Odyssey (Pepperland)

(All great things on earth will live, sunlight They’ll glide through all life We will love) All of us have been born Since of us have been home However well of us laughs We’re fateless as well as lifeless (Each person grandly will walk that road And when the birds fly We will shine) Because of us are sleeping Waiting for a beginning To end the winter’s waiting To try to show of us life (And all are flowing We are all becoming one together) We have epics great and fearful Bird and flowers in the ocean Bird flights moving toward of us Flowers all around of us (Sweeping deep to draw With our forceful meaning to fly on) A bird to climb and float there And sail to splash into waves The teeming liquid mountains The fluid rocking up and falling (Each person grandly will walk that road And when the birds fly They’ll glide through all life And when the spring comes We will shine) On the greatest bird of ocean The dark of wine and depth grows Upon ocean harmonic high notes Wind flying in the love sails Flowers to nose our shores with kisses The body of salt becomes smell The blossom blood of ocean Reminding us of waiting dying (And all are growing We are all becoming one together) We know epics death and flying Bird and flowers in the ocean Bird flights moving towards of us Flowers all around of us (Flying high to glide Our wings flowered walking on strong winds) Of us to make them gods Even that sway the ocean Even that blow the four winds Even the minds of men (that never was of us) (All great things on earth will live, sunlight And when they birds fly They’ll glide through all life And when the spring comes We will shine (sunlight) It will come (to pass) It will come (to us, sunlight) Of us can only have The bird our lost Atlantis The death of liquid flower essence The time to dry and make the gods did it, all We know epics life and sorrow Bird and flowers in the ocean Bird flights moving toward of us Flowers all around of us

March 1971