Archive for the ‘Songs’ Category

Compass

I woke before dawn yesterday morning and sat there looking, breathlessly your motionless figure outlined and shadowed by oil lamp light I sat there and watched you breathing so perfectly in the early morning light your skin as soft as velvet glowing a pale white And you capture me and fill my memory like all [...]


Chelan County Moonlight

The rising sun of anger the setting moon of life that’s the way I felt when you walked into my life I was a lonely stranger looking down a wishing well breathing softly a prayer whisper in the glowing fire light Then the clouds they parted and the sky grew wide and I saw all [...]


2 A.M. Pager – A Tribute to Red Cross Volunteers

when we are young we dream of superheros of brave soldiers police and firemen their pictures in the paper songs in their name parades in their fame and days of remembrance we never look to the 2 a.m. pager red and white vest thick soled boots hard hats and papers the simple soldiers of mercy [...]


A Song of An American Soul (previously Untitled 10-25)

1 alone i sit wild thoughts dancing around my brain, awaking each moment a movie, a blockbuster of sorts playing its matinee in my head i am not dreaming of specific things for specific things don’t make very good stories i dream in concepts, aspects, past and present now and future, myself and you my [...]


Boarding Call

your ticket booked without alarm or announcement this rainy night in November, right no refunds, exchanges no way to even change your mind all you have, is a moment to say your sweet love goodbyes and as if on cue, they usher you to your place at the front of the line the attendants make [...]


Leaving the Station

the trains leave the station on a whistle stop tour across the nation carrying with them politicians and the future of the world here comes this one train broken axle bound with duck tape chugging along like nothings wrong gears grinding all along this is the story of the Fail Train conducted by Senator John [...]


Chester Pettington

I remember blue skies snow days, once apon a time We laughed and sang our cares away but that was long, long, long ago and I remember thinking oh, thinking you were part of me and, I remember dreaming, dreaming of building a family Oh but those days are so long, long ago and today [...]


rescind

lying here almost comatose trying to be a little bit verbose the words i form have no sound they leave me nothin’ but spellbound i try and i try to cause discourse but i run and i run endless racecourse everyone stares emotionless blank faces not a one taking stock blame for their choices and [...]


Sentinel

silent watching through the night dim flicker flame only light beating fingers across the desk finding happiness in time and meter yet nothing comes stepping away the heart goes searching scouting for the sentinel hiding in shadows watching still too afraid to say anything yet nothing comes the sentinel waits for something good to come [...]


Untitled 11-12

Open up my eyes look through the air see if I can find some evidence that you still care searching and searching for something that isn’t there. No warning, you left a silenced breath blew out the flame and now I try, I try so hard to figure out whose to blame for all the [...]