(2013)
I came to bless you with the mystery, and shine my light on you. I did not know you could not risk the light,
I’ve been so afraid to speak these heartfelt words. This secret has been kept so well, from myself, by myself,
That blue-gray rainy day, the blue-gray funeral parlor. There you were laid out in blue and gray. So still.
He’s been around the block and even toured the world, with scars upon scars to show from many a hard-fought battle. Yet like many old dogs
My garments have been stripped awa… along with any hope of tender merc… These feet made bare and sorely bl… It’s time again to bear your earth… Still it seems you know not what y…
I stared at her like she was a painting, as if I had all day and night to drink in every curve and contour
Your unexpected words of kindness fell upon this desert dweller’s arid heart
The storm is brewing. I smell it in the air. I am panicking. I can barely breathe. I fear this tempest
Is there any way I might touch yo… that doesn’t skim right off the su… of your exquisitely contrived vene… Is there a plea which I might utt… that would stir you from within?
Late at night; another helter-skelter day, having flown off unexpectedly into alien domains of disarray. So many urgent moments
Water ever seeks it’s perfect peace, from mountain heights to scattered oceans deep. So too our spirit follows
Alone, in the same old crowd, trying to ignore this stifling pain. I am but
I see no reason now to disguise this naked heart and soul of mine. You can hide there
Some time ago, I made my way down to the crossroads, to try my lucky hand at the devil’s gaming tables.
I met a man who told me that he’s looking for the way he might become more free, less encumbered in his life. Poor me, poor me, poor me;