Endure

Remember the rush to grow up
When being big would be more than enough
Tough love made no sense at the time
Just a trick to keep mischief in line
Remember the kids on your street
The hours spent hiding, the thrill of the seek
Young love made no sense at the time
Just kids and a comfort they couldn't define
Remember the last day of school
The summer awaiting, the days by the pool
Cursed love made no sense at the time
Just a happy beginning with no end in sight
Remember the flight from the nest
Scared to be leaving, prepared for the rest
First love made no sense at the time
Just an anchor away to keep the ship right
Remember the first day we met
A look and a smile I'll never forget
New love made no sense at the time
Just a semester abroad and then back to our lives
Remember your decision to stay
A move to Madrid, two train rides away
Desperate love made no sense at the time
Just a lucky solution to let love survive
Remember November '09
Better together than to never decide
Distant love made no sense at the time
Just knew what we wanted and didn't think twice
Remember when you finally arrived
Chicago was waiting but not more than I
True love made sense for the first time
Just like that we were one; heart, body and mind
Remember me, my love, if you'll try
For a day comes where you'll have to decide
Sometimes love makes no sense at the time
Just know that and we'll be just fine

Box

Has every thought already been thought?
I thought about that and I think not
But if that thought makes you feel alone
Know that you are wrong, rejoice!
For every thought ever thunk was forged

By every event that happened 

In every second of every day

Of time 
Until the moment it popped into your head.
So what does it mean
Oh! What does it mean indeed

It means you're forging new frontiers,

Even when you seem to be wandering in circles.
This means that which we pursue,
An understanding, a universal truth,
Balance, harmony, unity.. 
Confirms we are part of a bigger book.
We are trapped only in our minds,
Which is not some brain sized, head shaped box.
We are free!

Happiness

Fake happiness is a lot like real happiness
As evidenced by the dimples and the wrinkles and the smiles
It's a footpath in the hills around a mountain
And they say the view from the peak is unbelievable
The pilgrims and pioneers all say you must get yourself here
Whether 'here' is the social frontier
Written home about by avant garde debutantes
Whether 'here' is a specific place in time
As found in a golden wheat field at sunset on the best day of your life
Whether 'here' is a couch with your loves and your stories
You are most certainly invited
You simply must get yourself here
If beauty is in the eye of the beholder
And love is two bodies in a single soul
True beauty must be in the eyes of all people
And love must be making us whole
And happiness,
If you endeavor to put all this together
Well,
You simply must get yourself here

Trips

I am missing something
This road trip needed more heart
In the hills of southern Wisconsin I get a little lost in thought
I like the idea that we are all constantly evolving
And that two can become one
I get a little distracted by the roadside messages
Those distractions help me some
Headed back south still feels like I'm chasing the sun
I know when my head lays down it won't be the only one
I won't make a bigger deal out of this than it needs to be
But I really am missing something
Missing something terribly

Deer

Once in a dream I followed a deer through a town
She led me under a bridge to the edge of a forest
Just inside the forest there was a forked path
I could have followed either but the deer nodded and I went forth on my own path
The next day, awake, I ran to a forest and found a path similar to my dream
Knowing my unconscious choice I looked between the fork
Lo, I saw a deer bounding away from me
Taking it as a sign I charged through the brush in pursuit
Soon I tripped and fell over an object with no worldly purpose in a forest
I thought long about this string of events
How literally I had followed my dreams
I guess I expected treasure or truth
What I got was wonder
Perhaps the deer play tricks
Perhaps the pursuit is the real reward
Either way, I never regretted chasing that dream