ARE YOU IN OR ARE YOU OUT?

ARE YOU IN OR ARE YOU OUT?

Are you in or are you out, to join me on this bumpy ride,
This heinous poker game called life?

Making up our story as we go along,
Holding our love up to the light
To see just what it’s made of.

In sunlight or in shadow, in a whisper or a shout.
You play your hand, cash in your chips,
But are you in or are you out?

Storms are streaking across my seas,
There’s a bitter salt lacing the breeze,
And I stumble over fallen trees
That litter my predestined path.

I am a marked man of the gods,
I will not escape their deadly wrath.

Are you in are or are you out, to join me on this journey far,
Tripping over galaxies, stumbling over stars?

Traveling to God knows where in search of just a little peace,
Looking past these western ways, turning towards the mystic East?
A little yoga, some tai chi, some Tantric sex for you and me.

I am not an easy man, sailing on a gentle breeze,
And sometimes a sad misfortune brings me to my knees.
But I love you so and after all, love is what it’s all about.
So cast your fortune next to mine, are you in or are you out?

-Bruce Potts
Copyright 2008
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED