Citizen of the Planet

I start up in the North

I grow from special seed

I sprinkle it with sensibility

From French and Hungarian snow

I linger in the sprouting until my engine's full



Then I move across the sea

To European bliss

To language of poets

As I cut the cord of home

I kiss my Mother's Mother

Look to the horizon



Wide-eyed, new ground

Humbled by my new surroundings



I am a citizen of the planet

My president is Kwan Yin

My frontier is on an airplane

My prisons: homes for rehabilitating



Then I fly back to my nest

I fly back with my nuclear

But everything is different



So I wait

My yearn for home is broadened

Patriotism expanded

By callings from beyond



So I pack my things

Nothing precious; all things sacred



I am a citizen of the planet

My laws are all of attraction

My punishments are consequences

Separating from source the original sin



I am a citizen of the planet

Democracy's kids are sovereign

Where the teachers are the sages

And pedestals fill with every parent



And so, the next few years are blurry

The next decade's a flurry

Of smells and tastes unknown



Threads sewn straight through this fabric

Through fields of every color

One culture to another



And I come alive and I get giddy

And I am taken and globally naturalized



I am a citizen of the planet

From simple roots through high vision

I am guarded by the angels

And my body guides the direction I go in



I am a citizen of the planet

My favorite pastime: edge stretching

Besotten with human condition

These ideals are born from my deepest within