Love For Our Oceans

I wanted to share with you all this inspirational song by the great Jackson Browne. It speaks of the beauty of nature in our waves. More importantly, about the horribly massive amount of plastics that we've produced and discarded in our amazing world and the suffocating consequences of our inexcusable negligence. I hold this issue very close to my heart.

To learn more about the horrible state of our beautiful waters, please visit this article from another blog of mine: http://rufnkidnme.blogspot.com/ You CAN make a difference! 

If I Could be Anywhere

Jackson Browne

~"Gliding through the shimmering surface between two worlds
Standing at the center of time where it uncurls
Cutting through a veil of illusion
Boarding beyond past conclusions
Rendering all my doubt and confusion clear
If I could be anywhere
If I could be anywhere
If I could be anywhere right now
I would want to be here
Searching for the future among the things we've thrown away
Looking at the world through the junk we produce every day
They say nothing lasts forever
But all the plastic that we made is still here
And no amount of closing our eyes will make it disappear
If I could be anywhere
If I could be anywhere in time
If I could be anywhere in history
I would want to be here
The Romans, the Spanish, the British, the Dutch
American exceptionalism
So out of touch
The folly of empire repeating its course
Imposing its will
Brooding by force
And on and on through time
But the world can't take it very much longer
It's not gonna make it
Unless we're smarter and stronger
The world's gonna shake itself free of our greed somehow
If I could be anywhere
If I could be anywhere
If I could be anywhere and change things
It would have to be now
They say nothing lasts forever
But all the plastic that we made is still here
And no amount of closing our eyes will make it disappear
And the world can't take it very much longer
It's not gonna make it
Unless we're smarter and stronger
The world's gonna shake itself free of our greed somehow
And the world can't take it, that you can see
If the oceans don't make it, neither will we
The world's gonna shake itself all the way free, somehow
If I could be anywhere
If I could be anywhere
If I could be anywhere and change the outcome
It would have to be now."~

Liquid

You dance around in circles

As you stretch towards the shore

Bending

Twisting

Lifting up

What once was here no more

You’ve got a million faces

I’ve made a million more mistakes

Things in time may crash and fall

There’s beauty in the break

We can stand before our demons

Because shadows won’t suffice

Drop in on this together

Crystal blue

Our souls unite

Deliver me from darkness

Baby, hold me

At my peak

Splash life’s charms

Around my face

Kiss my salty cheeks

Hold my spirit in your beauty

Swirl around my toes

Spit me out

In liquid love

Forever, your mystique

You dance around in circles

As you stretch towards the shore

Bending

Twisting

Lifting up

What once was here no more

You’ve got a million faces

I’ve made a million more mistakes

Things in time may crash and fall

There’s beauty in the break

The darkest rain

May smack our backs,

A tempest of retreat

We may disappear

While our “what if”s

Lay dying at our feet

If we believe in love and hold on tight

Our inner truths will bring the sun

Scattered shells will lead the way

There’s paradise in sight