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...

Iron doves and death The world can sort It’s sordid mess. I am not alone Who does not have

I dreamed once, For true naive That we would walk Sanguine and silly Besides the trees

Remember, we were young Let’s meet at the courthouse And try to get all our freedoms ba… Whatever you would like to do, We might get distracted, have coff…

Just to say, You a beautiful being Are taller than the trees; already, the ground moved Beneath your feet

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’m famous, but I wasn’t supposed… Nor did I care to, or attempt in… None of us were, just citizens. It would appear that I wasn’t, bu… Just pretend,

We are Greek, in a democracy We are not pawns for autocracy, We the characters of an Odyssey, Are not your lies for tooth fairy, We are humans with lives you prete…

Turpentine and willfulness Robins and terns, with etching sti… We gliding by, whole as much in ou… No it’s not nothing, an epic, for… For surviving with the beauty we h…

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…

The whole world eats Our love, lives and dreams We sit and sigh another eve

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

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

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.

Your grandma gave me nine dollars After having breakfast on Broadwa… And it wasn’t her but still, She told me what was and I said m… Sincerest apologies true.