Imagine by John Lennon

Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

IMAGINE. I felt full of hope, happiness, sadness...visiting this tile tribute to John Lennon at Strawberry Fields in NYC's Central Park, as gifted by Italy. Two locals sat at benches playing their guitars for loose change; paying tribute to John themselves, and also capitolizing on a tourist spot. A drunk man begged for change. Change.

The building on the right in the photo below was where John & Yoko last lived together...the building he was shot in front of. Those who are so strongly devoted to peace and justice seem to have their lives ended early. To leave a legacy of hope, peace, justice...I suppose King, Ghandi, Lennon, and others alike transcend death because of what they knew beyond themselves...I suppose they might have known that death could be a price to pay for the momentum of raising consciousness, a higher purpose beyond one persons life lived. And thus, they live on...

Tears well in my eyes the moment I hear a just a few notes of this song. It's as if someone knows me.