Living On The Edge

A Perspective on Life

I am me 
What is that
A human being
Alive and free.

Flying, soaring, climbing high
With the wings of an eagle I do fly
Reaching up to touch the sky.

I reach out and touch the sun
I feel its warmth and see its light
I look down at the earth below
I see the people and all their woes.

See the people, see them run
Caught up in life’s race
A race that cannot be won.

The end is the same for each of us
Death is the prize we all must claim
But living life is a must
So enjoy your life lest you go insane.

Free yourself of society’s chains
Free yourself of all life’s banes
Free yourself that you might live
To enjoy all the things that life can give.

I fly further on into the night
And I glide in the moon’s soft light
I feel the touch, the warm embrace.

Again I look at the earth below
But I cannot see the cities’ glow
All I see are stinking clouds
That cover the places where people dwell.

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I see the land, I feel its pain
The earth shall never be the same
Pollution and wars have taken their toll
The earth is tired, become so old.

I see the people but do they care
They are not willing to do their share
They go to work, they go home
They will not see the impending doom.

Make more money, cheat on your tax
And don’t forget to stab your brother in the back
Whatever it takes to get ahead
Do it, tough luck kid, that’s the breaks. 

I fly on and into daylight come
I see the light of the morning sun
I look down and to my surprise
There are people there that realize
The need to break society’s chains
To be free to change society.

To be free to live
In a world that is free
Of all of life’s inequalities 
Free of crime, of wars, of hate
Free to love it’s not too late.

Once you are free
Then you can fly
And even reach out
And touch the sky.

Sep 1985