Fluid Transitions

The power to keep me from sleeping at night
sitting in darkness just pondering light
waiting in shadows to keep myself hidden
doing the best with the gifts I've been given

There was a time I was lost in a haze
consumed by what others were thinking
making my way like a rat in a maze
caught in the quicksand and sinking

I have been frightened by beautiful things
I have avoided contentment
I have felt love like the binding of strings
turning all joy to resentment

Now I am coming around to the truth
that fear only owns what I give it
and beauty exists everywhere that I look
and life will unfold as I live it

winding my way down the path I have taken
staring off into the distance
what once lay in sleep has now been awakened
I have begun my resistance

tenderness comes from the love that I feel
floating as soft as the breeze
giving me peace and a new found belief
growing inside as I breathe

gravity's taking us all on a journey
through light years of distance and time
we are all travelers asleep at the wheel
free but still feeling confined

frightened by nightmares twisting our dreams
hiding from our full potential
distracting ourselves with the meaningless things
that keep us from what is essential

So I'll walk away and leave it behind me
finally finding my place
I'm just a small composition of cells
spinning through infinite space