it s 2 am as we pull into the humble hotel german countryside everyone is shut up tight warmth and light welcome as all file inside i entered belated to see our troop elated faces filled up with joy blessed communication the source stood behind the counter a man salt and pepper his face beamed like a boy s we are all given dark and light a beautiful contrast of black and white you can hide in the darkness or strive for healthy progress forgive what makes us human we could grow an earthly heaven he told us of our origins spoke of when ideas gave birth to breath he spoke about love and respect i felt fire rise up in my chest loving because he first loved us clean or dirty the ocean remains as one i ve never felt such a warm embrace well known stranger his smile a handshake and while he swept the floor oh god he called on me by name even as the smoke hung in our lungs like old friends we circled up peter preaching life passed his marlboro on nights like tonight i come outside enjoy the pins of light littering the sky run my fingers down the lifeline of the hanging leaf we are all given dark and light a beautiful contrast of black and white you can hide in the darkness or strive for healthy progress forgive what makes us human we could grow an earthly heaven we are all given dark and light a beautiful contrast of black and white you can hide in the darkness or strive for healthy progress forgive what makes us human we could grow an earthly heaven thinking of how that life also resides in me the mark of the creator we share the same energy our light and our dark the dull side and the shiny creates the being whole and distracts not from beauty for glory is revealed in everything shared energy we must own and control the dark that we re given magnify the light loving what is just and right and cultivate for ourselves an earthly heaven2