A sound paradox (at wit’s end)
I’ll make you hotAs I turn coldI’ll open you upAnd then I’ll foldI’ll tie you downAs I fly freeI won’t leaveBut let me beI’ll give you allBut relinquish nothingI won’t speakBut I’ll tell you somethingI’ll tell the truthBut don’t believe meJust let me be aloneAnd never leave meI can’t support youBut I’ll be your crutchBecause […]
Another Song for You
A patch of green grassamidst a field of sunflowersa bright sun shining overheadis the only way to count the hours our basket is openour blanket is spreada cool breeze dancesthrough the hairs on our head we feed each other grapesbananas pineapples and pearsnothing belongs to one of useverything is shared tortilla chips and pitawhich we […]
A song to make You feel better
When I think on tomorrow,I think of us togetherI think of picnics amidst wild sunflowersIn warm sunny weather Enjoying the taste, the smellthe feeling of lifewith your voice in my earsand only your eyes in my sight and when clouds bar our lightand cover us with showerswe’ll leave our spotamidst the trees and flowers then […]
I feel your fingers in the breeze
as it danceson my fleshthe wind carriesyour voiceto my earsand down into medeep insideto that long forsaken placeclosed off to the worldfor a yearthe old wooden cigar boxsealed shut for so longbut the wind is beginningto flow through the crackswill I be able tolet you in?will I let youread everything?you say you share my painbut […]
in circles
Meet me therein that placethat does not existin time or space meet me therewhere desire is untamedand what we feelneed not be named meet me therewhere we need no reason nor rhymeand never need acquiesceto the oppression of time meet me therein that place that is only ourswhere we don’t have to shareour sky or […]
When words come slowly practice your handwriting
ink on the pageis an actor on stagebut words aren’t always truelike a guitar slightly out of tunemetaphors and analogiespainting with imagerycan we createor only imitatereduplicate?is choice an illusionbecause everything is determinedor am I just lost in confusion man instills meaning and valuebut what does value mean?are we all aloneor are we a team?what have […]
built to spill
He was a sad manstrumming his guitarsweetlyangrilyslowlythen fast againmy best friend and iwatched him playand took solace in the shade,the shadow castas the sun setover the harborfound comfortin his voicesingingbeautifullypainfullyunderstanding wordsfilling the airwavesbooming out overthis gathering of peopleand words of gratitudefor everyonethank you
the oddest light
The sky is darkin that strange hourbefore dawnwhere some are still upand some are just risingfinding illumination from the moonand the city lightsthe tracks below uscontrolling our destinationrattle and vibrateyou
no faith maybe hope
There you are,a single entitycomprised of infiniteconstituents:A pastthat has brought you to thispresent,all of which will dictateyour future,while I lay in bedreviewing,processing,analyzing,wondering,losing focus ofthe present,caught up in a search—a maddening desire—to understandthe infinite.I refuse to havefaith,but I will try to retain somehope.
go do
It’s been a whilesince I’ve dreaded my bedit’s been a whilesince I’ve been alone in my headsometimes there’sstrange thoughts up theresometimes I think thingsthat other people don’t want to hearsometimes I wonderwhat it will be liketo live a lifewatching thingspeoplefriendsfamilydieit makes me anxiousit makes us all nervousso try to think aboutthe good thingsall the things […]
