Where were we?Went for a dive.Where were we?Somewhere, some long drive. Motel key.You lost your mind.Motel key.Somewhere, some long drive. Maybe heading back from the musicto the desert in a new car.Maybe make you lose […]

Hardly on time no matter how hard I try.You gotta understand that.I get held up every morningwhen I wake up. I leave words outthinking they’ll know what I’m talking about. There are places I know […]

Car don’t drive in that pool.Car slow down and be cool.Through the mist are four headlights.I don’t know, it’s Friday night. Why you lookin’ at me?Why do I do this? I freeze.Where do you find […]

Blue hair child of the past lost track of meBrown hair bunny ears looking back at meMoving with the shadowsFrom a candle in the cornerA mystery as eyes roll back from me Black’s constant’s always […]

This distance has become a mountainside.When are we gonna climb? Mandolin sings, a Hammond rings –I take myself to years agoto when I was still runningstill running aroundaround at recess with my friendsand crows were […]

A ride through Guadalupe,two dogs on his tail.He ignores the stop signwith hopes their brakes don’t fail. He’s driven past her city.Whispered to himself,‘I can’t find a ladderand she’s on the top shelf.’ Don’t think […]

In the comfort of a hoodie,a smile through a screen.But my god that was years ago,I don’t know what anything means. Window, looks out at the evening.Black and white, the scene.By now that time was […]

A motel lot near LAX had me questioning reality.A thrown out back, but I’ll call backwith time, if I’m not still busy. See how much has been missed.To not know where we live.We crawled and […]

Thirty-two paws pouring everywhere, flood from holes in the old lot. Walking up while they’re vibing. Catching up on what’s been hiding. Can’t tell what’s under the words. Six years since I left the jungle. […]

The old backyardThey torched the treeSomewhere near love, but not quite free He sent a card‘Cause he is heTen years later near Christmas Eve ‘I gotta blow up the aliens.I’d like to be right by […]

Bag full of candyGarage in the desertIllegal tunesYou almost gave up on you Head full of fuck themConcussion, still the glueContraband thoughtsYou think I’d give up on you? I do it. You do it. We […]

Unwrapping a presentShe stood upAnd spilled, ‘I just can’t take it.I don’t think you will make it.’ Too far out of it to know you’re in it. Unwinding the presentShe looked backAnd cried, ‘what on […]

Got dressed up to sit right here.Man I’ve had three hellish years.Walk around the block againand hope to hear from any friend. With the sun I wake up now.Something’s changing, don’t know how.Think I’m halting […]

I saw when she told mewhat I’ve been telling myself for years.Somehow, I walked inside. I am like Matt Foley,though the basement is myself.Getting up and readyto tear down the top shelf. I saw when […]

No one will love you until you love you.They speak as though it’s truth.That’s not true, they’ll love you – you’ll just never feel it.That’s just how I’m thinking.I’ll never say that I know what […]

A master of misplaced chaostrickling up the streetlike distance chasing closer. A brewer of boastful breakdownstrips across the wireas chapters catch their sentence. Not quite where he wants to be.Tires leave a flat city,seeking somewhere […]

Questions sling to silence,buzzing like rockets at best.Honing in on happy, ignoring all the rest. Reckoning of wonder,humming like sunshine soothes ice.Bringing up the good times when everything was nice. Looking up, are you?Are you […]

I had two rocksI’d talkThey’d listen We’d go for walksWe’d talkAnd listen One taps hi every once in a whileSits on my heart from time to timeThe other has bid it’s final goodbyeWild when rocks […]

Livelihood stripped for a year,alone in the desert.I’ve been through this before.This is how I got here.This time’s gonna be more. I just stay inside.I just walk outside.I just loop the laps.My heart is my […]

It vanishes like magic. Don’t let it run your lives.Teeny tiny tyke toy desk. Impressing my ex-wives. These people hate Christmas. With me or you’re fired.They’ll pay for the helicopter.Nice hospital, I’m wired. I’m making […]

