As One Watches the Rain

Out, breath of Eden, emanate Out into the world, separate The Sun's forcing into me, nutrients Change the color of my skin over years of mutilation Engineer of heritage Out rose a hammer Onto threaded iron breaks Construct a hierarchy upon hierarchy Under gaze of the watchers Goodbye old times, goodbye sunshine Goodbye old times, so long sober mind I am my own preacher Of the catechism of the mind Where lies the chief power? The question: human imperative The Sun makes a change in me I guess I've never realized When I close my eyes I'm still seeing light We ends become means Our between beginnings Between our ends, between our ends Out rolls the thunder, struck on cold steel rail In gold, In wood, In fire Encased in alabaster And that's what they'd do to me Cut out forces that be The color of humility Makes a choice to stay or leave As one watches the rain Goodbye, goodbye, so long Make it subtle In the rain, Two gods in the rain Out, out in a whisper As one watches rain Come edify me Life is so damn simple if we let it be