8/5/99   Artists

My love's in the next room workin on music.
Something i think he thought was not there
but where, oh where
does that deep voice come from?
When and how did he ever hear it say 
"you have wings"?

Let it speak.
Let it sing.
Let it be the song you've been meaning to bring.
I'll cover you, i got your back.
I'll tell them we're artists
and you won't have to laugh
for this is what it means, don't you see
to be creating
and this is what it means, don't you see
to be alive.

[Validation - we need some...so we're producing a product]
and that product is joy
when it comes from our be-ing, our souls.

The big stars say, and have said, "keep dreaming."
So we do, and we're proud
when we bring forth some meaning
(to the be-ing?)

We're believing this birthright wasn't in vain
and we're forging ahead to prevent the mundane.
"It's our turn," I'll tell them.
"It's the sunshine!" I'll say.
"We are artists, we're working
making our time, our way."