Bimini

i could give all my money to charity, watch it ripple out to the sea 

and sail all the way to bimini, it wouldn’t matter to me

if time were a string burning at lightning speed 

i’d want it to show what i was meant to give back to the sea

my home in regina, saskatchewan had so little use for me 

but they soon lost the trail of this vagabond 

but i still hold them close in my dreams 

and the echoes of bells in the faraway hills

still bring back the farm boy in me 

but a whole different part of me looks for a way to believe

and if time heals all wounds and the truth sets you free 

i’d want it to show me a way to help me believe

when you’re sleeping with the enemy it cools the heart they say 

but to me it’s a giant jig-saw puzzle i work on every day

what i need is a moment of clarity to put the pieces away 

are there clues in the water, so still, so deep and so grey?

as the gulf wind sweeps over salt water reefs 

i wonder what more there can be 

in the vision of diamonds that glitter over the sea

looking out from a perch of heaven and earth at the blue of the endless sea 

when the air is clear you can see from here to infinity

will it swallow your heart?  do the waters part?  

will a voice in the sky finally speak?

ii don’t know if this is one tiny step or one giant leap 

i wonder what is calling as the last stars are falling 

and the sun climbs over the sky 

at the beginning of the sea and the endlessness of moments in time

this soul has been given the grace of god and flows to one grand design 

at one with nature, the universe, body and mind

the sea may bring an epiphany like a call from higher space

what i’ll do is release the chains from this beast 

and find a way to get out of this place

like a poor boy who’s always been guided along by a power he’s never seen 

then looks above the stars to see a light shining down on his dream