In[Natural] Light and Magic

Lightning bugs in the grass...
They're just bits of magic really.
Like the bits of gold that fall from the sky when it rains and the sun is out.

Minutes old light from the sun,
Catching eons old water from the heavens.
Taking it, for a second.
Transforming it.

Alchemy.

The light, deadly when focused, is beauty when it's scattered.
It casts all its personality across the clouds...
Or the clear, blue sky.
And it delights us.

Like lightning bugs in the grass.

Primal

Think with no words.
Only instinctual knowing.
Move forth with clear directive.
KILL of be Killed.

No reason ruling. Only nature.
Ride on the very back of nature.
Yet conceive no word for nature.

None.

Know what it is. Its truth.
Know that giving it a name,
Will only diminish it.

Swallow up its beauty and its cruelty with your eyes.
Call to the moon.
But do not be like it.
Do not be phased.

Oh, how good is a night song?
At home in the country these creatures call.
The crickets create a chorus with no cane or top hat,
Rubbing their legs together like the lovers indoors who listen and are soothed.

Contours of the wild, amplifying amphibians,
From the frogs through the trees
On the seasons warm breeze.
Their Lilly pads- their soap boxes.
Their song- their argument: "I'm best...pick me."

Owls constantly questioning identity,
A lone wolf, crying for company.

These voices, these songs,
Black, only because they are swaddled in the night.
Night songs.
And what a masterful conductor.

(Please play video below then read my post)



HI,

I’m [insert professional athlete name here]. I play games for a living. Somehow that makes me important enough to endorse products and garner enormous wages. It also makes me an automatic role model. When I win games, people behave like we've just secured Peace in the Middle East. If I make an unpopular career decision, people react like there is a Revolution going on- burning things and the like. People watch what I do more closely than their own leaders. It's rare that I comment on how Unbelievably F*CKED our country/world is. Advertisers don't want spokespeople who are too political :/ So instead of speaking out, I just play with my Balls. Good day.

*I saw this video and decided to write the previous statement. Just look how people show up and show out. It’s true, it's entertainment. I've been to more films than I have political rallies. But I also strive to be more informed and make better choices. I never learned to do that from athletes. Teachers on the other hand...

But, no one shows up for them like this. Or for the countless others who fill positions in society that we could not do without.

Kobe Bryant never taught me anything. Lebron James never gave me a DIME that he made up North, and he won’t when he goes down South either! But if he wins a ring in Miami, I'm certain there will be a parade.