Popular Posts

Thursday, June 15, 2017

A WRENCHING THING - with audio

audio link


Sleep comes crashing down
Upon my brow, upon my brow
I see him now, I see him now
A man obsequiously bowing low, bowing low

Can I have a dollar?
I say no, I say no
What for I ask?, I almost holler
To buy food you know, food you know?

I’ll buy you a chicken
But he says oh no, he says oh no
My face twists up, blood thickens
I think he’s a fake, he’s a no go

I watch through the store window
I follow in his wake, in his wake
I think perhaps that oh
I made a mistake, I made a mistake

I go back out, in a different mood
To give him a five, to give him a five
But he is no more about, a chance for good
Has passed me by, has passed me by

What a wrenching thing it is to abide
The morbid caress of coldness, of coldness
Come in from the world outside to reside
To rest within my breast, within my breast

In my turning turbulent dreams
Running away from my screams, my screams
I think that if I shall live
May God forgive, may God forgive

And when in humility he comes again
Machismo and pride both cast aside in pain, in pain
Reaching out with eyes and words hoping
May my heart warm and my hand open, my hand open

Thursday, June 08, 2017

Many a Blessed Scarlet Tear - with audio

audio link

Petals were strewn about on the ground
Like many a blessed scarlet tear
She cast them down in the garden
To bring me morning cheer

I sought her face among the flowers
But there I could not find her
So in the yard I went about
Giving little green lives a caring shower

Plunging through the sunlight pure
Rounding another corner
Waking afresh upon dawns breath of air
Among roses, camellias and citrus, but more fair

A vision of this day's joy upon the walk
My eyes found awaiting there
We entered into a long warm embrace
Kissing and caressing without a care

Joining in the cold and dew
Love's precious tender affections
Once again this day to renew
Savoring each heart's reflections.


 

Monday, June 05, 2017

Alone - with audio

audio link

Alone, alone

In crowded room

Or on the moon



Alone,  alone

Identity unknown

Destination home



Alone, alone

What to do

Make two, one



Alone, alone

Kisses morning and night

Make it right, make it right



Alone, alone

Without you

Lost and undone



Alone, alone

Seeing you

Across the room



Alone, alone

Touching your heart

Life again



Alone, alone

Loving you

You alone



Alone, alone

Take your hand

Alone in mine



Alone no more

In your embrace

Forevermore

Friday, June 02, 2017

Polluting The Minds Once Free - with audio

audio link

The clouds have descended
The fog is back
Bouncing off trees
In the Outback

Anxiety rising high
Mood sinking low
Readying the back
For the many falling blows

From little men
In cold dark suits
Enforcing victim-hood status
Micro abuses, imagined slights

Deconstructing mores with splendid finesse 
While wearing the cloak of bloody righteousness
Disguising a cavity of unbridled greed
Polluting the minds of (you and me), once free

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Fraternal Twins - with audio

audio link

So thirsty for the water of good
That a parched blind beggar
Settled instead for mud
Fraternal twins, one carrying, the other caring
Searching and driving each other's onward tread
Pearls strewn about shoulds and shouldn’ts
Black and white in the fertile seabed
Passing by there many a time
To stare and gloat and brood
Hoping in the heart to catch
A hopeful glimpse of purest mood
Or something else to make one mad
But like a river you elude any capture
The eyes disciplined like a soldier
Drawn scouting onward like a seagull
After crabs in the green sea’s sandy shoulder
Page after page scrolling ever downward
Desire deep within ebbs away at the soul
Turning shallows quixotic, beauty, then scoundrel
Till one should watch over and heal the other’s hell
But time and season can ne’er abide
So outmatched are they by a gaping hole
A life force not directly satisfied
A story not to be finished or told
As sunlight reflects and fragments blinding
Downcast upon foaming deep darkest sea
To raise up the mists and clouds above
Sating the earth below with dewy greenery
The lofty lowly self holds the ups and downs of life’s blood
Sometimes spent for naught, but overall meant for good
Not power’s thirst, conquest’s boasts nor bleeding greed
But for the giving of one’s life instead
Laboring in the fields of love’s fertile seed

Friday, May 19, 2017

Haiku x9 - with audio

audio link

Softly lay one down
Ears caressed, wind's whispers speak
White Autumn Blossoms


The cackling hens
Could not take away the peace
Of calm fall water


Sunshine overhead
Shady morning trees walking
October birdsong


Twin Pines sparrows flight
Standing in the morning light
Pumpkins, Autumn bright


Fall rain, sun's sharp rays
Butterfly quivering fade
Floral horizon


A sliver of peach
Cool against purple abyss
Autumn moon silence


Blind hidden sorrow
Dried up joy melting the heart
Silent winter tears


The more pure love is
Less faults in the heart to find
Early comes the Spring


Little pretty one
Laid low in stormy showers
Summer Rose standing

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Writing - with audio

audio link

Writing is a type of mania
But without those less desirable
side affects of other self indulgent
behaviors. It helps one to shed the
straight jacket and washes cool
The burning fires of the soul
Refreshing ever those musty places
Trapped deep within
Giving voice to
Subterranean soundings.

Animals - with audio

audio link


FOX
The fox once caught
Will try to convince
His captor that he
Is the one ensnared

PIG FOR A STY
A pig for a sty
A ring for his nose
A laborer wallowing
In food, drink and mud
A slaughter

OLD BEAR
The old bear
Will not leave the trash
Unless shot
He dies a slow
Ugly death
Yet allow him to live
Again and Again
To the trash he goes
Close by the house
Until one day
A life is taken

THE COCK CROWS
The cock crows
Nudged by the unseen
So that the world
Might know
That all
Have been cared for
During the night

A LION'S LIFE
A lion's life
Full of pride
Is a lonely life

Swimming In The Tides - with audio


audio link

Death comes soon enough
No need to sit and wait
One block falls another is set in its place
A baby is born an old man dies

Swimming in the tides
Is not a task of leisure
It is however one way
of telling the live fish
from the dead