A Peaceful Mind

I

I stir from my slumber

As I awaken from my dreams

I remember that distant place

Places coloured by the mind’s eye

A view so varied in its entirety and heavenly sense

II

A place full of magnificence and splendour

Where I am everything and everyone

A connection of life

One born of that eternal spring

That place we search for in this dream called life

One so starkly black yet so blindingly bright

III

An unending journey of mind and body

A spiritual opening of all and none

A connection lost out of pride and selfishness

Can only be attained true truth of spirit

Knowledge gained through hardship and peace

IV

If you lie the path is closed,

Not a place for those who see through the eyes of hate and prejudice

A truth only the inner self knows

Attainable by all who seek it

Those willing few who live in the light of peace

A peaceful place where the heart of man resides

That home of man and beast

That palace of pleasure where all hope and endless joy call heaven