Shine Through

If you’ve ever gotten a mad urge
To saturate your brain with psychedelics
To run through the woods at night with a bottle of wine instead of a flashlight
To renounce your daily life and go hitchhiking
To live in a borrowed tent pitched on the sly
To surf couches for months at a time
To rely on the kindness of strangers and your own wit
To trade in money for freedom, security for creativity
Stability for love
A path for a dream, anything for the unknown
Everything for a chance

If you’re inspired by Kerouac titles, hippie buses, and buskers
If you hug the homeless, and envy anything about them
If you view the ashes as a learning experience, the structures as waste
If you see human potential rising, if you have godless faith
If you found yourself and made life-changing decisions at a music festival
If you’ve decided that you’re the best judge of what you do with your time
If you’ve skipped work to reach orgasm instead
If you’ve skipped a New Year’s party to listen a friend out of suicide
If you don’t apologize before asking a question
If you think “shit-disturber” is a compliment
If you’ve stood up for what you believed
If your responsibility is to your dreams
If you find a balance amid binges of passion
If you look beyond spoon-fed fashions
If you think for yourself and feel even more

There’s a chance that you and I have met before
And if not, I would like to get to know you
Because we’re living inspirations and our spirits shine through.