They arise during the night,
to prepare you for the next day.
Asleep or not, you have no sight,
only thoughts that don't obey.

So you think you control them,
indeed, they really control you.
Creating order from mayhem,
incentive for all to do.

They rise up and lift your soul,
into a realm everlasting;
where you achieve your greatest goal,
attaining, not just being.

Together, our dream is won,
We want, we work, we will it be.
In November our work is done,
in August, we did decree.

A challenge is always near,
we know that we may never fail.
Dreams may be attained, without fear;
in the end, WE SHALL PREVAIL!

There are no questions
with eternal answers.
There are no answers
for eternal questions.

What has been, is.
What is, will be.
No matter you or me.

The dance of time does not change.
Yet its followers never stop.
They are we, and we are time.

Sometimes in costume,
sometimes but an act,
the march of change,
is an intangible fact.

Forever reigns existence,
a crown we wear.
Not of thorns,
but pride we bare.

Life is too short-- to be forever

Tis an explosion of light and color,
that fire under the stars.
Tis the focus of all who watch;
in the universe, not but a notch.

The stars, so many stars,
that fire under the stars,
is far more bright.
We forget the stars' great might.

To see is not to fathom,
that fire under the stars.
It is close, while they are far away.
Yet, they hold truths greater than today.

If we are able to look beyond
that fire under the stars.
To ourselves we would give
the greatest gift-- to live

So long I have tried,
in begging myself.
Yet always, I've been denied.

So long I've been near,
in being true to me.
Yet always, I've had fear.

So long I have failed,
in trying to return,
Yet always, I've never wailed.

Until now...
Until now, I've been away.
Until now, I've been afraid.

But now...
But now, I will not stray.
But now, my goal is made.

I have returned:
returned to see,
the beauty; the beauty in me.

I have returned:
returned to me.

The red bud blossoms
Flower blowing in the wind
We, it knows us not

The chasm's darkness
Only a glimmer of hope
lights our leap of faith

Off into the clouds
together we sail away
a fading glimmer

Time does fade away
Another mind wastes today
What happened to truth?

I'm an illusion
a waterfall between us
ripples in the mist

The great Chairman Mao
Seventy percent correct
The dead millions mourn

Found in translation
The silent human beauty
Thousand opened eyes

A glowing specter
When the fire’s extinguished
There are dreams of snow