Treasure Mind
Apart from creativity
Bi Jou Jou was a friend
Imagining a life for me
Without a lonely end
Envisioning we always were
Instead of never been
Found our distant melodies
To treasure now or when
Oft’ afraid to close my eyes
And dream our final mile
Jou would speak to comfort me
So I could sleep awhile
As dreams both strange and beautiful
Began to fill my head
Bi Jou Jou heard the side of me
That whispers to the dead
And when his curiosity
Just wouldn’t let it be
He gathered my resistance
As the better part of me
Along the shadows of our wind
Bi Jou Jou blew my mind
By clouding ugly memories
Then shading them behind
Through my Jou was how I learned
That grown up offer lies
Yeah, ‘You can tell us anything’
Is not what it implies
Since inspiration reified
Will rarely look the same
Meant no one else could see my Muse
At least that was their claim
But forced to say he wasn’t real
Brought secrecy to mind
Though not because I couldn’t see
Instead cause they were blind
So we denounced conformity
And dreamt another day
Where sunshine still waits patiently
For paths to find our way
