RIVER RAT (C) 2013 Jay Schiffres

I got soul on the river

I’m a river rat

Got soul on the river

I’m a river rat

Got soul on the river

Just like that

They say I’m a fool

How bout that

Tell me I’m not schooled

Just like that

Say what you want

Do what you must

I’m heading for the mountain

That I trust  

Got soul on the river

I’m a river rat

Soul on the river

I’m a river rat

One day soon the river will burn

You had your time

Now it’s time to learn

Soul on the river

I’m a river rat

Soul on the river

Just like that

Take your children

And your property

The tide is rising

Can you believe?

In soul on the river

Soul on the river 

Soul on the river......

Shavout (c)2013 Jay Schiffres

Dreaming

Had a dream

Found myself

In the Holy Land

Everything painted with multicolored sand

The Rainbow plan

Brushed my clothes and began to walk

Saw camels and Bedouins

And Arabian crowns

Saw Dancing

And Laughter

People high - found  

No blood on the paths

Or guns on hips

Exchanged for smiles, joy, love

Universal kisses

No screams of pain

Just prayers of forgiving

Lied down

Under the tree

Where Jonah had been

Understood why G_d saved Nivian

And I smiled at my faith

And I smiled at the wind

Awoke - up tall

Can’t waste time

Return filled my soul

With an ancient refrain

Do unto others…………