I reach out to God As I peek back at Satan. Should I roll the dice, And choose a path, Down a road Without repentance?
Lessons march past me Brewing troubled storms Consequences, mostly, I ignore Until I need to search for light The clouds refuse requests to fade
Ancestors lessons we ignored While they secretly crept back to life We mastered time and space and flight Then angry voices began to rise Reminding us of dusty places Where all life can be traced
A west coast sunset Coaxes me to the window, Welcoming me home To a place I have loved -- A place I have lived -- For a few warm days, In the Desert Sun
My dog chases dandelions seeds As I sit in tall grass and worry Oblivious to the things I see Obsessed with things concerning me Like how unfair the world can be
Enchanted by magic And Lifes mysteries, I see Lifes crowded gutters And mansions left empty...
So we think we found this place? A place called Paradise Well, if we think we found this place, What darkness blinds our eyes?
Seduced by the delirium of neon dreams All Icons and Idols take human form To play their lives before us - And we pay homage to such flare - Until the light that warmed us Causes too great a glare...
Should I mourn the loss of trees That die of thirst? Or, cry that Panda Bears Might be gone from earth? I am saddened by the loss of tiny souls, And the loss of brilliant minds...
Now wrap it in words of tolerance And blame it on his father (For whose son, he never bothered) And plead, Its human nature.
Could you love me? (If we looked like each other.) How would they explain it, If there were no such thing as color.
Rooms of narrow thoughts Confined to empty corners The wild and untamed minds That would not be conformed
Artificial oblivion Lies underneath a web of mink. Tangled, tonight in papier-mch, Created under artificial light And neon shades of pink The Enemy brilliantly flew straight on. With our own planes came shattering frames. The whole world stopped that instant As flashes of fire turned faces pale (And the blue sky turned to black) Our souls followed along the same...
When I was young, I would hide Just out of sight from the grown ups And listen to their voices As I gazed at the sky On a warm Mississippi night
I could not keep the faith because - Like fairy dust through tiny hands - Wishes drift away from us
I went to New York City once I thanked God for yellow taxis, Central Park, and city lights. They, all, transported me
I thought Id felt all emotions that can exist Then I felt the odd sensation To fear a loss that hasnt been; And, when I felt the pain that exist - That I cant, even, contemplate The thought of someones death
Lips quivering Body shivering Red cheeks damp with tears As tail-lights flash And through the glass We watched you fly away
I stuck a note to Daddy In an old pop bottle I found If I toss it in the water Will it make it to Vietnam? How long will it take To cross the sea From here, at Cocoa Beach?
Each day was an adventure, And the nights were full of fireflies, At 1044 Ravenna Road The best summer of my life
And so quickly, the autumn was gone. In the evening the fireflies didnt come, And the icy air made it so hard to run, Winter now made the world numb
Prodigal sons and brothers Live blind to others pain Self absorbed in their own misery Wondering why their lives are empty Expecting others to make them happy
There are jungles in the dreams That haunt the men Who lived to dream
On a corner in this famous town Where the dead reside above ground Near black Mississippi waters I returned to the Cajun land With Creole dreams Id known before But never this strange or this grand
Once, I heard you speak to me. You said to wait here patiently. How long until you come for me? Time passes by As I dream. I dream for all the time thats gone I dream the angels bring you home. I dream youre true and dream you come
But when I need to talk all night About all the pain and hurt I see, You make a plate of scrambled eggs And listen patiently
My friend, The Enemy of Death Will fight the good and noble fight For every single breath, Of life within her sight
Bits of conversation dissolve As jets screech down the flight line. I know the ebbs and flow by heart, My soul engrained in the timing
She looked old and hollow (and reeked of whiskey) As I drove her home that bitter cold day. I noticed she spotted my fur-lined gloves, So I asked her if she wanted them. They were old, like her, anyway
If I do this job a thousand years I will be shocked by what I see - I will be shocked by what can happen - Tolittle girls named Tracy.
Sleep now little children Close your eyes and take the medicine; Because mommy needs to be alone, Lost in her oblivion
Her eyes now locked on me. She told me I did all that I could. But guilt was all I could see. I just stared at the floor where I stood
I call you I scream your name, But you dont hear me. I know its there; The place where you hide me, The place where you go To find me
Why cant I remember you? It has been a million years. I bet our love was everything. What was, has disappeared
You will call when its convenient To find how inconvenient Ive become
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