Listen up, lady your afternoon is my life. I’m moving and I can’t move and now the doctor’s off to South Africa too. I’ve been up, tracking down a new one. He just fell off […]
I’ll Be The Sand (5/2019)
Untied the tangle up here to spill a few thoughts about thinking, love and living. Though, I’m not certain I really know a thing. Like, you’d be a queen, but I’ll never be a king. […]
From Behind a Painter’s Mask (5/2019)
Burn the burden of old ways. Taste of the future on display. We followed life until fresh air, and now we know how to not go back there. Is a lifetime overnight? What he saw […]
Little Love Lean (5/2019)
I believe the brighter the light, the darker the demons. Man, I’m like a moth. Take me to the evening. There’s always been something about it, been loving that light forever. Deep love without demons […]
Down to Build It (5/2019)
Hurricane mermaid, felt you coming. Steady, slowed and ready to steal me away. I saw it, I saw it all, I saw everything in that night. Shore, shore, it’s fine, saw it all. The storm […]
My God (4/2019)
My god is a song. Off-notes, letting demons throw down. Working toward my favorite version. My god is a song. Skipped hits, little lies for no reason. Working toward an early version. Sometimes the song […]
Finally Thoughtless (4/2019)
Light struts, bringing deep darkness brighter words. Lifetimes listening, but never heard. Who would talk so loud? Why the grand performance? Sap, soft, delicate, dangles from a tree. Sweetness seeping, still or moving. Can’t tell. […]
Deep Rest (4/2019)
Set my head down here, come back when I’m ready. Forget me. Set my heart down here, come back when it’s ready. Forget me. What don’t I remember? What can’t I forget? Where’d that morning […]
Sailing (4/2019)
She was lightning in slow motion. What we think we’re needing. I sold my soul and it killed me. The wind is her, I hear it. So, why isn’t she near me? She was icing […]
A Million Chucks (4/2019)
Money doesn’t grow on trees. Money blows on down the street and I got a buck now. Guess I feel like Chuck now. Loving doesn’t ever leave. Loving stays inside of me, and I don’t […]
Space, like Everything (4/2019)
Way out there, crossing every line, a sun set and every color commenced their rhyme. There wasn’t a feeling of time, like we’d always been there. We don’t know what’s gonna be right, but we […]
Fixing Noodles (4/2019)
Do you know where we left off? Backyard, just left of the neighbors place. Outside, old house, same little table I’m at now, you were gone. You went out flying. Brilliance rides the wind. Bottle […]
Bowman’s Log (4/2019)
Leave us where we left off. Leave from where we started. Steady this ship with wild, selfless wind. Take us where we’re ready. Take, from us, that thinking. Secure this sail with warm, reckless wind. […]
Time Stands Still, Laughing (4/2019)
Some time, in the distance, standing still, laughing about all of this. Something, this for instance. Ticking and moving out from under this. Looking back at the present, it seems we’d lost control, we didn’t […]
My Own Gospel (4/2019)
A little peace and quiet, let the leaves stay. No need to always be blowing them away. They’re leaves, they’re like me, they’ll come back. I gotta write my own gospel. I’ve never understood anything […]
Weird Books (4/2019)
I’m blacking out, I’m buying weird books. I’m floating on pools, I’m giving weird looks. I’m stacking up pounds, I’m shrinking like dreams. I’m tumbling inside, though balanced I seem. Tried to book a room, […]
Slowing Rockets for Nothing (4/2019)
Every morning, clumsy hands spilling coffee on my pants. Sound of music, cracking eggs. Differ calls, I never beg. Out the window, simmered light. Watching day give up the fight. Weekday evening, jump on bed. […]
A Little Bit (4/2019)
I was drowning and I didn’t even know it. I was dying and I couldn’t ever show it. All I thought I needed, a little bit of the top shelf. Closed my eyes at night. […]
Types of Stereos (4/2019)
Boy, where you been? Our world’s been spinnin’ without you. Boy, where you been? You know, I’ve been worried about you. Boy, where’s your head? You know, I’ve been dreamin’ about you. Boy, where’s your […]
If I’m Asleep (4/2019)
Show me life, I’ve got all day. Why is it that there is hate? Show me how we got to this, and all the things that we dismissed. Show me, man, you can’t just say. […]
Evening Weeks (3/2019)
Storyteller, find your voice, turn these pages to a choice. They’re stuck in hell without a sail, so please return and spill your tale. Life contestant, choose a door. Your two options: change or more. […]
Time to Space (3/2019)
Friendly, frightened, rocket ship gliding past the sand. Little silhouette of me sinking in my hand. Righteous raindrops find themselves, take off to the sky. Spinning pirouettes and webs, dripping as they climb. Together at […]
Thoughts from a Moon (3/2019)
What if truth is make believe? There’s so much curiosity. What if the moon speaks to stars and asks them how they’re where they are? How is it that I can be, with all of […]
Pairing Thunder (3/2019)
Bold, fragile and empty. Plastic, porcelain clowns. They cover up nothing with makeup and gowns. Shouts startle what’s calming. Molded, money and ties. Selling night nothing but self-serving lies. Loud said enough, it’ll say some […]
Ripped Wrap (3/2019)
He beats himself up too much, but he’s tough and he doesn’t know how to punch. Walks straight lines outside, inside his mind they’re circles. Inside’s all wound up, circles. Inside walking circles. Roundabout back […]
