Surrender

The heart within pumps The rich red royal fluid And your body machine functions Your creative, expansive mind Concocts formulae Deciding how your body organism Finds sustenance, enjoyment And most of all avoids pain The dreamer, you, perceive, create As you build, block by block To accomplish To reap rewards As you move Ship, build, design, experience On a higher plateau You do this within the framework Knowledge acquired Reap the reward Beautifying your nest Dress fashionably And end each day accomplished Proud to the point Of ignored acceptance Yet strip all clothing Wealth – all materialistic Right to the naked bone Your total stored mental reservoir Your intellect, your acumen Like the youthful wise hermit Now, like a savior in sheepskin Gather your companion The echo “What is life all about?” Sex, debauchery, procreation Or our collective wisdom Our attitude towards harmony, friendship Local and world peace A sensibility to friend and foe Yep – platitudes, platitudes Our ego sparkles and blind Our lust driven bodies Enter the arena of flesh Gleaming immediate status faction While the nuclear bomb is waiting