Who Me

(Ballad of the Hoot Owls)

10:40

Soundlessly

dark has settled

drenched the earth

waking the nocturne

suddenly from on high

an emphatic cry

Voice 1:

I who am here am here who

I am who is here

Is there a you here who

I who am here am here who

I am who is here

Listening for you here who

5:40

Faintest glow

barely preceding

premonition of dawn

stills night's last

suddenly from on high

again an emphatic cry

Voice 1:

I who am here am here who

I am who is here

Is there a you here who

I who am here am here who

I am who is here

Listening for you here who

Voice 2:

I who too am here now am here who

I too am who is here

Is that you here too who

I who too am here now am here who

I too am who is here

Is that you here too who

Voice 1:

I who am here now am glad who

Am happy that you are here too

Am happy there is a you who

Is happy that I am here too who

Voice 2:

I who too am here now am glad who

Am happy there's now a happy you who

Listens at night for my who too

As I listen at night for your who who

Larry Piltz

Indian Cove

The Wave

Wherever there's a wave, there's a way, and a wave.

Wherever there's a wave, there's a way,

Forever is the day of the wave and the way.

Wherever there's a wave, there's a way.

Life is like a beach, there's a wave, and a way.

When love is within reach, there's a way.

The pain is there to teach us a way of the wave
and that within the wave there's more than one way

When you're on your own, there's a wave, and a way.

If your heart begins to groan, there's a way.

There is kindness you'll be shown by the wave, by the way,
and sharing kindness, if you will, is the way.

As we sail the stars, there's a wave, and a way.

If our Earth becomes like Mars, there's a way.

As we move out of our cars, out of the way of that wave,

we'll no longer be like slaves all our days.

As you live and breathe, there's a wave, and a way.

When your laughter turns to grief, there's a way.

It will cleanse all your beliefs and will show you the way,

the way to laugh and to believe every day.

Wherever there's a wave, there's a way, and a wave.

Wherever there's a wave, there's a way.

Forever is the day of the wave and the way.

Wherever there's a wave, there's a way.

Larry Piltz

Indian Cove

Loving Our Very Existence

I'm the beginning of life

I am the end

I'm the mystery's wife

I am godsend

I am a guest of life

who cannot die

and I enjoy all of this

without knowing why

I'm the illusion of time

I'm in full bloom

I'm a river in rhyme

I flow from the womb

I have a path to climb

yet I am enough

and I'm truly amazed

that I'm all of this stuff

Here are the answers you seek

here is the soul

here there is hope for the weak

here you are whole

here is where you can now speak

here you'll be heard

here's the presence of prayer

without even a word

Where can I go from here

why would I try

where is the tender and dear

where is the sky

when is the moment most near

when is it not

how can what I want most

seem at some other spot

Now's the time for life's kiss

now is a sign

now is a season of bliss

now's a deep mine

now is a time that I'd miss

now is a pearl

now is patience and grit

in this best of all worlds

I'm the beginning of love

for which there's no end

I'm a singing sweet dove

I am your friend

it's from love I am made
as sweet as a child

I'm the hope you embrace

and I yearn to go wild

I'm the meaning of life

I let my heart rend

I abandon all strife

I'm on the mend

I'm the truth about life

that's hidden from view

I'm free now today

I know what to do

it's the beginning of life

beginning with you

For Flo Piltz, from Larry

(I flow from the womb)