escape

it's hard but easy to escape the drudgery of ordinary life

there's a portal leads to everywhere; 

close your eyes and take a few steps to the edge

of your universe, 

over the moss and lichen, 

along the granite stones and boulders

don't look over your shoulder; 

don't look back; 

you'll suffer a heart attack

the green twigs of shrubs contain the whispers 

of your past; leave it there

no return, gain the ground while it's there for the taking, 

running wild in the wild

cut the cord, rip the cloth, tear yourself a new one

up the scree through the glacier path ravine 

that becomes the mother canyon of your dreams

follow up the purple slope, the golden cliffside 

calls its bluff up the steep sheer sides

into the mountain pass escape, 

through the void of blue astronomy's hues, 

sky's thin air,

take the leap; 

let it go; 

gravity will catch you and take you to the bottom, 

then the rise above

soar with wings, the free air thin, 

breathe from the mountain height 

in the stillness, 

feel your singleness and your spirit freed

build a fire, 

make a spire with fiery tongues of flame up high

send the sparks in the night, 

elevation three miles high into the pitch of night

black blue sky of sparkling, shining white hot stars

watch the smoke rise in the dark, 

in the cold reach up towards heavens high

now escape into your self; 

ascend to God's own throne

sing his song and his praise; 

talk with Him; 

share your love and concerns

drift off to sleep, 

your soul and heart to keep on this mountain high