leave everything behind

Vincent van Gogh 

go in naked

there is some courage within you
embrace it
yes travel as a tunnel travels
let your eyes stab the darkness
eventually we all go below
there will be light on the other side
a flame to both guide and warm you
leave everything behind
when you go under
you go naked and alone
and you must lead with your heart
there is some courage within you
embrace it
is there a tomorrow
no
there never was
and yesterday doesn't matter at all
there is only this moment
so dig

james lee jobe

we all exist in the riff

it's a full-size standup double-bass
and the jazzman leans into it for his solo
the drummer watches and listens
the saxman
the pianist
the notes exit the bass in to small groups
floating up to the ceiling
and through the roof to outer space
where far away a jazz god or a jazz alien
sits in judgment
yea verily this is the groove
and
I hear it brother
I hear it sister
and it is good
two choruses and the band joins back in
and the solar system gives an approving nod
as if to say "yes we all exist in the riff"
the bass man knows it and sweats
eyes shut
thumping it
thump
ing
it
down
and somewhere on this earth
a grandfather in front of a radio
taps his foot in arthritic time

james lee jobe

I came for the sake of love-devotion;

seeing the world, I wept.

Mīrābāī

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james