Leaves cartwheel off the trees.We walk and walk and wander through the snow.We talk and talk and ponder what we know.Footprints never looked so deep. We were children.Red hoodie walks in the rain.Not worried about […]

Bet you think you’re a big shotI think that’s what you are not.You are just a small dotin an endless gallant sea. Muster it up.Countdown to make the call,try to piece together a message.Windows rolled, […]

Teenage angst drives streets hoping not to stall.Old soul boys plan out things, rolling bocce balls. Fleabag crowd on hills watchingScent from them wafts to turfI can’t afford to lose this thingIt’s my entire self […]

Gather roundWe’ll break some breadAnd in due time, you’ll all be dead. We’re here nowWe’re gonna stayWe’ll wipe you out, wash you away. Frozen turkeyDirty birdMashed potatoesWhat’s the word? Dark meat all dayCats eat cheeseSpoon, […]

I said her nameA wind chime rangDo you remember talking? I said I’d moveI’d follow youDo you remember talking? The constant swinging of sides of the spectrummost time’s never lined up.We never got to that […]

She slides like lightning through the deep end.She’s raindrops on a shoe,bringing all the walkinga slightly lighter hue. She stays like wisdom on an old page.She’s chapter books of cluesrecognizing greatnessin bolder types of new. […]

Do leaves miss trees a while after they leave?What ever happened between you and me? Do bees miss queens or realize what to be?What ever happened and when will we see? Water tramples water for […]

Figured out our minds.How these old things work inside.Implore them, they’ll tell you we’re crazy.We’ll say they’ve never lied.Not that we’ve ever known of. Walked out of our minds.Left those old things way behind.Explored them, […]

Tiptoes whisper up the stairs.Tail wags, eyes wide, someone cares. Weird days lately lead the way.Mouth drools, shaking, here to stay. Got your back.You sing my song.I chase my tail when you are gone. Black […]

Every night when I’m in bed,a pillow fight inside my head.And I’d awake, but haven’t slept.Fighting demons off instead. Every night, if in my dreams,I make sense of how it all seems.And I awake to […]

Got so mixed up while making changes.Got high, a new job and moved again.Windy City to break the news and celebrate graduationand never got a chance before it broke,I remember my first call, to guitar, […]

HalloweenI was a queenUntil everything got away from meLeft that life behind Dressing room‘God, look at you.Half fit into a dress, too small, too blue.’Left that one behind The smoke will crawl off the balcony.Fake […]

Tell me to writeNot typeSo I don’t lose it Held backspace, I spaced it.Replaced it.Like I didn’t know what I mean.I swear sometimes that’s everything. It’s changed so many times, I don’t know where to […]

She’s more than a warrior,she’s a wizard’s queen.She’s the only one he’s foundwith any idea what he means. Down walking she was beaming.Corners of her smile hit the sky.You could get lost in her evening. […]

Grown from talks, rows of washplaying in the sand.Catching three ancient seasdripping from a hand. Thrown from here, bursts of fearflutter in the night.Hitting four closing doors,never taking flight. Walks with the water to the […]

Music goesWorry showsQuestioning what’s next It could’ve been handled differently.You mocked it and we lost this.Your orange is peeling.Your hair? I don’t have the word. Uncertainty, it’s killing me.This was a dream I dreamt up […]

What happens when the world skids?Why don’t they ever flip their lid?Has this moved on to come back or go on?Did you get that song?Has it been too long? Who’s in charge around here?Why don’t […]

Hey who ordered who?Was it me? Was it you?A table in Texas, I was so confused. Tucson, I left it behind me.Texas? Nowhere near on the way to Flag.Texas? Around five hours til I’m home.It’s […]

I’d skate into a blizzard if it meant slowing down.Drive thru,just a blizzard,cool me off for a while. I’d swim onto a highway if it meant moving time.Shed thoughton the highway,bring me here for a […]

