STEPPING STONE

                  
 AS I STOP AND FRET FEAR TURNS TO WONDER
IT'S AMAZING AS I DO IN CRISIS I BEGIN TO WONDER
THESE OBSTACLES  THAT SEEMED SO MIGHTY FRIGHTFUL
WOUND UP FULL OF JOY AND TOTALLY DELIGHTFUL
THE MOUNTAIN THAT ROSE UPBEFORE ME MY VERY OWN
WHEN I TRUST IN SPIRIT BECOMES A STEPPING STONE
EACH ONE LEADS ME TO MY HIGHER WORTH
EACH DEAD ENDING AN AWAKENING AND SPIRITUAL REBIRTH
I NO LONGER LOOK DOWN AFRAID THAT I MAY FALL
I'M A MERE MAN BUT I FEEL A WARRIOR TEN FEET TALL
THE LESSONS LEARNED TRANSFORMED ME ONTO THE BEING BEFORE YOU
PERFECT IN MY IMPERFECTION ENLIGHTENED BOLD AND TRUE
I BLESS THIS ROAD THAT I HAVE TRAVELLED LONG
IT TURNED PLAIN OLD TIM INTO WILLOW SONG
SO FEAR NOT THAT MOUNTAIN IN YOUR WAY
IT'S MERELY SPIRITS OPPORTUNITY FOR TODAY
IN LIFES BATTLE BLOODY DIFFICULT AND LONG
SPIRIT IS WITH YOU AS YOU LAY THAT STEPPING STONE

THE LONE TREE

LEAVES ON THE GROUND COVERED BY SNOW
THE LONE TREE STANDS WHERE FIERCE WINDS BLOW
IN THIS SEASON OF ICE DEEP IN SLEEP
WHAT SECRETS AND KNOWLEDGE DOES THE LONE TREE KEEP
GONE WITHIN TO REST AND RENEW
LIVING YET DORMANT TILL SPRING COMES ANEW
A SCENT ON THE BREEZE A FEELING IN THE AIR
OF SPRINGS GENTLE WINDS THE LONE TREE IS AWARE
STIRRING FROM SLUMBER AWAKE AND REVIVED
ONLY BY GOING WITHIN DOES THE LONE TREE SURVIVE
BURSTING WITH LIFE HE SHAKES OFF THE SNOW
AS THE SHACKLES OF ICE BREAK THE LONE TREE WILL GROW
SPROUTING BUDS LEAVES BURSTING WITH LIFE
THE LONE TREE OVERTHROWS WINTERS COLD VISE
CLOAKED IN GREEN THE COLOR OF MOTHER EARTH
SPRINGS GENTLE SUN BRINGS THE LONE TREES REBIRTH
FROM SEASON TO SEASON YEAR AFTER YEAR
CENTURIES GONE BY THE LONE TREE'S STILL HERE
A GAURDIAN OF THE LIGHT PROTECTOR OF US ALL
AS LONG AS THERE'S HOPE THE LONE TREE WON'T FALL

REVERBERATING

I HEAR A FAINT ECHO WHAT'S THAT SWEET SOUND
VIBRATING THROUGH ME REVERBERATING FROM THE GROUND
SOUND GETTING STRONGER EARTH IS MOVING ALL AROUND
WALLS BEGIN CRUMBLING PRISONS FALLING DOWN
FOUNDATIONS BUILT ON FALSE ILLUSIONS LAYING ON THEIR SIDE
I FEEL A TEARING DEEP INSIDE PAIN FOLLOWED BY ECSTACY
CRYING I COLLAPSE TEARS OF THE AGES FALLING TO THE GROUND
RUSHING LIKE A RAGING RIVER THEY SWEEP EVERYTHING AWAY
I'M SOARING INTO THE SKY WATCHING MEMORIES FLOAT BY ON CLOUDS
NO MORE REGRET NO MORE SUFFERING ALL THAT'S DONE
I'M NO LONGER BY MYSELF WITH THE UNIVERSE I'M ONE
SO NOW I RESURFACE ALIVE REFRESHED WHOLE
NUDE I WALK ALONG FEELING NO PRIDE NO SHAME JUST BLISS
EVERYTHING HAPPENS AS IT WILL SO WITH THE CURRENT I'LL FLOW
PAIN LIFE HAPPINESS SORROW LOVE DEATH ALL PART OF THE DESIGN
MOVING LIKE THE TIDE EACH IN TURN
FOR WITH EVERYTHING WE EXPERIENCE WE EVOLVE AND LEARN
THOUGH LIFE CAN BE HARSH AND COLD I KNOW
WITHOUT A DOUBT I'LL BLOOM AND GROW
MY ROOTS RUN DEEP BRANCHES STRONG AND TRUE
INTO THE WIND AND RAIN I GO FORTH BLESSED
GLOWING WITH ETERNAL LIGHT FILLED WITH THE POWER OF THE UNIVERSE
WHAT A GLORIOUS SIGHT TO BEHOLD
LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE I SMILE FROM THE DEPTHS OF MY SOUL