quantum entanglement states that upon creation
two or more particles may be inextricably tied
and in the same way, when we open our eyes
we often find ourselves in the bodies of others
we see the ripple effects of our feelings
we see the convergence and reconnection
of a vast uniform law of nature
rediscovering itself in twin sisters and brothers
igniting across distance like atoms in heat
given degrees by love

each of us contains all of us
but some contain more
and one contains a secret door
through which you might discover
the world you knew before you were born

its beautiful
but what are we supposed to do with it?

i mean, we're all trapped within limitations
and insecurities and fears that shape our perspectives
we thrash around in our doubts and our lives
crash around us as we break our support systems
and innocent casualties abound in our wake
in one moment we're great
then come the mistakes
and then comes the panic and clinging and crying
and trying to protect our insides and we're dying
and even when you quiet your mind
and your internal and external stimuli recede
and your soul resumes its rightful throne
and your life resumes its true nature
even then you are not your own
but are on your own

and the voice that guides you forward
that loves you and wants to hold you
and take away all the pain
insists that you allow for more -
more fear, more heartache, more regret
because there is only one direction in this life
there is only way of seeing it
of feeling and tasting and touching it
our great peace, our great enlightenment
has come before and will come again
and its permanence is a fact of life
in the meantime we're here to live

so be messy, be sloppy, overstep, run and hide
scream in anger, laugh in ecstasy, say too much
love and lose and love again
and lose again
love your sins, love your growth and every wound
love your lies as much as truth
we discovered something huge together a little early
and embraced it and collided and allowed it to get dirty
and get bloody and get broken because this can take it
because this, at least, is what we make it

you're never wrong
the more you feel the more you trust it the more its getting strong
we are infinite GOD, unlimited time, uniform consciousness
subliminal mind, immutable spirit, omnipotent grace
and we left all of that to come here to this place
God is love, and love is what we do
but here there's so much to experience too
when it hurts you get stronger
when its good you relax
so it's all good and good for you

don't panic

am i anything like what you see when you look
are you more than a figment of my imagination
splintered from expectations and memories
and dreams and assigned to an abberation of sight and sound
are our feelings just chemicals?
are our thoughts more than synapse
electrial pulse and organic mishap?
are the words that appear in front of me
an accident of biology to be subdued and explained
stuffed in a box we call realism?
am i crazy?

we are who scaled mountains and braved cliffs
who risked our understanding of everything to face eachother.
who defied the constraints of distance and time
and logic and reason and finance and physics
and transgressions and trespasses of the past
and the uncertainty and murky grey of the future
we are who crossed oceans and faced fears
a voice said 'come home'
and we showed up here

we are who said dreams are for the waking hours
who said realism is for the coward
who said wishes are for the timid
who said hoping is not the same as knowing
and when we took each others hand
two universes collided in a third
in an explosion of light and sound
and energy, and spirit,
that sent ripples throughout the cosmos
laced with a message
a key to unlock what it means to be human
and what it means to know God
i just missed the picture
because the truth is all around us

time is a dimension and we live in the middle
and special relativity states
that simultaneous events may not appear
to occur simultaneously
each of us represents a fingertip
of one great consciousness
forever falling in love with itself
as we recognize ourselves in the other

without the absense of love, love cannot thrive
without the absense of hope, we'd never have to decide to survive
i see you, and i see you fall to pieces and reassamble
and build up the courage to walk again, and then fall again
i recognize it in you because i've seen it before
i've thought i was caught and then smashed on the floor
then i've turned in resentment and burned every bridge
just to rebuild them and cross them again
its easy to wonder and ask ourselves why
we allow all this pain to remain in our lives
time dilates and distorts
and stretches with gravity
and contracts in our hearts
time does a lot of things
but uniformly and without exception
time heals

time is medicine for the heartache we feel
as it flows over our souls like stones in a river
we collide and occasionally decide for ourselves
we make heaven out of hell

and when i shut the world out and i quiet my mind
i see blue eyes and perfect teeth
and i feel the warmth in a slight curviture in a spine
i feel the comfort of communion and connection of mine
i feel multiplied passion and loving embrace
and my fears and my doubts and mistrust dissipate
and later i lose it and still feel alone
but somewhere i know
i've always been home

when i think about you how i feel
when i think about your grace
i become a better man in a better place

there's a place thats like an island
where the sunshines in your face
i will be a better man in a better place

if i find you with me how i'll feel
when our beating hearts remain
you will find a better man in a better place