Four feet up a river, seeking out a spring.Gazing at the times that passedand what the future’d bring. Cobain sang, he was driving.Dirt road, beside him, she was trying to make a movie.Rock city rolled […]

Few miles from last known pavementStars, they tap the skyAsk it where the day wentThe sky asks why not why? This city sleeps while he writes about night.Silence breathes, takes in everything it needs.It said […]

Got up Friday, coffee and some blues.Morning found a way to listen to you. Rolled off the sheets, Beatles, toasted bread.A walk through the park, some outside instead. Took time to read about a guy […]

at timestake timeunwind, restart you knowyou knowyou go, it’s art she’s up early every morninggathering thoughts to fuel her daysin the evening he’s writing storiesflipping back to read them in a different waywondering what was […]

Afternoons spent painting days he wishes to see.Covering up madness, he thinks – We’re in what’s in movies.We get by, a whirl of free.Baits us, bites us, starts to sink. We’re in what’s in movies.She […]

Can’t stand to watch the news.Churns me that we’ve grown used to it.Less than fifty days away. Can’t understand what the problem is,common sense becomes uncommon.This whole place is up in flames. She was fighting […]

Why’d Ido that?Now it’severywhere. Wide eyed,saw that.What ifthey don’t care? I could do this forever.I do believe I was right.At times at least.At least we’re all still standing most of the time.I do believe we’re […]

Show whites, they’re the best.Gotta be warmer than the Midwest.Tell me, is it cold yet? It walked on, it crushed me.Doubt that feeling’s coming back again any time soon.Funny how something so far away can […]

Be nice to your brain,memory says you’ll need it. Prep smiles for your heart,serve it up what feeds it. Take the time to figure you out,this thing’s gotta get spinning again eventually.Will you be standing […]

Today I left to lounge a lake,the road read ‘Closed’, I slammed my brakes.A big ol’ breath and turn aroundand sing a song and flip a frown. Drove myself to find some rain,Prepped morning-start plans […]

I’ll feel the sun on my skinI’ll take a run at the skyand I’ll always stop to questionhow I never ask why. Somebody pushed pause and we’re all growing up.Paper in plastic in oceans, unread,believing […]

Uh oh, there that goeshiding in the wind again. Think so? I don’t know,why not try it all again? Something’s gonna work out sometime,I’ve seen it through my own squinted eyes,flying in the skyleaving no […]

You ever push through?You ever get to the other side of you?You kinda wanna turn around because it’s better? You ever push pause?You ever try to find your way becauseyou’re not sure if, when, or […]

Clumsy cloud, you walked right into that lightning.Catching clowns who balk with all the fighting,what good did it ever do? Bitter bugs, he drove right out of that webbing.Under rugs he goes. Checkmate, check your […]

Strangers speaking solemn things,symptoms seeking to be free.They just wanna stay for now. Backwards, buildings stood so tall.Brushed off, broke down, the old sprawl.Easy to mistake that place. Handle and holes.Step up, no bottom.Just can’t […]

I lapped the lake that day,roamed around my head.It’s been a couple years by now,but I just heard what you said. Now I understand.I was a rubber band.Never snapping, stretched too faror flying from your […]

Minced outside, living in an oven.Scalding, never hear a sound,skip back to Good Lovin’. Fried inside, living like a parrot.Balanced, recycling their words.Would you like a carrot? He skips back, thinking there was truth in […]

Crooked, laughing, summer’s sunburnt smile.I’d like to melt with you againevery once in a while. Monastery on a mountain,where someone is selling the beans,ringing bells and playing videos for you and me.A trip out somewhere […]

‘Always have and always will’she wrote, then she rolled down the hill. They never ever say goodbye,just trust the glimmer in their eyes. She got up to get herself.Moved out there to see what else. […]

Feet walk miles til miles are feet.I don’t understand anybody I meet. Flat tires roll when land’s not flat.Backs can break and make comebacks. A statue tripped today but I bet it deserved it.Tragedy, comical […]

