11/18/91- One More Week!!!

                                            11/18/91
                                              Bali
 
    
            One More Week !!!
 
 
 
         In a handful of hours
         My visa in paradise expires
         And what I'll be losing
         Can not negate what I've gained
         That what is not captured in photos
         Or packed deftly in bloated bags
         Is the treasure I carry
         Undeclared and unbound.
 
         It came from the quietest of villages
         The smallest of words
         The biggest of ideas
         The commonest of dogs
               
        Where an instrument has a spirit respected
         First and fifth sons from all families
         Proudly share the same name
    
         Where Faust and Peer took my hand
         On an afternoon without time
         Showed me off the grounds quietly
         Brought me back with a nod,
         Curling smoke 'round my head;
 
 
         Where a river waited to be entered
         Absorbed and accepted
         Where life has a heart rate that matches the rapids
         And God's touch is visible because you're willing to see.
 
 
         Life for a man who comes from my place
         Where dreams are revised and have the same ending
         Syndicated,translated to pull in the strays
         Goes by on a watch strap if no warning is heeded
         Nagging feelings and clues from hearts weary and gray
         What tragic myth may I have mirrored
         Without black sand and books
         For without paradise,hell loses it's sting
         And without understanding,life loses true meaning.