Track 8: Wedding (recorded live in Joshua Tree, CA by Raphael Villet)
I wrote this on December 31st, 2015 for my father’s wedding that was occurring that night. He didn’t expect me to have a best man speech but I came through. He hadn’t asked me, so I kind of surprised him by writing this at the wedding. And then I shared it with his new friends and family, who most of which I haven’t met after they got married at midnight. This took place at the Cheese Cake Factory in Redondo Beach California.
Recorded live at the Beatnik Lounge in Joshua Tree—
Making mistakes/ Struggling/ Life/ Love it/ With strength/ towards the divine/ following bliss/ to not miss a moment/ fully in love/ with an open heart/ to all the humanness/ every failure/ every death/ all change/ allows us/ to be here/ together/ with strength/ we can be/ as we are/ eternally changing/ holding on to love/ to love/ to remember/ who we are/ what we are/ that we are/ individually choosing/ to be here/ here in this life/ we can open our hearts/ expand our minds/ explore new definitions beyond we believe we think we understand/ to love every moment fully/ every pain/ every ecstatic moment/ all that is sublime and beautiful/ stopping to recognize/ this union/ with love/ with god/ with ourselves/ being open to all of it/ being accountable and accepting that which we are/ without judging/ simply noticing/ that we have been granted/ this moment/ this body/ this spirit/ this undefined moment/ that we can fully love/ open your heart/ be who you are/ what you do not know/ discover/ that it is much more possible than how I put this in words/ my failure/ my mistake/ my attempt/ to explain love/ have that/ because it is possible/ it/ already is/ love/ find it and be there/ in its infinite manifestations/ beyond our comprehension/ be/ love/ be loved/ beloved/ with all your open hearts. It is here/ in this room/ recognize/ love/ love/ love/ love/ *cool right on/ Love/ *far out guys, really taking it there/ (applaud) *wait wait wait, theres five more lines/ more than I can say / love/ it already is/ love/ don’t forget it/ love/ * okay, so that was the poem. Um,