5 - The Outsider

Look closely at that gate,
It is not even locked,
Your mind convinced you you're an outsider,
Though your reasoning's blocked,

It is deeply rooted in your childhood,
It is in ev'ryone,
But the inclusion your seeking' not lost,
It just requires a change in perception,

The connection you lost with your mother,
Well that was simply fate,
Great awareness is your key to freedom,
Then you can ope' the gate!

Get what you seek,
Don't depend on others,
You must see what's outside is inside, too,
Until you do you'll ne'er have true lovers.

9 - Ripeness

It might be hard to think,
Through life's heartache and pain,
The debt and grind and suffering around,
That all of this could wane,

That you have been growing into yourself,
Ripening on the limb,
That you will soon be released fully formed,
To follow a new more personal whim,

One that's not prescribed or thrust upon you,
Don't quit your day job, yet,
This card could mean a new relationship,
Or relief of a debt,

Just let it be,
Like fruit falls from a tree,
The ground will absorb you, then you will find,
A whole new world of possibility.

Queen - Flowering

You are overflowing!
A nexus of bright life,
What y'ingest's better for being eaten,
You are nobody's wife,

But the apex of what is possible,
Shedding seeds from your arm,
Flowers settling on your head and shoulders,
Protecting the world from all fear and harm,

There is too much of you to keep contained,
E'en the climate will bow,
Through the compassion that flows out your heart,
Hate is just not allowed,

So now go out,
While you spread so much good,
On an earth starving from pure extraction,
You're a welcome and needed source of food.

Page - Adventure

Come out of the darkness,
Away from restrictions,
Layer 'pon layer like paint through your life,
Mostly built on fictions,

Where not, truth cannot be frozen in time,
It is of the moment,
The unknown, not safe or predictable,
Else it is a distraction of showmen.

Seize fear's dark forest or hope's bright rainbow,
Only you make that choice,
At home, work or relationships you find,
It is all in your voice,

Neither is safe,
The former kills your soul,
The latter has the risk of suffering,
Or realization of your heart's hushed goal.

3 - Guidance

I always looked outward,
When my mom said to me,
May your guardian angel protect you,
On every journey,

Like it was a call for it from afar,
In case it had forgot,
But I know now that angel's deep inside,
With information that need not be sought,

Just listen to that bright voice advising,
It exists in all 'fus,
Shedding a ray of light on your true path,
Amidst all this chaos,

Like climate change,
Divorce and raising kids,
The trip don't start when you open the door,
You are on it with each would, should and did.

7 - Patience

Some times you just can't wait,
Like with global warming,
Others need patience to fully mature,
Like a child that's forming,

You must sit many moons patient, alert,
Content with passing time,
Trees do not rush its blooms or falling leaves,
Say to yourself, "why then would I rush mine?"

Still condemn those who enslave for big brands,
Fight so the poor can live,
But the seeds in you, to open and thrive,
Need all that you can give:

That's room to grow,
You know of what I speak,
You are a forest with new and old life,
The best potential in you yet to peak.

6 - Compromise

You have a truth in you,
It defies confusion,
Guiding you down the path that you must take,
Fost'ring evolution,

To operate on half-techniques of love,
Is called a compromise,
It's only a repression of your growth,
Draping false views of the world o'er your eyes,

Clothing you in a disguise for others,
Trapping you on a wheel,
So you contribute to soci'ty's ills,
So it will never heal,

So don't cave in,
Intrigue and drama kill,
To find yourself, you must shed all deceit,
When you feel sleazy and conspiratorial.

10 - We Are The World

Only when you cel'brate,
'swhen you are not alone,
Join your hands with others around the world,
Like a great big rainbow,

We all bring treasures we share with the whole,
Do not sell yourself short,
When you hide yourself under a bushel,
You deny yourself the chance to cavort,

Instead you wallow in your misery,
No one wants to see that,
Try those things that will let you shine again,
P'haps get yourself a cat.

Just let it go,
Whatever it is hurts,
It's like banging your head against a wall,
All the pain stops if you just don't exert.

Knight - Slowing Down

It is time to slow down,
There is nowhere to be,
You carry your own house with you always,
In pure tranquility,

It is when you forget this you are lost,
The essence is at ease,
Ambitions and expectations distract,
From the beauty that your true nature sees,

Now unreal dreams can simply fade away,
They were not possible,
Set in your ways, you ignored what was real,
You became dutiful,

But now you're free,
Recognize that always,
Tourists only look through colored glasses,
You are home, no matter what your forays.

8 - Ordinariness

You don't have to be grand,
In this world to succeed,
Gently tugging the sheets taught on your bed,
May now be all you need,

Bask in the greens and purples of nature,
It has always been there,
The moment before your ax rends the wood,
You can learn that each moment is quite rare,

In the minutiae of the everyday,
That's where you can find peace,
At least until you are ready again,
For your soul to unleash.

For now, just breathe,
As you walk into work,
Perform each task as extr'ordinary,
Treat the right to do your job as a perk.

4 - The Miser

What do you hold onto,
As if, if you let go,
It will forever be out of your grasp,
Diminishing you so,

Is it the money you stockpile in banks,
Not spent, and so nothing,
Is't the time you can't spare that slips away,
Without doing one thing,

Is it beautiful things that you create,
For which others must pay,
Which they don't, so they stay hidden from all,
Ne'er see the light of day?

You are weighed down,
In a fortress you've made,
Protecting you, sure, from what I don't know,
Making your form ugly along the way.

King - Abundance

Your heart thumps through your skin,
The elements surround,
You couldn't be anymore human now,
'Fno other could be found,

The deepest wisdom is e'er on your mind,
While you sing, dance and drink,
At once in love with spirit and the flesh,
There's no room in this euphor'a to think,

You're beyond diff'rence of man or woman,
Some would say, 'what's the point?',
I must admit without procreation,
There's still reason to boink,

Which you do, too,
It's 'nother dance, really,
If e'er there was a time to say no more,
I'd say it's now 'less it comes natur'lly.

2 - Moment to Moment

Dancing among rainbows,
The city far away,
The marketplace is swirling all around,
Geared towards another day,

His intentions simply do not exist,
What's coming will ne'er be,
Only the footfall upon the next stone,
Leaving the one before in history,

His success cannot be measured in time,
Rather, in its absence,
He is alone, for sure, but not lonely,
He's maintaining balance.

Commune with self,
Then reach out to others,
Only time will tell if ignoring it,
Was wiser than living with its bothers.

Ace - Maturity

There're flowers in your hair,
On your body and face,
There's such contentment in your half-closed eyes,
'Syou bask in their embrace,

You're looking in at your outward power,
Grounded in peace and love,
You shall never go back nor need go forth,
You have no fear of below or above,

You are just what you've e'er known you should be,
Everyone can see,
When one has attained their ideal person,
You feel the harmony,

It's palpable,
You want to breath it in,
But until you accept it's possible,
You'll never exper'ence maturation.