,​

Never dwelling on whether our dance is ever good enough,​

Never insisting we know any great secrets to good dancing!​

Never complaining anyone else, should behave a certain way!​

Never seriously considering becoming but another wall flower!​

Never distracted dwelling on, what we consider the best moves!​

Never raising our feet we are gliding upon invisible moonbeams!​

Never budging an inch, discover we're traversing the multiverse!​

Never remembering the lyrics discover our hearts may still sing!​

Never uttering a sound, we sing along with the angelic choir!​

Confident with every step, we may climb higher and higher!​

Confident none among the living might ever do any better!​

Than to savor each moment, improving upon themselves!​

Through opening our hearts we accept all of the world!​

Through opening our minds, we expand our universe!​

Through opening eyes we embrace the world anew!​

Through opening our own ears we can ease fears!​

Through opening our arms, we open our hearts!​

Through reaching out still discover ourselves!​

A tiniest silver lining, a quantum of solace!​

That which is seldom, seriously pondered!​

The most meager of paltry consolations;​

Beneath what academics may all prove,​

Beneath any and all of your sensations!​

Upon becoming lost in any large crowd,​

Upon losing ourselves in the Great Big World,​

We can always take the long way home,​

We can always find our way back home!​

Take a stroll down the road less traveled,​

With our deliciously lightest of footsteps,​

Dancing upon our delightful moonbeams!​

The forks in the road all looking the same!​

Forks blending into, ever greater horizons!​

Choosing not to choose wherever we do go!​

Permitting our mind, to meander wherever,​

Meandering merely for the sake of dancing!​

Pulling us down gravity still lifts us all up,​

Urging us onward, towards greater heights!​

Declaring approval for a wild river of tears!​

Our feet knowing the way the path our feet;​

Breathing deep while seeking out our center!​

Knowing the second you know you're wrong,​

Serenely placing one foot in front of another!​

Smallest of fry, must all be treated delicately;​

The child within, treated most tenderly of all!​

Nurtured becomes the hero of its own dreams!​

The heart alone capable of extreme tenderness,​

Upon losing yourself, in the largest of crowds,​

Upon losing yourself, even if you are all alone;​

Upon losing yourself, in the larger cruel world,​

Upon losing your way, anywhere in the world!​

One beacon of light, at the end of every tunnel;​

The one greater truth, urging us to continue on!​

Giving ourselves permission to end all suffering;​

Imploring us to find acceptance of our suffering,​

Honoring our past, while embracing the moment;​

Honoring the past looking forward to our future!​

Embracing our own feelings with all of our heart!​

With each tiny scrap, of T.L.C. we can yet muster,​

With every ounce of acceptance we might discover;​

With each tiny bit of courage, we can scrounge up!​

With any of our faith, we might bring to our table!​

With all the resolve and strength, we have to offer!​

With all of the resources of a lifetime of experience,​

Gingerly searching for the forest, through any trees;​

Seeking out the context, of greater truth to embrace.​

Positive it has to be out there somewhere if we look!​

Feeling deep in our bones that the answers await us,​

Knowing without knowing we should already know.​

Simply by opening our own hearts, may we open eyes!​

Simply by opening our arms we open everyone's minds!​

Simply using beautiful words we may yet defy gravity!​

Simply by opening minds, we can touch someone gently!​

Touching one another gently we may change our reality!​

Touching one another gently, we may move the universe!​

Never be too afraid, to scrutinize everything you believe!​

Never be too afraid to express what you desire to become!​

Never be too afraid to seek love anywhere you can find it!​

Never be too afraid to search for more of your Big Picture!​

Never be too afraid, to simply ask yourself some questions!​

Never be too afraid to engage living your life to the fullest!​

Never be too afraid, to learn to love yourself all over again!​

Never be too afraid, to journey down the road less traveled!​

To dance yet again as none else can, and none else ever will!​

To dance and lose yourself, in even the largest of all crowds.​

Gravity pulling us down painfully may yet lift us up again,​

Set yourself free and see if your love will come back to you.​

If it never does come back, it was never love to begin with,​

Unwilling to allow yourself to be free you can't give love,​

Confusing any happiness with avoiding all of your fears.​

Vigilant to avoid any fear you forsake all contentment,​

Unable to trust yourself fully you can't trust another.​

There are no more lost worlds to discover or conquer,​

Then all the ones that reside within each one of us!​

Each heart is a small child lost in the wilderness,​

Crying, lost among the legions of a strange city,​

For if not now then when can thee love thyself?​

There is no, appropriate, time and place to begin,​

There is no more appropriate person to start with.​

Love is all we need, and all nature has to offer us!​

Love may only be found allowing ourselves to give!​

Those who cannot yet give, unable to face the truth,​

The Truth, that always comes back to haunt anyone!​

The One Truth still hiding beneath all of our bullshit!​

The One Truth that none among us can avoid forever!​

The inescapable Truth, at the heart of any heartaches!​

The person they cannot give anything to is themselves!​

The person they cannot give the Truth to is themselves!​

The person who needs their ministrations is themselves!​

The person they could get to know better, is themselves!​

The person who can help them help others is themselves!​

The person they may still learn more about is themselves!​

The person who really needs them to listen, is themselves,​

The one who needs any help they may offer is themselves!​

The person, who needs somebody to lean on is themselves!​

The person they can learn to trust yet again is themselves!​

The person who needs, more of their support is themselves!​

The person who can help ease their suffering is themselves!​

The person who needs more of their guidance is themselves!​

The person they could possibly help the most, is themselves!​

The person they need to ask more questions of is themselves!​

The one person with many answers they need, is themselves!​

The person they need to be there for them more is themselves!​

The person they can learn to love all over again is themselves!​

Whether lost in a crowd or all alone, some of us may attempt!​

To accomplish what we ourselves already know, is impossible!​

To bend reality to our will, to force it to provide needy desires!​

To steal that which we know damned well can never be stolen!​

To force that which we know damned well just can't be forced!​

To corrupt that, which anybody knows may never be corrupted!​

To hide from that, which we all know you might only run from!​

To lose that which any know for themselves could never be lost!​

To barter that which everybody knows can't be bought and sold!​

To waste our own time and sanity upon what we know is futile!​

To ignore what everybody knows they can just pretend to ignore!​

To ignore what everyone knows, only comes back to haunt us all!​

Each worried they have lost what they know is only given away!​

Each worried they have ruined what no one among us can clutch!​

Each worried that a single step, might require a lifetime of effort!​

Each worried that once paradise is lost it might never be regained!​

Confused they choose not to choose to lose themselves in the crowd!​

Shadows of streetlight people searching up and down the boulevard,​

For a smile they can share the night, it goes on and on and on and on!​

All their shadows searching in the night searching just to find emotion!​

Shadows hiding in the night, don't stop believing, hold onto that feeling!​

Shadows somewhere in the night, oh the movie never ends it goes on and on!​

Some will win, some will lose, some are born to sing the blues it goes on and on,​

Ensuring even those lost in a crowd will always learn something about themselves.​

(Journey)​