OPEN

Open, O, pen,
a new sky for my spirit
Open, O pen, a canal from my being
for the waters of delirious love flowing through me
O, pen, Open up the red sea of blank pages
like moses' staff, you are my divine medium
may you open new spaces for my passion to cross
let my light fill new places, let it shine on new faces
open new paths for my thoughts to run freely
like a stream down the mountain
let my rhymes skip like this --
over rocks and logs let my voice dance and sing
break the dam of my little self, o, pen,
let my secrets take wing
O, pen, Open up to the sky my mind's ceiling
let my feelings be free-wheeling
link me, then, o, pen, to this page
that cosmic force in me may pour onto this paper
and perform on new stages, explore new terrains --

O, pen! O, pen! praise thee now, then, forever
pray thee open up room for my self to spread over
tear the tethers of separation from everything “else”
open up all distinctions, o, pen, with your ink
open mind, that i might think more immensely
open divine self-expression through words
that my love might flow as a river through thee
open me, open you, open everything now
Open up, O pen, the walls betwixt i and thou
open eyes, open ears, open minds, open doors
open hearts, open time, open throats, open more
all blessings to you, o pen, opener of the way
my prayer for you, pen, is this: that you may
always in all ways live up to your name
may you set free today every last limitation
break down the gates of hate and dams of discrimination
may the juice of art's heart pour through pens to the powerful
and the ocean of truth through you flow to all nations
may you offer wishes of peace forms concrete
O, pen, may you open sacred space between souls
may you shatter the walls of my self to outside of me
and dissolve every barrier, break every last boundary!