Paranoiac Demon Dances

paranoia scares
paranoia sells
paranoia burns and kills
it will kiss and tell
paranoia do anything
that you need it to
bring the people
to you

paranoia smiles
paranoia frowns
paranoia screams and shouts
it will bring you down
paranoia say anything
that you want it to
bring the people
to you

marching in the angry masses
whipped up in a ragged frenzy
paranoiac demon dances
evil words are necessary
vote for me i'll save our country
vote for him we all will die
vote for fear 'cause fear will save you
forget about the other side

paranoia loves
paranoia hates
paranoia twists the words
burns truth at the stake
paranoia be anything
that you want it to
bring the people
to you

marching in the angry masses
whipped up in a ragged frenzy
paranoiac demon dances
evil words are necessary
vote for me i'll save our country
vote for him we all will die
vote for fear 'cause fear will save you
forget about the other side

(2012 db michel)

I think that you could apply this to many of the arguments going around now...That alone should make us all sick...We segregate the news to feel good for liberal and conservative...while the truth lies somewhere hidden in the middle...afraid to show it's face because it's too one thing and not enough of the other for those on the fringes.

There are always alternatives...There is truth on all sides all over the place...All of us owe it to ourselves...our country...and our world...to step out and listen to all the news...all the views we can...and not just embrace the information that feels good to us individually.

For You Too

compassion
is forgotten
when you cannot
feel your pain
spend forever
in the middle
watch your soul
go down the drain
in the meantime
it's the worst time
and we both
know it's true
for me
and for you too

meditation
is redundant
when you're thinking
all the time
take a coffee
have a respite
hold your own
as you unwind
it's the last time
it's the first time
and we both
know it's true
for me
and for you too

hanging on
to some misbegotten yesterday
a dream that fit the need
never quite got up to speed
hanging on
to a sleepy revelation
someone who needed room
and there was an empty room

have a couple
have a dozen
seems we never
get our fill
plan forever
then forever
isn't quite
the dizzy thrill
it's the real thing
it's a daydream
and we both
know it's true
for me
and for you too

(2012 db michel)

All These Days

i wouldn't take back
all these days
good ones and bad ones
sunshine and rain
i wouldn't lose them
all these days
happy and sad ones
all that remains

and i think of you
something better than a treasure
no way i can measure
what you mean to me

i wouldn't give up
all these days
warm ones and cold ones
pleasure and pain
i wouldn't trade them
all these days
forever and ever
all that remains

(2012 db michel)