It is the great mystery of life
That to every part
there is a counterpart
the polarity is the great gift
Also the great curse
The friction keeps us learning
else we die, even as we live.
Gravity keeps us on earth
Zero gravity surrounds us a few miles above
without both we would not exist.
Trees breathe carbon in
Exhale oxygen
We do the opposite.
The sun and moon
are in the perfect spots for us to survive.
We fight change,
though it is the one thing
that truly allows us to become.
Without continued learning we lose
the ability for our minds, and lives, to adapt and grow. 
Without beauty we wither,
yet beauty is subjective for each.
We want to have answers –
Cut.
Dry.
Concrete.
we want to KNOW
NOW
yet the great mystery of allowing our truth,
is letting the mystery be greater than us,
while inhaling the small parts we can comprehend
and using them to create goodness with these fragments,
which become baskets full.
seeing new every day.
saying thank you every minute,
evolving slowly.
to every time there is a season
to every yin a yang.
Within the darkness
We find the light.
With letting go
we finally own our oneness.
Within the deepest sorrow
we release ourselves
for our most complete joy.
When we give ourselves empty
we receive back waves of abundance
and are filled fresh.
We want what glitters,
but find the best gifts
are always on the bottom shelf,
sometimes a little dusty from not being used.
Each and every day, in order to find our way
into the unlimited potential of our highest self,
we must first commit simply to being.
We must acknowledge our holy and unique calling,
to our own glorious belovedness.
AL 9/30/13
life: acoustic & amplified 