Jaguar Sun

Found my religion

a thousand years ago

in the heart of a Mayan ruin

in Mexico

written on the ancient stones

temple of the sun

fate of so many

weigh heavy on the conscious of just one

and I lay down

and closed my eyes

the sun on my face

you on my mind

I dreamed of a black-eyed jaguar

jade colored tears

he spoke of the end of time

five thousand years

and I saw millions of people

slash & burn the land

carrying their dead & dying children

in their hands

hush of a ghost town

echoed in the air

I reached out to hold you

but you were never there

I watched the jaguar sun

pace across the sky

and slink into darkness

in the wink of his eyes

then I felt the earth beneath me

rise up & sway

on the back of a crocodile

carry me away

lifted up

among the stars

at peace with the universe

and you in my heart