we walked down the road

we walked down the road
and laid down on the moist earth.
we basked in smiles of midday light.
we smiled at each other
and pretended we were alone, too.
we were alone together for an hour that seemed forever,
for an hour that should've been forever.
we let the cold rub our faces red,
let the air race through our bodies
and the blood, too.
we walked down the road to see the trees and
let the trees see us and free us and be us,
rooted in and down and under the ground,
laying on it but under ourselves.
we ignored the cars ignoring us and
saw the people seeing us.
we saw each other in eyes of the blue sky,
under the blue and in it, too.
we saw brown and laughed,
we didn't frown.
it rubbed our shoes and chased us back,
back down the road.
when we shut the door,
we remained where we were before.
our bodies napped like babies wrapped,
and our bodies were whirring still.

Come open your eyes

I am a tree climber, limbs call me to rest in their embrace
I am a mermaid, I could wade in the water for hours
I am a barefoot walker, on the grass and in the dark brown mud
I am a rainy day lover, when finally the clouds give up their tears

Come, open your eyes and cry
Come, open your eyes and cry

So why do they take away my trees?
Why do they pour oil into the sea?
Why is there glass upon the grass and
why do the clouds wanna cry?

Come, open your eyes and cry
Come, open your eyes and cry

I am a consumer, I own a cellphone and collect catalogs
I'm sometimes clean-shaven, when I give in to our culture's gender rules
I can be judgmental, when I leave compassion at the door
I am a hypocrite, I say one thing then do another

Come, open your eyes and cry
Come, open your eyes and cry
and cry and cry and cry and cry

Slaves to stimulation
workaholics who need a vacation
drowning our desperation
with noise and toys
come on girls and boys
what has come of our nation?
It's heart has got no sensation
in our air-conditioned homes
glued to our cellphones
foreigners to our own land
our food is prepackaged and canned
millionaires, billionaires
without a care for the working poor
the starving or their own children
what a culture that tells girls they've gotta shave
says boys gotta be brave
but I ain't gonna behave
and watch my heart
get carried away by a wave
oh no oh no no no no

Come, open your eyes and cry
Come, open your eyes and cry
Oh come and open your eyes and cry
Come and open your eyes and cry