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Saturday, October 31, 2015
A FRIEND TO THE MOON
(From my audio cassette album I call
MASTER OF YOUR OWN FATE)
A Poem
By
Francis William Bessler
Atlanta, Georgia
1984
I’m asked what I would look for in a lady,
but her description does elude me.
How can you describe a notion, confirmed in flesh,
that moves so free like the breeze?
I have walked many a mile – and lurched ahead –
and run many a mile too,
looking to find upon this earth, a lady –
a friend to the moon.
Man is caught up with this thing he has –
this notion he should be a king
and cannot see that a real prince
feels clothed in Nature’s own scheme.
Woman is caught in what’s equally vain –
the notion she must be loved
and she cannot see that a real princess
sees her flesh like the wings of a dove.
There is no God inside the soul –
that’s not, too, inside the stone.
God’s not aloft. She is the fiber –
the filament of soul and bone.
To go with God is to go with Mars –
and Jupiter and Saturn and Neptune.
To be at peace is to smile and wave at Mars –
and Jupiter and Saturn and Neptune.
YOU CAN HAVE
YOUR SUMMER TOWN
(From my “opera” called
SUMMER TOWN)
By
Francis William Bessler
Atlanta, Georgia/
Laramie, Wyoming
1986
Verses 5 and 6 added 9/11/2009
REFRAIN:
You can have your SUMMER TOWN.
You can be a SUMMER TOWN.
If you will let your life astound,
you can have your SUMMER TOWN.
Life is what you make it, Friend.
You can be brittle – or you can bend.
It’s up to you to follow through -
to see life itself as the truth.
Refrain.
In Summer Town, we don’t accuse
God in Eternity of being a ruse.
It’s they who trick who use His name
to make others play their game.
Refrain.
Don’t be afraid of life & death, My Friend.
We all have the very same end.
We live, we die, we pass away.
Touch your life – be happy today.
Refrain.
There is no ugliness in life.
Seeing such will only cause you strife.
Reach out and embrace your life, My Friend.
Your soul will benefit through the end.
Refrain.
Added 9/11/2009:
Well, My Friends, it’s up to us.
Do we want to continue with the historic fuss
of seeing human life better than the rest
and looking upon ourselves as specially blessed?
The trouble with seeing ourselves
as better than most
is we lose sight of our wonderful host.
And we turn what should be a garden of paradise
into a field of lies and hate and strife.
Refrain.
An Infinite God must be equally in everything.
If it’s peace we want,
that’s the song we must sing.
We can have Summer all year round
if we accept everything as it is found.
I’m not saying Summer is better than
Winter, Spring, or Fall.
I’m only saying we should love it All.
If we love it All,
there can be only one season;
and that, My Friends,
is a season of reason.
Refrain.
Repeat 1st verse:
Life is what you make it, Friend.
You can be brittle – or you can bend.
It’s up to you to follow through
to see life itself as the truth.
Refrain (several times).
ENDING:
If you will let your life astound –
all year round,
you can have your Summer Town.
RARIN TO GO
A song by
Francis William Bessler
9/12/2015; modified slightly 9/13/2015
Note:
Consider this a bit of an "encore." I wrote it after preparing this work for publication. Think of it as song # 198. Like so many of my songs, it really reflects on what I see as "Heaven On Earth." Heaven for me is only believing I am living in The Presence of God. Others may feel like they have to die to get to Heaven, but because I feel like I am already in The Presence of God because God is only equal to Infinity and Infinity is simply that which boundless - or boundryless - then God must be everywhere and in everything. Indeed, when I die, I may go to "another Heaven," but that does not distract - or should not distract - from the Heaven that is here. That, of course, would make me a "saint" if the definition of a "saint" is one who is in Heaven. If so, we can all be "saints" if we but realize we already are. Why not join with me and claim your "sainthood" Here & Now! Why wait?
Thanks so much for your attention! Have a Good One!
Gently,
Francis William Bessler
REFRAIN 1:
I'm a rarin - I'm a rarin to go.
I'm a rarin - I'm a rarin to go.
Gotta keep up with life, you know.
I'm a rarin - I'm a rarin to go.
I can't sit and let the world go by
if I want to keep up my health as fine.
I've got to stay active - even if it makes me cry,
but it's easy to do, knowing I am Divine.
Refrain 1.
The body's a miracle, but to survive,
all miracles must stay active to keep up with time.
Time goes on and refuses to slow -
and so must all miracles that I know.
Refrain 1.
Life, indeed, is mysterious, but it's plain to see,
whatever it is, it's the same for you and me.
Let us all rejoice as we live carefully,
knowing whatever we are is full of Divinity.
Refrain 1.
So, come along with me and let me be your friend.
Just look at your life and love it to the end.
Life itself is a prize and it should be embraced.
To do other than that is to live life in shame.
Refrain 1.
Shame, my friend, is only denying your worth.
It's reaching for meaning beyond our Earth.
It's claiming that God only resides elsewhere;
and it's failing to know God must be everywhere.
Refrain 1.
Virtue, my friend, is acting like all is Divine
because an Infinite God in all makes all fine.
It's knowing that everyone has equal worth;
and it's believing that worth starts from birth.
Refrain 1.
So, let me get on with life - and spring along;
and as I spring, let me sing my song.
And if you will, spring along with me
as we join together and live life as free.
Refrain 1.
Repeat last verse and Refrain 1,
then - REFRAIN 2:
I'm a rarin - I'm a rarin to go.
I'm a rarin - I'm a rarin to go.
Gotta keep up with life, even if it's slow.
I'm a rarin - I'm a rarin to go.
Yes, gotta keep up with life - even it's slow.
I'm a rarin - I'm a rarin to go.
Yes, I'm a rarin - I'm a rarin to go.