The reason I write.Why I don’t sleep at night.Tiptoes slowly in my headwhile I’m getting ready for bed. Empathy, what a devil right now.Keeps me up at night, til I scramble through the day.People pushing […]

Building books, or building blocks.Running shoes and walking socks.I am me, I disagree.Stuck inside, and outside’s free. Written word, there’s no return.Moment’s thought, not meant to burn.Smarter? She. Would you agree?Way out there, and not […]

Maybe time was make believe,I’ve heard things I’ll never see.Can’t say where the wind will blow,don’t think I will ever know. What if now is like back then?I’ve done things, but don’t know when.Can’t tell […]

thirty three years a feather flew winding with the wind and the lively with the music never to be noticed thirty-odd years a mountain moved siding with her sins and surviving with the ocean wondered […]

Goodnight, goodnight. I can see it in your eyes, they’re saying things that you have never said. You hide, you hide. Know you know I love your smile. It’s a highway sign singing almost home. […]

Banana. The yogurt. Some berries. Some good greens. A pebble. A blender, thinkin’ how’d I ever get here? Tomatoes. The garlic. Some some of. Some good love. A pebble. A blender, thinkin’ how’d I ever […]

Searched new chapters, wiped the mist. Flips my page, she gets my jist. Pushing things we thought we’d lift. Chain linked tubes, she caught my drift. I’m so far away these days, what about the […]

Pouring drinks for teenagers twice her age. Popping popcorn, whispers they don’t eat it right. Movie reels project lifetimes some will never see in an empty room, seated, slanted floor she wonders what she’ll be. […]

Time measured by song, distance is nothing but a sign. I remember running under that mountain, after that first one took off. Such resilient lives. I wonder what really happened. No more thinking for now. […]

Tragic that it takes a tragedy to teach us the lessons that we need. The state of the planet lately overwhelms me. Bad actors in an essential ring, on top of everything. Nothing trickles down […]

Slowly release this thing, feel what tension brings. Moving, I wind with shade past lakes someone made. The sun went down and my laughs came up. It’d been a while since I smiled. I’d forgotten […]

Who bought all the Claussens? Who destroyed this shelf? Walking out with frozen shrimp cause there is nothing else. Where’s the macaroni? Where’s the goddamn cheese? Left that place with lemonade, and forgot to get […]

Snowflake, mermaid, stranded in the sand. Corncob, cactus, seeking steady land. Board game, phone call, bringing brighter smiles. Outside, rooftop, man I miss that wild. There’s gotta be hope out there somewhere in this world […]

Bashful bubbles bound to pop, show the world just what they’ve got. Dripping droplets dust the ground, soak the earth with light they found. I took a look at the day. Shiny sunsets shed some […]

To the beach, to the party, to the nest after starting. With our feet, with our feathers, with our storms, to calmer weather. Two birds stroll against sand, pecking through trash and scanning the land. […]

Blue caterpillar called me one calm winter night. Tapped its toes and threw a song through the line. Blue caterpillar lives, sings, it gives everything. Found palms, ground and fingers, flew from a fling. Seems […]

The streets are empty. It’s gorgeous outside right now. Days inside fixing puzzles, watering plants for sun to plow. The beats are empty, silently slide the ride right now. Sit alone by a fireplace, left […]

No one in the streets, they’re singing from their balcony. We’re taking more than we need, leaving no chicken for me. Back to this state too late. Panic, off the beat, we’re reading headlines on […]

I’ve been collecting all of my tears from the last few years, gonna grow something beautiful. Sitting in a storm, the sound of flakes falling crushes the sound of smiles not calling, swear it’s been […]

Every sea I meet. Don’t believe in apologies. Crashing every time she speaks. A wave. Comes to leave again, just checking in to dig the beaches in my head. Seagulls prey on leftovers while we […]

Did a little doodle, drew a purple you. Didn’t stop to fill me in, before I was pulled through. Scratched a tiny scribble, wrote an aqua me. Scratching left a heartfelt word that they will […]

