One Journalist (not one of my favorites to say the least), but even so, one journalist said that there were three Neverlands. The Neverland created by John Barrie, author of Peter Pan. The physical place Neverland in California created by Michael Jackson. And the third was Michael himself, the Neverland in his mind and soul, the whole childlike idea. The place Neverland Michael created is never really Neverland without Michael there. Without him and what he stands for, and his message of Healing the World and Man in the Mirror, and all that he symbolizes....it's just a big place in California. Michael IS Neverland and the idea of Neverland is shown in this poem that I wrote five years ago back in 2004. Actually it's a song. I hope you enjoy it on Michael's day.
Neverland Never Neverland
Wonderful girl and boy land
Wonder is waiting, willing
For a heart to take it on
Michael is Peter
He is the chosen leader
Helping so many
Of the world's lost children
Wishing, Dreaming
Neverland is home to singing
La la la la la la
Is the song they often sing
Counting blessings
Learning of life's great lessons
Knowledge and pure wisdom
Are abounding through the trees
Children playing
Everyone keen on staying
Leaving, Oh the thought of
My heart turns so numb
People praying
Grateful for all, they're saying
Praising God and Jesus
Their innocence is sure
Neverland Neverland
Wonderful girl and boy land
Michael's blessed creation
Is the world's invitation
Never Neverland
Wonderful girl and boy land
Come to bless the Maker
Greet the Children, they've been healed
Heavenly setting
Closer to God we're getting
Won't you come and join us
If you don't, you suffer great loss
Come to feel bliss
Come and behold and view this
Kingdom of magic
Treasure beyond thought
Never Neverland
Wonderful girl and boy land
Kingdom of magic
Treasure beyond thought
I decided that on this day and for this post I would share some of my favorite lyrics from Michael, from his songs.
"In my heart, I feel you are all my brothers"
from Heal The World
"I can hear your prayers, your burdens I will bear"
from You Are Not Alone
"Gonna hurt your mind, don't shoot to kill. We could change the world tomorrow, this could be a better place, if you don't like what I'm saying then won't you slap my face"
from Bad
"You're playing with your life, this ain't no truth or dare"
from Beat It
"If you're thinking of being my brother, it don't matter if you're black or white" "I'm not gonna spend my life being a color"
from Black Or White
"All the colors of the world should be loving each other wholeheartedly. Take my message to your brother and tell him twice. Spread the news and try to teach the man that is hating his brother, when hate won't do. Cause we're all the same. Yes the blood inside of me is inside of you.
Every breath you take is some one's death in another place. Every healthy smile is hunger and strife in another child. But the stars do shine in promising salvation is near this time. Can you feel it now, so brothers and sisters, show we know how"
from Can You Feel It
"No one understands me, they view it as such strange eccentricities, cause I keep kidding around like a child, but I am me. People say I'm not okay, cause I love such elementary things. It's been my fate to compensate for the childhood I've never known. Before you judge me, try hard to love me. The painful youth I've had. Have you seen my childhood"
from Childhood
"I used to dream, I used to glance beyond the stars. Now I don't know where we are, although I know, we've drifted far"
from Earth Song
"I'm gonna be exactly what you came to see, it's you who's taunting me, because you're wanting me to be the stranger in the night. Am I amusing you or just confusing me, am I the beast you visualized? But if you came to see the truth, the purity, it's here inside a lonely heart. So let the performance start"
from Is It Scary
"Lightning about to strike and rain only on me. Hurts so bad sometimes it's hard to breathe"
from One More Chance
"Home with their fathers, snug close and warm loving their mothers. I see the door simply wide open but no one can find thee"
from The Lost Children
"You can try to stop me, but it won't do a thing, no matter what you do, I'm still going to be here. Through all your lies and silly games, I will still remain the same, I'm unbreakable"
from Unbreakable
"But they told me a man should be faithful and walk when not able, and fight til the end but I'm only human"
from Will You Be There
"With a child's heart nothing can ever get you down. With a child's heart you've got no reason to frown. Love is as welcome as a sunny sunny day. No grown up thoughts to lead our hearts astray"
from With A Child's Heart
"You help me understand, that love is the answer to all that I am. And I, I'm a better man, since you taught me by sharing your life"
from You Are My Life
"I try to do what's right for me, but no one sees the way I see. And then I try to please them so, but how far can this pleasing go. Sometimes I cry cause I'm confused, is this a fact of being used. There is no life for me at all, cause I give myself at beck and call"
from Bless His Soul
"Faces, did you see their faces, did they touch you, have you felt such pain. To have nothing, to dream something, then lose hoping, is not life but lame"
from Be Not Always
And lastly today, I'd like to share a few lines from Sonnet 17 written by Pablo Neruda. I have loved this poem since the first time I read it, about 8 years ago. Coincidentally, it has been 8 years since I first saw Michael (in awhile at least) and was inspired beyond imagination. So this is from me to Michael on this day.
"I love you without knowing how, or when
Or from where
I love you straightforwardly
Without complexities or pride
So I love you because I know no other way"
