Dive in

I saw a man on the side of the road with a sign that read 'will work for food'. I tried to look busy, until the light turned green. I saw a bear on TV and his friends were all drowning because their homes were turning to water. A strange kind of sad big old bear surely would happily eat me. He'd tear me to pieces, that bear.

Tell me everything will be "OK" if I just stay on my knees and keep praying; believing in something. Tell me everything is all taken care of by those qualified to take care of it all.

One day, do you think we'll wake up in a world on it's way to getting better? and if so, can you tell me how?

I have been thinking that lately the blood is increasing. The tourniquets not keeping hold, in spite of our twisting. Though we would like to believe we are we are not in control. Though we would love to believe.

Wake up sleepy head - I think the suns a little brighter today. Smile and watch the icicles melt away and see the water rising. Summers here to stay and all those summer games will last forever. Go down to the shore, kick off your shoes, dive into the empty ocean.

Dave Matthews