Happy got stronger than sad. Worry’s just praying for bad. We got back to being glad, while it began to spark fires. Honest is leaving no doubt. Lying sees peaceful and shouts, We stood under […]

Little roadrunner walkin’ down the street. Little roadrunner stopped and talked to me. He said, ‘my friend, I’ve had a long day.’ He said, ‘the end? I’m headed that way.’ Bird where you walkin’? Bird […]

Windshield wiper wagging tail leaves him laughing without fail. Cheeseball chugging childish girl, pilot’s pausing his whole world. Paints with diamonds before bed. Newspaper tail twitches by crooked eyes. A step out the window for […]

Sunshine, laughs, and all they’d ever wanted. Bare bones mansion, could’ve sworn it was haunted. It’s living. Wrote a radio, dreamt of distance disappearing. Bare bones mansion, mirrored marvelous demons near me. Our living. Stars […]

I’m blowin’ up God’s cell for help with sleeping well. Writing angels, asking if they’ll cook me dinner tonight. Laughing while devils try to fuck with my friends. I’m shovin’ loads up my nose just […]

Dripping up the well wall, climbing toward the light, the littlest bug you ever did see, putting up a fight. Staring at the surface, smiling at the ground, the deepest gaze it ever did do, […]

Lily pads listen to the wind’s drowning whisper, wondering why not slow to a stop? Only observing, won’t say a thing. Miles away, I’m walking down the side streets, past half pipes and tongue tossed […]

Morning walk around man made water. Reflecting on words she’d spoken. Glimmering light of a smile. Gotta be ten feet quacking, flapping, floating in time. Feathers weather the weather, hanging, catch dreams together. They ride […]

Purple stops just before it rolls into a house, summer days in winter. She caught fire just that side of the gate then fluttered, more people than last year. ‘These trees, they don’t belong here,’ […]

Balcony under me. Live and see, go listening. Out of reach on the beach. Wondering if waves are free. Mountains left craters, didn’t know where to turn. Oceans ran to rivers, only to watch them […]

The morning in the attic, where life pours it’s porridge into static, sparking a flame. The shadows in the lightning, where warmth wins in winter when its biting, firing up home. Give a sign, hidden […]

Tuesday’s filled organizing the pantry in my mind. Walked to things I’d left behind. Sorted, sort of, thoughts bubbling like soda in a pale paper bag. All of the things that I once had. I’ve […]

Gently float around a little ball in space, trying to have an impact. Inspire a little taste. Up there, watching the planets. Down here, right about where I am. I’ve never done some things that […]

In deep water, clam. Bubbling liquid will be the beginning of us, we thought we had what we’re after. It seeps, calmer, slam. Sizzling bubble bursts on the air it doesn’t trust, we thought we […]

Sat on a suitcase, writing, resembling different, winter weather biting. Rode on a snowflake, painting, assembling pigments, summer sunshine fainting. The day, it leaves to find itself, the night’s just looking for answers. Owls spin […]

I was driving, headin’ east. She sat shotgun, sleepin’ right next to me. I was talkin’, whispering, She dreamed as I breathed ‘I’m pretty sure I’m in love.’ New Mexico, dirt road, we were flying. […]

Stumbling down Houdini’s hatch, a poor man says, ‘That’s the last time I’ll do that. I gotta start escaping. 1899, new century’s dancing right there in the distance. Put me in a straitjacket. I gotta […]

Wherever you are tonight, I hope you’re happy. Hope you’re filled. If you’re not, just come my way. I’ve got so much, I spill. Overflowing with love. Overflowing with things I never could get enough […]

Battery’s dead, but they’re dreaming. Talking about pumps and drugs with a best friend, It had been too long since I talked to him. Warranty’s good and I’m gleaming. Lobbies and passing by people, on […]

Rippling, crashing like clouds to the ground. Doesn’t recall if he really said that out loud. Patience, like praying for a tide’s return. Doesn’t recall if he really said that to her. Come on, bring […]