Just as the veins carry the ore

Just as the capillaries touch every pore 

Just as the rains wash every corner of the sky

These tears cleanse my eye from pain 

These tears reach out to see the joy of life again

They find the light

And express it to me 

They encourage my heart to be free from grief

They focus my vision like a magnifying lens

So no mere distraction may delude me ever again 

For I have seen with clarity

The goodness that exists in the land of the living

And I will rest and be fed by the gentle hand

Of my beloved

And the bright Sun will guide me by day

And by night bright stars that illuminate the path across space

That leads to the Milky Way 

And I will find wonder

I will see that joy-filled amazement 

Is available to me

Every step along life’s way

Because it is my privilege and my goal

As a mind, as a soul,

And as a natural born human

A citizen of earth