The End of the National Anthem... and the Beginning of Deeper Democracy (continued)
Humankind is discovering how to pay attention to the real world and to cooperate in a co-hearted, co-intelligent manner. Like jazz musicians taking a ride on each other's themes, by listening to each other and playing with each other, focused on a problem or question, a collective genius emerges again and again. Conscious creative solutions and action can occur in the world as a result of this mutually created brilliance. We invented a name for this. Acknowledging and learning from all of being, this human co-hearted, co-intelligent, co-creativity-co-ordinated-is what we called Human Photosynthesis. So that's the title of our new trans-species anthem! Here are the words to it. It's a ballad, (of course!) We were lovin' life when we came up with this! And it turned out that lovin' life, and lovin' each other lovin life was the answer!
Human Photosynthesis
In greed and blindness training school
Humankind has been a fool
In ocean, desert, mind and heart
We stood apart and we fell apart
We locked up food to control our neighbor
And gave it back in exchange for labor
Victor and victim, John and whore
invented the store-and greed, and war
though what we do makes no damned sense
(to burn up the planet for the sake of Defense)
the secrets and lies and all the expense-
can be changed by us- with our own common sense!
CHORUS
"Not a chance!" you say, and I agree
Except for one thing about you and me
Sometimes in blindness we learn to see...
that 'love is in us, am in I, are in we.'" (e.e. cummings)
If we access all our hearts and brains,
face our weaknesses and pains,
undo earth's costly human stains
We could turn those losses into gains!
Honest talk when care is ruling
comes from heart-filled minds all pooling
wisdom from our earth's great schooling-
could turn global warming into global cooling!
If we include all species in the golden rule
when humanity's about to lose it's cool,
As our love emerges from the fog
We could turn this Prince into a frog!
So put this in parenthesis
(It's human photosynthesis!)
To copy all the trees and grasses
Is the only way to save our asses!
(REPEAT CHORUS)
And as that transformation's done
Love is the atmosphere and sun!
A change of state and change of nation
That humans learned from vegetation!
So how do humans become wise
And learn to photosynthesize?
We need just love and honesty
And to honor our bigger family!
To save all life and tame the weather,
all humankind must pull together
When we all get that we all care...
We could end needless killing everywhere
(REPEAT CHORUS)
So one more time for emphasis
It's human photosynthesis!
time is up and it's last call
If we stand together we may not fall
(Spoken) If we stand together we may not fall.
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