The Message in you
Is that the message is you
And you’re the messenger too
…sharing my new piece •The Message• at Trilogy Sanctuary Open Mic
This is also my first ever “political” (Trump) reference in any poem.
Huge thanks to Gable Brannigan for your spontaneously making your soulful piano skills available for this and Cherie Smart for capturing this so beautifully.
The Lyrics:
Be a vessel of truth
Unleash the message in you
The message is you
And you’re the messenger too
Your intentions infused
In the sentences used
In your expressional tunes
Giving lessons through music
As this melody moves us
As a medicine to
Push relentlessly through
Higher levels of truth
To heal the separate illusion
And the desperate confusion
That renders us useless
Forget the excuses
Let your memories fuse
With the presence of truth
What you’re stepping into
Your past, your present and your destiny too
Remember the truth
And if you forget where look
If you’re ever confused
Then remember, it’s you
You don’t need a definite muse
We’re meant to be used
Divinely
For expressing the truth
Whether together forever or severed and separately too
We’re forever the truth
And if there’s ever a forever in youth
It’s in believing, speaking, and seeing
That the message in you
Is that the message is you
And you’re the messenger too
Let that settle in you
As you connect to what’s true
Find that connection, to you
Releasing this poem
Just feeling this moment
Feel your emotions
Feel where you’re whole and
Reveal where you’re broken
And it’s only through seeing the whole thing
And seeing your need to be noticed
That you can begin to heal your opponents
And it’s only through healing your enemies
By leading with empathy
That you can begin freeing your energy
To dream of your destiny
For leaving a legacy
Believe in a heavenly
Dream of serenity
And you’ll reach it eventually
You’ll look back
And find your demons, a memory
This belief is a remedy
For the pain, the treason and jealousy
Trust, there’s a reason for everything
Even every greedy celebrity
Even for Trump, we need him to help us see
That even in a scheme of inequity
And the seeming extremities
There’s relief in a recipe
The only belief that will set us free
It’s this:
The change we wish to see is what we’re meant to be
So proceed with integrity
Honor your word, honor yourself
Honor your world, follow your breath
Even when it’s hollow, and dark
Follow your heart
We all have a part
You don’t have to breath fire but we all have a spark
Whether you’re inspired, or falling apart
Even in those moments when following your calling is hard
And you’re lost in the dark
You can always look up, and follow the stars
And remember that your calling is a small piece of art
A meaningful contribution
To the dream of our evolution
Of believing that all us humans
Can create heaven on earth if
We each settle in service
And surrender to purpose
Trusting the vision we
Must be divinity
Something within me speaks
There’s nothing that wisdom seeks
It just erupts when resistance’s weak
And as we trust in this vision we
Feel sudden infinity
Like we’re suddenly unity
We trust in community
Loving the music we
Erupt with the truth we speak
Love love loving so beautifully
And if you’re stuck and can’t do it so beautifully
Then just trust in the truth you speak
And feel the love with your truth released
That love will fill you with peace
Feel the LOVE with your truth released
That love, will fill you, with peace
And if you think a single sentence that I said was the truth
Then you can forget it and lose
Cause it’s not about remembering tunes
It’s about remembering you
Remember the truth
The message in you
Is that the message is you
And you’re the messenger too
And you’ll only live the message
And boldly give your essence
By expressing your truth
So what’s left to express within you?
