Oh mama
Is this really the end?
To be stuck inside a mobile
With the Memphis blues again?

We have no place to go but Love.
So the Good Book says.
We become selfish,
living in Babylon.
We had it all worked out once upon a Time.
Then what happened?

It’s all just a farce, now.

Life is a winding path,
we don’t know
where the next bend will lead us.
How can we overcome
the pain and suffering?

By becoming rich, says the one.
Reach for the stars,
where Paradise awaits you.
No, by becoming holy, says the other.
Reach for Nirvana,
where you will find everlasting bliss,
content in the bosom of your God.

Which way to go?
Which one is true?

In the spiritual union
we are happy
yet the body calls –
I am hungry again, feed me.
How we serve it,
for we are weak
having not yet conquered
the fear of death.