Nowhere to Hide

Every morning

you keep the sun shining

for me. Eyes open,

or closed, you're there

From the sunshine of love,

there's nowhere to hide

I tried to veil my heart

behind the rice fields

in Bali, and hide it

at the Cape of Good Hope

But you still found me

Seen by love,

nowhere to hide

I went on a road trip

in a getaway van

a prisoner

of every freeway.

But it was your playlist

that set me free

Nowhere to hide

So I dove into the sound

of liquid jazz bars

swam

between the tambourines

and DJ sets

but it took just

a piano key,

to hear your soul

Nowhere to hide

I leaped over rivers

Waded

across lakes,

from Como to Léman

scrambled

through Tuscan hills —

then I saw the flowers

And the daisies

you left for me

Nowhere to hide

I meditated in the Acropolis

while the moon slept —

in a Tibetan monastery

by the Mediterranean Sea

I quieted the mind,

closed the curtain

on the trap doors

of my imaginary self

But the more I quiet the mind,

the more open is the heart

More

and more

and more

open

is the heart.

Nowhere to hide.

From your love,

nowhere to hide.