From Those Days.

From those days I remember living on the edge of fear for fun
Joining dots on the pattern of a life which turned out as it has
Creations for the dilemmas of artistic flair followed by prudence
Where ecstatic adventures are falling either in or out of place
Teenage thoughts grew small when the ideas sprouted up some new
With combinations of interesting things connecting to wizardry
Spellbound information given kept up in a mental tower block
And the thought of Homer, Shakespeare, Milton and Chaucer
Leads understandings to the greatest, deepest passions of all
So there was the starting of a compassion to reveal the inner truth
Of the world, the people, the science, the philosophy, the Earth
Where traditional western PhD's learnt how to create a new path
And eastern ideology flourished with a Buddha monastery thought
Pages flicker and the darkened images of ink took to living life
Then the sea came to my rescue with the sun on my back too
And the waves of my own existence carried a wisdom needed 
Trapped in a maze made only for the impression of giving up
Which, in return, the urge to reject the unwanted was greeted
Walking the streets looking through the history of shop windows
Libraries enticed intellects to spread the news around the world 
Mothers crying with anger from starvation then the baby dies
With critical situations for all of us but there shouldn't be any
Losses for whatever happens there is always the hand of God
Places in someone's heart I always found quite amusing though
With their shadows following my footsteps I gave all honesty to
When picking up a paintbrush the flow of life begins to cry
And the dripping of a teardrop found the flower inside my heart
So Aristotle told me Plato took control of my western inhibitions
he told me; 
"Every heart sings a song, incomplete until another heart whispers back".
Then my book opened to reveal the new writings of a poets heart
With beauty covering every inch of my soul soaking up the love
Life is filled with what is needed to survive as a natural part
Watching myself disappear into a background of deluded ideas
Then churning up the grass giving creation a helping hand too 
With the theatre of life playing out its role on a movie screen
With a little prosperity and decorum sitting around making sure
Climbing the barricaded walls surrounding the innocent prisoners
The twinkled personality searches through the stars for guidance
The trees climbed saw the landscape of thoughts which revealed
A sunlight of perception is calling in the genius of getting it right
Castles carrying the battlefields of life along the deepening fear
Great walls of China defended empires in such a magical style
Windmills of Amsterdam keep spinning the drowning tulips of life
Which left alone the petals of repair who restarted to prosper 
A feeling I'm almost Alice when Disney tripped over plutos feet
You saved Wonderland it was you that made the garden bloom
Then the world opened there was another chapter creating more
Listening to violins playing a complex composition in world war 2
The pianist plays Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata in Carnegie Hall
A good workout for the fingers in a tapestry of musical skills
I follow the river cold as it warms up the meandering journey
In that, a life becomes wrapped around the air that it breaths
Sunset on the horizon blinding visions of what's going on behind
That depending on the reliability of the Earths survival I trust
With billions of new customers planning on buying a part of it
Hope of Einstein being an insurance man knocking on your door
Berlins nightlife sparking the sky when my destination heard
Drinking and dancing through the night in a club where sex was rampant
The seedy little efforts causing my delirium to capture the torture
Going in for more brought about the idea of losing one's dignity
Finding the architect that lights up its life for recorded history
Those standing tall concrete constructions leave a mind to boggle
When I stepped on the ice fields my feet felt God touch my shoulder
Crippling altitudes strangling the idea of which we know well
Red carpets rolled for an interest of someone's new world record
Corals there breeds in abundance some of the high lighted fish
Sharks roam looking for the attack which bites a man in half
Temper conflict's of colour leaving no reason to understand
Falling over backwards when books of life trusted and caught me
Standing there listening to the sound of Jungle nights shouting 
Being ignorant succeeded believing in all the sad wrong things
Camping around edges of writers thoughts leaves love in despair
Using a helping heart sometimes flourishes through veins of gratitude
A generosity applied me towards composing something worth knowing
Perceiving years I have forgotten to replace them with the memories I have
A trusting gift but more importantly I have discovered to trust in life
Where others blame the deluded issue of it being in love with the devil
There we speak about the incidentals being the most invaluable assets
Through the ages of all times, a masterly craft of thought exceeded
And in the days of today, I sit alone mostly watching life pass by
With every moment caught up in this maddening style of poetic hope
Landing high up in the firmament scoping out what in line to do next 
Wondering if we will ever run out of steam on this paradise we live
I for one will remain as a simple man who respects the daily struggle
My poverty is comfortable and my mind is what it is and I love it
To live another day is fitting enough without the greed of wanting more
Take what is given, think about it, create and learn to live it right
And share the world with your heart.