I Know This

I know this
This I know
All that I have
All that is me
Resides inside my poetry
Every time I write a rhyme
It might be the line that sets minds free

And also I know that
I don’t know shit
And the more I know
The more I realize it

I know that for all of the pain I’ve cried
There’s the exact same balance of joy
On the other side of that coin
Joined with the thinnest slip of membrane
Same goes for crazy and sane
Truth and lie
Answer and why
Because I know this

This universe operates with a divine tug of war
Teeter totter, bringing order and balance like the tide does to water
Like I know that each wave rolls back to the sea
Retreating from me into deep green eternity

And I know that I am free
Well, at least in my mind if I wanna be

I know that some things sound good to me in theory
But in point of fact suck ass in actual practice

Like communism

And pornography

I know that it’s impossible to really know where anyone is coming from
So who are we to judge em?
I know that some things
Are so dope they transcend their category

And it’s important to see the glory in the ordinary
Like, I know there’s Nog Chompa
And there’s all other incense

I can’t see putting earl gray against any other tea
Lash Out? It’s not even on the same plane
As other mascaras comparatively
And I know that theres R&B
And then there’s Otis Redding

I know that most things are greater
Than the sums of their parts
And that’s the real definition of art

Like brownies are good and so is whipped cream
But you put ‘em together
And it’s this whole fuckin chemical other thing like

Lennon and McCartney singing harmony like

Masturbating as compared to an orgy

I know that everything
Within this surface glimpse of reality
Is infinitely simple and perfectly complicated
I know that being dated and over it
Is way overrated

And that the colors of this world
Only seem faded in direct relation to the darkness
With which your mind’s eye is shaded
And you made it that way
And you can choose to change your vision’s prismic range today

And I know that you gotta help a friend who’s down
And I know that no matter where you end up
You’re still from your home town

And I know that you gotta know how to listen
To the sound of your own heart beat
In the dead quiet of night sometimes

And I know that can be so frightening but
I also know that the deepest darkness
Is always the most enlightening
And I know that fresh cold cantaloupe
Tastes like the perfect first kiss

And I know that Lao Tsu and Moses
And Mohammed and Buddha and Jesus
And all those dudes knew some deep-ass shit
But I also know that we all hold the worlds eternal truths
In our heart’s deepest pit

It’s because I know that we are made up of the
Same stuff as the
Sun and the Moon and the farthest stars and
All that we are is manifest energy and that
We already have everything that we could ever need
If we could just begin to see clearly

And I know that the world will continue to spin
And I know that the world will continue to spin
And I know that one day

You will let me in
And we will begin to love in a fashion
I couldn’t fathom existed
And we will laugh at the fact
That we ever resisted this blissful togetherness
And the sex?
Well, it’ll be off the charts

'Cause we'll both be
Super freaky
But we’ll be fucking
From the heart

'Cause our loving will be something where the
Whole is much greater than the sum of the parts
'Cause were artists after all

So what else would fate have us make besides art?
And I know that outside of this space time frame
We are one and the same

We’re a part, not apart

So I know that I can wait patiently for it to start
And far out I may seem to be and
Maybe you may see me as wacky but baby

The fact be that I am a poet
And like all true poets do I’m
Mainlining the spiraling spherical truth of the universe
Turning it out and
Into lyrical wholeness

And I know this
And I know this
This I know
This I know