Poetry – Somewhere in the Midst of a Brain Glow – a homage to some sort of magic rainbow!
Somewhere in the midst of a brain glow
I had this mad inspiration to alter the words of the Judy Garland classic. It’s a real idealistic song. My version is a bit more personal. I see the whole world in a mess. Society is being led by megalomaniacs intent on power and propelled by sociopaths motivated by greed. Our numbers are going through the roof and we are literally chopping down the natural world around us. The anthropocene Apocalypse is upon us.
Yet, despite my angst, I remain confident in the ingenuity of man’s intelligence and the knowledge that the vast majority of people are intrinsically good. I believe we will find the solutions among the neurons in our brain.
I’m an eternal optimist and this is a bit of fun.
Somewhere in the midst of a brain glow
Somewhere in the midst of a brain glow,
Way too high,
There’s an answer to strive for,
By and by.
Somewhere in the midst of a brain glow
We’ll come through,
And the solutions we’ve stretched for
Will come true.
If you play a mean guitar
You’ll wake up people near and far
Around you.
Their minds will melt like crystal drops
To pull out all the mental stops
That presently confound you.
Somewhere in the midst of a brain glow
Neurons fry.
Answers will spark and light up the dark
If we but try.
Somewhere in that sparkling brain glow
Electricity peaks and words speak
And tell no lie.
Sometimes when I have a brain glow
My ideas fly
Ideas that fly out of the brain glow
To light up you and I.
If ideas can solve all the problems
Why not you and I?
Why not you and I?
Opher 24.8.2015