A song and a poem

Laying in bed tonight for about a half hour and unable to sleep, I realized how the simple act of closing your eyes can take your mind and spirit on a journey deep within (perhaps this is why it is natural to close your eyes when you pray). Anyway, it reminded me of a song and a poem I wrote, so I thought I'd post them. First, the song:
A red moon rises on an empty heart
And sits on the horizon of two worlds apart
That share a sea, whose depth is still a mystery

One world is all our flesh and bone, the other a spoken word
The sea is all that's in a man and everything he's worth
But it's too deep! So we sail the surface inbetween

Close your eyes, darling, sleep
Drift down into these mysteries
Confess all of the things you tried to keep
Let it out, darling, weep
Sing the saddest reverie
Your tears will be an offering of peace
As deep calls out to deep

And the poem (it's called "The Human and the Being"):

An Animal Rationalizing,
A Spirit Unseen;
Reside side-by-side:
The Human and the Being

Driving hormones on the hunt
For every survival need
And selfishly pursue what we think we want
In service of pleasure's creed

An animal rationalizing every thought--
Quiet that damned forsaken beast!
In the still of the deep in thought
Let the Unseen see what it may be

By closed eyes, we dive! We dive!
The shallowest thought is deep.
Yet rarely dare we stay still enough
To feel the peace we could receive

An Animal Rationalizing,
A Spirit Unseen;
Forget humanity--
Just be.
APK