Into the Sun

You were under someone’s thumb

Were acting stupid plain dumb

With feelings deep unplumbed

Your heartstrings all undone

And felt as light as a ton

Like there’s no way to truly have fun

Your denominator was minus one

And you were so damned glad you had no gun

You were into the sun

You were into the sun

The laughing and crying of everyone

Into the sun, you were into the sun

With living and giving just begun

So you settled in too fast

Because it was such a blast

To tie yourself to the mast

Then find yourself aghast

To find yourself part of a cast

Of an ignorant play that vast

With direction stuck in a past

And that lies and dies to the last

You were into the sun

You were into the sun

The drifting and shifting of everyone

Into the sun, you were on the run

The lifting and sifting had only begun

You’ve been getting pretty smart

Cause you take things into your heart

Really helping to advance the art

Of really taking part

in a life more sweet than tart

putting joy even before Descartes

in a world where you may freely impart

your essence of love before you depart

The reason for life is no big joke

The answer to death is no big lie

What happens to you is truly clear

What happens to you in just a year

What happens to you in absence of fear

What happens to you can happen for you

Cause you’re into the sun

You’re into the sun

the breathing and teething of everyone

Into the sun, we're into the sun

the believing the heaving until you've won

The appealing of feeling

The wheeling and dealing

The burning, unlearning

The yearning, discerning

The climbing, the timing

The rhythm, the rhyming

You’re into the sun

You’re into the sun

The vying relying of everyone

Into the sun, you’re into the sun

Every daughter, every son

Sisters, brothers everyone

Some will walk, some will run

Some will laugh, why not have fun

The laughing and crying

The living and dying

The loving and trying of everyone

We’re into the sun!

Larry Piltz

Summer of 1984

Austin, Texas