Jupiter: The Door Ajar

“Jupiter”

The Door Ajar

People come

And people go

On earth we live

So we can know

“Know what,” you ask?

The Bill of Rights?

Love’s panache?

Or duty’s call?

Each and every, the truth is made

For one and all.

Life may close with a bird singing

Of your thoughts

Jupiter, Jupiter, Jupiter

The soul lingers, as the body stops.

The sound of the bird

Jup-i-ter in your ear

Nothing is forever

Only hate is to fear

Look long, look wide

Greater, look within

Despair not the road

What weathers your skin

People come

And people go

The soul departs

The body, no

The heart remembers

The mind unstarts

Night becomes morning

Mourning is twilight

Jupiter, Jupiter, Jupiter

Sings the bird out of sight

Farewell to myself

And farewell to you

Each time I loved,

I loved anew.

Now is the hour

Of the Door Ajar

Look forward, look backward

Look long, look far

The passage is warm

All warm with the sun

Not always while walking

But at the end when we’re done (young)

Jupiter, Jupiter, Jupiter!

A fading bird cries

These words are a place

A place which abides

Remember the shadows

And the light on the walls

Remember your voice

When the queer bird calls

Jupiter, Jupiter, Jupiter

‘Tis but a sound

The universe is not linear

But round,

round,

round!