The Voice   (written 11/97)

Once in a while, I go away

Beyond the smokestacks and the highways

I travel miles spreading myself around the world

While taking in everybody else at the same time

Each day I’ve spent

Learning to merge into society

But this independence

Holds me free

We need to come together collectively

I think a lot I am

And what I am you see

Cause it flows through me

There is not a dream

that’s not based on reality

In some distorted way

Tomorrow is years away

Yet it is now and it has past

My life has ended

Only it’s just the beginning

It’s just the beginning

There’s some bait on a fishing line

But I’m not biting, no

I’ll just swim round and round

Analyzing, evaluating life

Now it’s time to hear the voice

I’ve been listening to for so long

Take a left turn and

Express it through this song

Before long

Encapsulated by memories

They too will fade

But experience grows

Learning knowledge

Where is the spirit of my soul and the spirit of it’s soul?

Beyond or within nothing