Woke up a bright-eyed bushy tail
Blue skies cloudy trails
Coffee maker brewing Starbuck’s

Medium roast in my cup
Gulped it down highway bound
caffeine twitching
Sweating itching
late for work once again

Sunrise rays neon orange-blue
city skyscrapers all in hue
Dim lights shine on busy streets

a wide-eyed owl sits upon his stoop
The walk sign turns green
The large crowd cross silently

Coffee cups time to wake up
Cab drivers in a rush
The bus runs non-stop
Rushing here and there
The mass of people must be somewhere
The clock tick tocks

Can’t, can’t you see
twilight tripping
Neon dripping

Twisting, turning to the synth-pop beat
The flock of Seagulls hairstyle
sweet dreams are made of these

break dancing
Lace fingerless gloves
Like a Virgin
I’m burning up
White lines
White wedding
first pump

Saved by the Bell
Valley Girl
Pet rocks
Where’s the beef
boom box

Summer of Love, 1967
California poppies
Flowers in my hair

Free love LSD ;
Flying colored musical notes
Sit-ins

1968, Vietnam, point-blank Viet Cong Guerrilla shot in the head
Televised into our living rooms
War has a front-row seat

hand-in-hand we protest across this land
Peace Love Happiness
We take a stand

December 1^st, 1969 Selective Service System draft,
8.000 protestors, Stanford college an unwanted war
tearing up the draft card
Shots fired one student dead

America at war
Vietnam cease-fire
1973, 200,000 dead
God bless America

Traveling down the red highway at speeds faster than light,
I see your smiling face. It feels me with delight.

Curly hair and bespectacled you are a sight of joy
I feel so in love with you, my heartstrings have taken flight

Celestial sky and outreached arms, You take me into your loving embrace and whisper to me it will be alright.

I have given my soul to you. You have promised worldly delights.

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference

I whole-heartedly place my life in your caring hands.
Take away my grief and fill me the serenity
I am free at last.