Color It In (3/2019)
Sit at the end of this lopsided bed, stare at my shoes and I say ‘what’s the use, it’s just walking.’ Sidewalk’s still cool, ten toes tip by the pool, she roams my head, so […]
The Same (3/2019)
You begin, you only listen. You begin, you haven’t missed it. You begin, you’ll be ok. Without expectations, you won’t go astray. You be young, you have some fun now. You be young, you have […]
Light Ears (3/2019)
Strutting ‘round this town of mind. Swimming down a street. Drowning in an easy smile, the happiness I see. Hanging up a frame of mind Looking down at me. Staring into distant eyes, blinking suddenly. […]
Unfinished (2/2019)
Half hundred half read books smoking on his floor. Staring, wondering how they would have ended. Doesn’t finish anything. He kicked his wheel, built it up and she wrecked it. Make way for this gem. […]
Black and White Window (2/2019)
Letting go of life’s handles, she lights darkness a candle. Crawling into bed, love, brighter shades of blues, dreaming in her head. Fine, art, softly painted side. Love, floating like she’s always been there, like […]
Hand of a Lifetime (2/2019)
Seventy finger table, wide eyed spark. Wait for night to smile, and then I cut the cards. Living, breathing, cold hands, fixing futures. Always figured they knew what they were doing. Always figured they’d figure […]
Jackets in Dreams (2/2019)
Life on a burner boils over, steaming a wooden spoon. Running late in a snow globe, going nowhere, right now, soon. Face in a fireplace, laughing at myths as they freeze. Things we once believed. […]
Something About Santa Fe (2/2019)
Leon’s singing on shining. Nina sprinkles soul while I’m gliding by my oven, the way she’s been doing it for years. Scratching through that stereo. So I sing back, again. Let you find your freedom. […]
Rain Vent // Let’s Begin (2/2019)
Just tired of all this on my own. Just tired of gnawing the bone. Just tired of missing some people, and all of the love that I owe. Just tired of the things that I […]
Raindrop Intrigue (2/2019)
She’s like a firefly. I swear she’d been soaked in lightning three times. Her light so bright, she bothered night, I swear she lit up the sky. Let me into your darkness and light. Mystery […]
Sang So Differently (2/2019)
Tom always did it so simply. Bob always only spoke truth. John wrote of corn flakes and warm guns. Tomm, always there, yet aloof. Paul was a lion. I am a storm. He found his […]
Lessons, Last Breakfast (2/2019)
Slow drip, morning trip to color corner for Teacher. Loved the ambiance, a bit more avocado maybe. The place was on her level, and she never went for the cookin’. Just felt right at home. […]
Standing in Slow Motion (2/2019)
Blasted off for at least two years. My rocket, crafted sans landing gear. Countdown, fuse and watch it go. Slow motion fireworks show. Crawling light cannot explode. Learning to embrace embracing my crazy. Rearranging. To […]
Telephones (2/2019)
What do I live for? Why do I breathe? What am I seeking that will make me me? What can I give up? What do I need? Who fills my heart, of the souls that […]
Away From Myself (2/2019)
It’s where you’re going. It’s where you’ve been. It’s all your angels. It’s all your sin. To learn surrender. To lean on time. To know no ending. To find your rhyme. How I got here. […]
Sense of Revolution (2/2019)
I left on the right side of the wrong road, I suppose. Who can make any sense of my seven senses? I’d give my two cents about all of this, everything, but this mind’s a […]
Faywood Dreams (2/2019)
To see the brightest eyes of your very best friend. To wait for them at the airport again. Faywood Springs, the happiest you’ve ever been. Always dug those pants. Always dug the way you dance. […]
Please Don’t Pave This (2/2019)
Thought I’d take some time today to catch some sunshine. Take it off, really feel it. Feels good to really feel it. Time leaves answers to questions that nobody’s ever thought to ask. Time, bring […]
Maybe I’m Crazy (2/2019)
Honestly, didn’t hear it coming. Honestly, out of the blue. Maybe I’m just crazy and I don’t know what I do. Wonder if it will ever come back. Wonder if I will let go. Maybe […]
Winter’s Glow (2/2019)
Dozing off in TV clothes. Summer falls into winter’s glow. I made my way backwards through the snow so no one could ever track me down. Play for me, like cool jazz cats. Worry free […]
Anything at All (2/2019)
Like leaves leave, Thursday evening, left wondering. The next me. Almost evening, day is wondering. Why does anything exist? Why does anything happen? Songs sing silently, inside of me. Space falls from the sky all […]
Looking Back at Wild (1/2019)
She was standing there, eyeing me down, smiling in the corner. Looking back, I should’ve warned her that I leave myself at times. Looking back, I think I did. I always saw all this coming. […]
Delirious Goddess Picture Show (1/2019)
‘Untie my mind and show me what I know. Climb on my back, I will bring us all home.’ He stuck his time to shells of snails. Took some time, went off the rails. Called […]
All I Heard Was After (1/2019)
Hey there, perfect soul. Evening, take it slow. You don’t need to run anymore. Hey there, morning girl. Wake up, it’s your world. Find you, free to fly like a bird. To go get what […]
Corncob Tourist (1/2019)
Sparrow spills soul in the stardust. Bliss band’s cookin’ on the water. I made a mountain in the middle of the ocean and none of this really matters. They’re all howling up at the air. […]
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