Monday, March 18, 2013

Typical...

 
So i wake up to another interesting uninteresting day.
It is today, which is like any other day, except for
A little glitch here and there, perhaps an inch away,
Perhaps slightly brighter yet cloudy or maybe more.
 
Started really when i woke up early to take a pee.
But in an empty house, early is really way too early.
Especially when one finds one's self utterly alone.
Good thing there's the iPad and the cellular phone.
 
Oh my word, the rhyme up there fell off the beat.
Doesn't matter, i guess since this is just a stupid verse.
Store's almost closed and i really need something to eat,
Sometimes i want to sit in the car to just scream and curse.
 
Not because i'm unhappy as hell. No reason to be, y'know.
There's everything i need up here. Well, almost.
There's a nice house, shiny car, and cafes to go.
More wealthy fun that can fit in a single Twitter post.
 
But the hours in the store are tiring and long up here.
And because i'm not here full time, they give me troubles.
They make me feel guilty whenever i disappear.
They call me names, and today they called me "Mr. Bubbles."
 
My lovely wife and lovelier kids can be seen when online.
But of course that doesnt replace hugging and all.
We talk, we call, we buzz each other all the time.
But sometimes i find myself even lonelier after every call.
 
While a five-hour drive away there's a struggling little band,
Of saxophone players without a keyboard player and practice.
And then there's my little office that sometimes needs a hand.
Down there is family, friends, work and music that i miss!
 
But this isn't hell, and i'm really grateful they took me back in.
But although tiring, this up-and-down thing goes on, i fear.
So if i'm back in town and you're wondering where i've been,
Above here is the twenty-eight-line overview of my day up here.
 
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Sunday, March 7, 2010

Flight...

Take my hand and close your eyes,
Drift with me beyond the stars,
Soar with me through midnight skies,
Through gleaming heavens in secret hours.

Catch a moonbeam in your hands,
Gather the stardust in the velvet breeze,
Journey on through quiet dream sands,
Sail on the oceans of your fantasies.

Hand in hand through endless space,
I'll watch over you 'til the sun will wake,
Through the soft night winds face to face,
Promising your heart will never break.

As all the stars that shine on earth,
Caress you with their quiet stares,
Watching your heart in sweet rebirth,
Shining brightly, warmly, and ever-fair.

Now open your eyes and you'll understand
As through wond-ring eyes you'll see,
With some stardust, moonlight and us hand in hand,
How close to heaven earth can be.


from 1993

Saturday, February 6, 2010

...the break of day in spring...


I have yet to see a lovelier thing
Than the break of day in the heart of spring…

When the dew on waking fields gleam
Like the fairy sparkles of a fading dream.

Catching the moment that night and day kissed,
Framed in the softness of the morning mist.


Obviously sunrise
07 20 2000

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

words and flowers...



In a time when words have lost all their powers,
I pray for the silent eloquence of fragrant flowers...
And how my teardrops shower them like dew...
A tear for every moment i am missing you...

But i will quietly, wordlessly wait until the time,
You will finally forgive me for my painful crime,
And to trust me once more and give me love again,
Yes, my love... i will be waiting until then...


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12/9/09

Thursday, December 31, 2009

and then there was the rain...


And so there was the rain...
____that fell on through the chilly night...

There i stood,
____staring up...
________then staring down...
feeling each raindrop roll down my cheek
and watching them fall on my
____________________cold feet...

but most of them were tears.

And i keep walking...

I keep walking to the east
_____against the winds the hidden moon
______________keeps blowing my way...
and the frozen velvet that was the night
___________sparkled with shards of rain
_______that cut my face and stung my eyes...

but i catch each drop upon my freezing chest
________and the bleeding happens beneath,
_______________where my heart is.

I have had nights like this,
_____and the mornings were cold and gray.

But the sun was somewhere behind
____________all the howling of the roses
____that i crushed beneath my careless feet.

So i keep walking...

This time gingerly. Carefully ever after.

Through the rainy nights...
_____________the gray days...
___and the shadows of dreamless dreams...

and one day perhaps,
____the morning will be golden again.

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