Did you ever meet the man who never dreamed and never loved,
and never laughed and never cried and never bled?
Did you ever see his vacant eyes, his white hair, his shut lips,
his empty room, and empty life, and empty bed?

"Keep me from the madness and the sadness and the hurt,
do not let the pain of  loss enter my head,
Shield me against emotion, strong attachment, risk and chance,
so that I shall never be let down" he said.

Did you ever meet the man who always cried and always jumped
and always risked and always wished and always fell?
Did you ever see his wrinkled mouth, his shining eyes, his smile,
his warmth, his calm, and rich wisdom as well?

He said "Throw me into a sea of pleasure and of pain,
let me love, and let me lose, and let me cry,
For if I have never felt the hurt I cannot feel the joy,
the light, the love, the sea, the earth, the sky."


 Don't forget your raincoat x