Song

The weight of the world
is love.
Under the burden
of solitude,
under the burden
of dissatisfaction

the weight,
the weight we carry
is love.

Who can deny?
In dreams
it touches
the body,
in thought
constructs
a miracle,
in imagination
anguishes
till born
in human--
looks out of the heart
burning with purity--
for the burden of life
is love,

but we carry the weight
wearily,
and so must rest
in the arms of love
at last,
must rest in the arms
of love.

No rest
without love,
no sleep
without dreams
of love--
be mad or chill
obsessed with angels
or machines,
the final wish
is love
--cannot be bitter,
cannot deny,
cannot withhold
if denied:

the weight is too heavy

--must give
for no return
as thought
is given
in solitude
in all the excellence
of its excess.

The warm bodies
shine together
in the darkness,
the hand moves
to the center
of the flesh,
the skin trembles
in happiness
and the soul comes
joyful to the eye--

yes, yes,
that's what
I wanted,
I always wanted,
I always wanted,
to return
to the body
where I was born. 

by Allen Ginsberg

The Lonely Spirits

We are the artists,
The inventors,
The writers,
The authors,
The humanists,
And the fighters.
We are the crazy,
The intriguing,
The sick
And the weirdos.
We are the sexy,
The interesting,
The exciting,
The assholes
And the whores.
We are the misfits,
The outlaws,
The lonesome cowboys
And the indians.
We are the gypsies
And the mountebanks
And the explorers.
We are the happy,
The desperate,
The tough,
The wanted
And the broken.
We are the lovers,
- Not the husbands.
We are the failures
- Not the standards.
We are the passionate
- Not the steady.
We are the warriors
- Not the soldiers.
We are the lonely spirits
And we are free.
Just leave us alone

Just let us be!