Returnee

Once a tail, I couldn't wait to break out

Of the slime of the delicate ocean

I dreamed wild dreams, seeds planted in me since the beginning of time

I'd heard stories of how rough it was

How morose, how mundane

Only the brave come here

Only the brave live out their days

I was among the brave, saying goodbye to my fairy companions

Telling them I had a new home

They said:

She'll soon return, wait and see

She won't be able to bear it, the heat, the cold, the lukewarm

She will beg to return and if not, we will torment her

I saw them in dreams

In market places

Between smoked induced highs

And delicate lows

I saw them once in my lover's eyes

At the time I thought, this is it, no more, I'm outta here ...

But then I remember dreams are meant to be fulfilled

Missions meant to be completed

Life meant to be lived

And I remember there is love & it follows me wherever I go

I gleaned from the stones , the rocks, the rivers, the trees

They speak of many things

Lost lands filled with wonderment, forever go rides and fluid sun smiles

They speak to me of mystical spells, stars that hang like love banners in the eternal night of the great mother

So

I grabbed a stone from among the stars

I buried it

I found it

I wore it

A wise sage placed a mark on me

She's a returnee, they said

& I grew to discover

There's no need to run, to fly, to wish for the sweetness of death

For all worlds traverse, merge, become one in the totality of sublime existence

And with that I slowly surrender to what is

Two worlds, One life ...

One life, two worlds ...