I was free once, And nobody cared an inch what I’d… That’s how I liked it, that’s wha… Now, for a year or more, The state knocking at my door,

I knew you loved me Because of the song you played And the boots you wore. Unrequited they say nowadays I never told you, anything

Waking up, Quickly felt That you told me something, deeply As I slept Please, do exactly what is best fo…

The only promises I’ll make Are the ones you’ve already seen i… I swear, on my life. Paradox of poem and silly sky So is life, on faith we dive.

The issue is, We, those of us who did not come h… Willingly We’re too red And white

As the wind settles Eyes grow dim, tired still In the morning we begin again In so doing, if you can Please do not pretend...

I want to marry you That’s the way it is, true Not just paper, or for show In the way only we know It’s true, already though

I hope you get your dreams From where I sit I cannot see. I hope you are in gilded light Near it does not surround my eyes. I hope you have sound peace

It is raining beautiful And loud. Kind that turns the Cars around Little branches Snap

To truth, It shows What love it is that glows, That wagons wheel, Birdsong Cardinal flash, river stone Garden grow

I’d like to write a story In parts of six or seven I only know the one, Can we write it together? Everything will be just so

I hope you are warm, well, and fre…

I saw a dream that cried Riding the bus, passed the tractor… And construction to the outside of… Not a farm but a field A small ranch with a slight mess i…

All the cars have been robbed There was nothing in the vans They made gold of air The radio blares pretend And the traffic’s rough again.

We are the ones Who could not get away Not for nothing But for the state Not for coffee