You are self-referential
You, yourself, are you
Flesh and skin
Bone and sinew
Devour your kin
Build something you
Warmth and purpose
Burning and glowing
No end to this
Life overflowing
Reason and thought
Instinct and passion
Seek to be taught
Drink every lesson
Exist in a cycle
Continue what’s true
You are self-integral
You, yourself, are true
Tomorrow; today
You’ll work and eat food
Sometimes you say
“I’ll be in a new mood”
It ever swells up
You’re always the same
It fills up your cup
It’s just in your name
You try something new
Find something to hold
Now that too is you
The fresh, fast old
Exist in a ramble
Continue what’s you
“What is a name?”
Why bother to ask?
Clothes and hair
beer and liqueur
Add personal flair
Cover it with labor
Hopes and dreams
Fragile and patient
Your heart yearns and sings
Waiting concealed with intent
Consider what you say
Each word has leverage
Plan each path and way
Put thoughts on the page
Wouldn’t it all be the same?
Just put on a different mask
There’s power in a name
That’s all there is to ask
With a flick of the wrist
A baton turns to flower
And with an exciting twist
Theater exits an actor
“The weather is frightful and cold”
Means “you should come closer”
”I’ll never grow old”
Is “together forever”
The most memorable master-piece
Is the one that lights fire in the audience
The musicians bones can be at peace
While the floor thunders with dance
Every face is the same
Put on a meaningful mask