"THE NEXT PLACE THAT I GO" / Lorre (Momma)
From the children's book entiltled: THE NEXT PLACE THAT I GO
THE NEXT PLACE THAT I GO WILL BE AS PEACEFUL AND FAMILIAR
AS A SLEEPY SUMMER SUNDAY AND A SWEET UNTROUBLED MIND
AND YET IT WON'T BE ANYTHING LIKE ANY PLACE I'VE EVER BEEN OR SEEN OR EVEN DREAMED OF IN THE PLACE I LEAVE BEHIND
I WON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING
AND I WON'T KNOW WHERE I'VE BEEN
AS I TUMBLE THROUGH THE ALWAYS
AND LOOK BACK TOWARD THE WHEN
I'LL GLIDE BEYOND THE RAINBOWS, I'LL DRIFT ABOVE THE SKY,
I'LL FLY INTO THE WONDER WITHOUT EVER WONDERING WHY
I WON'T REMEMBER GETTING THERE,
SOMEHOW I'LL JUST ARRIVE
BUT I'LL KNOW THAT I BELONG THERE AND WILL FEEL
MUCH MORE ALIVE THAN I HAVE EVER FELT BEFORE,
I WILL BE ABSOLUTELY FREE
OF THE THINGS THAT I HELD ONTO THAT WERE
HOLDING ONTO ME
THE NEXT PLACE THAT I GO WILL BE SO QUIET AND SO STILL,
THAT THE WHISPERED SONG OF SWEET BELONGING WILL
RISE UP TO FILL THE LISTENING SKY WITH JOYFUL SILENCE
AND WITH UNHEARD HARMONIES
OF MUSIC MADE BY NO ONE PLAYING, LIKE A HUSH UPON A BREEZE
THERE WILL BE NO ROOM FOR DARKNESS
IN THAT PLACE OF LIVING LIGHT
WHERE AN EVER DAWNING MORNING PUSHES BACK THE DYING NIGHT THE VERY AIR WILL FILL WITH BRILLIANCE
AS THE BRIGHTLY SHINING SUN AND THE MOON AND
HALF A MILLION STARS ARE MARRIED INTO ONE
THE NEXT PLACE THAT I GO WON'T REALLY BE A PLACE AT ALL
THERE WON'T BE ANY SEASONS WINTER, SUMMER, SPRING OR FALL
NOR A MONDAY, NOR A FRIDAY, NOR DECEMBER, NOR JULY
AND THE SECONDS WILL BE STANDING STILL WHILE HOURS HURRY BY
I WILL NOT BE A BOY OR GIRL, A WOMAN OR A MAN
I'LL SIMPLY BE JUST SIMPLY ME, NO WORSE OR BETTER THAN
MY SKIN WILL NOT BE DARK OR LIGHT, I WON'T BE FAT OR TALL
THE BODY I ONCE LIVED IN WON'T BE PART OF ME AT ALL
I WILL FINALLY BE PERFECT, I WILL BE WITHOUT A FLAW
I WILL NEVER MAKE ONE MORE MISTAKE
OR BREAK THE SMALLEST LAW
AND THE ME THAT WAS IMPATIENT OR WAS ANGRY OR UNKIND,
WILL SIMPLY BE A MEMORY, THE ME I LEFT BEHIND
I WILL TRAVEL EMPTY HANDED THERE IS NOT ONE SINGLE THING
I HAVE COLLECTED IN MY LIFE THAT I WOULD EVER WANT TO BRING EXCEPT THE LOVE OF THOSE WHO LOVED ME
AND THE WARMTH OF THOSE WHO CARED,
THE HAPPINESS AND MEMORIES AND MAGIC THAT WE SHARED
THOUGH I WILL KNOW THE JOY OF SOLITUDE, I'LL NEVER BE ALONE
I'LL BE EMBRACED BY ALL THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS I'VE EVER KNOWN
ALTHOUGH I MIGHT NOT SEE THEIR FACES,
ALL OUR HEARTS WILL BEAT AS ONE
AND THE CIRCLE OF OUR SPIRITS WILL SHINE BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN
I WILL CHERISH EVERY FRIENDSHIP I WAS FORTUNATE TO FIND,
THE LOVE AND ALL THE LAUGHTER IN THE PLACE I LEAVE BEHIND
ALL THESE GOOD THINGS WILL GO WITH ME,
THEY WILL MAKE MY SPIRIT GLOW
AND THAT LIGHT WILL SHINE FOREVER IN THE NEXT PLACE THAT I GO
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