live dangerously

build your house in the hills of Vesuvius
dare to express your opinion
even though
everyone else is forever
explaining away your opinions

live passionately
reason drowns you
will make you lazy
make you think everything is impossible
except the way reason perceives it

save a stranger's life
when they try to commit suicide
this sparkling net of life
fed by sunshine...
go into missions
suffer with the Africans and Asians
see what they see
let yourself by swallowed.

you only live once
and cultures are at war
America favors though who have a talent for war...
Germany, Japan, Israel...
rid yourself of pity and fear
but feel the overdrive of pure desire
much better than drugs
and you may be able to see the future.

everyone is trading security for freedom
a mediocre life
instead of a life of adventure
be a hero or a heroine
be the center of your circle of friends
but remember
as frost once wrote
we go around in a circle and suppose
the answer lies in the center and knows.
it's true
the answers are in the margins
far away from the center
like the shaman
freeze yourself in the snow
and test your limits
it's in knowing your limits
you know what and who you are.

when you go to church
wonder why the church is always attacking
Hollywood and the music business
but no attacks on capitalism
sports culture
etc.
everyone is forming alliances
and not saying bad things
about the cultures they are allied with.
dare to wonder
ask God questions
and hold him until he answers it.

don't be naïve...
dare to be close to being
when the margins throw you back into being
which is not at the center
and there
you will find
spiritual refuge
rest.