ENOUGH SAID

Just enough to get one thinking

And to escape from isolation;

Not too much to cause the other

To judgment and to condemnation.

Really only to hear the words

Needed for the salvation of

The souls that are watching the drama

Play out for us all.

 

Could I get by without any drama

And without human conversation?

Yes, when I realize that everything but Christ

Is a poor hopeless imitation;

And accept finally that I am dying alone

And leaving behind every good congregation

Of people themselves who are confused

By the Babel after the fall;

 

So I examine every word that I hear

And everything I and the other have said;

And I reflect on the direction it leads me

In the silence I find in my head;

Knowing it will be a fairy tale opera

As I consider it when I am dead;

And I hear eternal life

My name and my number sounding the call.

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REALIST

Be nice!

Make believe that you love me;

Make believe that you care;

The fact is you cannot be truthful;

You are too nice to go there.

 

I am crazy and I know it;

Crazy trying to find Love;

Just much too human

To ignore every one

And look for it somewhere above.

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