11/28/91- Thanks

                                        11/28/91
                                  Salvador,Bahia
                                    Thanksgiving
 
                                 Thanks
 
 
 
         Daylight leaves like a dying relationship
         Sleepy streetlights watch it's love slowly go
         The reality of darkness surprises no one
         And hidden the pains of the lonely grow
 
         Long hands of saltwater run over my mind
         Pulling lightly the rocks with a tenth of it's might
         I hold that Bahia and Bali share more
         Than mutual letters in the approaching night.
 
         In the eyes of a child selling moments of breath
         In the hills of the coast being cut by a storm
         In the streets of the town where my money is my face
         My face speaks of money their eyes report and inform
 
         In their hearts and their heels tempo steady and slow
         In the smiles excuses rest,then die from neglect
         From the heart of a people comes heat and desire
         Slow burning answers from the lack of a fire.
 
         I fill with the grace that gratitude shares
         My thanks too large and too strong for my words
         To be here today with the sea at my back
         Another dream answered,unforced,incidental
         In darkness my praise is sent to thee
         The light that never sets on me.