FULL MOON ON TOP OF A CHAMPAGNE PALM'S TIP

try to increase my friend
your scores on how to pass the test of
loneliness
earn the medals and learn to live well
unaffected

for most in life we are downtrodden
feeling useless
from the rest of those unkind

we're all rats in a race forgetting our
gentle human faces
striving to be on top
and yet not finding what we really
want there

believe in yourself and don't mind what the wind
whispers
hold your hand
put them in your breast
warm yourself
learn the games
and play it well