put on a smile dance through the day ‘til four in the morning, it won’t go away. when it’s too much and we break down for days somehow, we get through this lifelong ballet surrounded […]
Hide (4/2017)
His morning has become the evening, it’s the start of his day. Burned down. Torn up. Worn out. What would she say? The sun’s not out so he wanders inside. Can’t run on the sun, […]
Dreams Awake (4/2017)
Drop a line down through the clouds and through the storms you’ll catch the sounds. You’ll never be too far away, we’ll listen together every day. You’ll get down up in the sky, laughter is […]
What To Do (4/2017)
It’s a desperate path of circumstance, the lion on the mandolin. He’s singing all my songs while the children make the melody, our hearts just play along. Up in your mind. Full of sunshine. Take […]
Watch Me (3/2017)
I read the pictures I saw the words I smelled the signs I fed the birds We’re all changing Rearranging It’s about to happen Warm but shattered watch me Something wonderful something wonderful is about […]
You, Me and Me (3/2017)
I guess it’s been too long I guess this is so long I guess this is the new me. We may part ways I may lose you on a Tuesday I guess I never knew […]
Settled In (2/2017)
Another city, different bed. You’re the song that’s stuck in my head. Never get outside when up there is still blue. Counting cracks on the sidewalk I whisper to you. Another evening, same old thoughts […]
I Don’t Know (2/2017)
There’s jazz in the other room and dishes in the sink. He’s cleared off the table, a little more room to think about snowmen in the desert and why they wound up there. Where he […]
Colored Lines (1/2017)
Rewatching tonight Forming a dream For me there’s much more Much more than it seems Listen to the past To you it sounds fine To you it’s a tune To me it’s my mind Tell […]
12017 (1/2017)
Our kingdom started crumbling Today somehow you stumbled in The world was crossing fingers Shaking our heads in unison Bottle up all this hatred Bottle up these anxieties Getting down to the bottom Coming up […]
A Picture (1/2017)
Upside down she’s swinging. Her ceiling is the sand She’s lost, but she’s still singing and I don’t know where to stand Lately she’s been prowling. I just sink on the bus We’re under the […]
Missing Meaning (1/2017)
Shedding raincoats under rainbows she’s in crumbling cardboard castles, stretching down beneath the border. Never waiting, always wishing. Gnomes on tables missing meaning, needing nothing to be happy. We are the wave. It’s all right. […]
Years Ago (1/2017)
The world was feeling heavy. Walked the city and I found you. Three heads back from the edge. The room was moving. Pink and blue. I made it down the aisle and we found our […]
Deep End of Me (12/2016)
I’ve stood on the top of the mountain and I’ve been to the deep end of me. I’ve listened to every one of the voices and I’ve seen what there is to see. Walked in […]
Notes of Gravity (11/2016)
Well, I flew out to the desert, dreams of building a new past. Familiar was long gone and it wasn’t coming back. And we walked down to the mountain, painted walls and settled down. It’s […]
Letters (10/2016)
Pushing plastic by the pool. My head on your chest. The whole world started shaking when you lost it laughing. Bringing up existing people we once knew and how there will always be a line […]
Ever Happening (10/2016)
After all these years, we’re exactly the same. After thirteen circles of journeys and change. Clear conversations, over coffee, of life down under and us Convinced that you can feel it because it’s always been there. […]
Blanket and Blue (9/2016)
A year from now when things have changed, stir up the night when we both agreed that laughs are all I have to give, because laughs are all you really need. It’s just different than […]
Sometimes on Sunday (8/2016)
Sometimes when I’m not thinking, the world feels so small. I step and I turn and I can’t get away from it all. In the back of the bowl, or down by the border. These […]
She Won’t Dance (Lemons) (8/2016)
If it hasn’t started, you can’t press rewind. and if the curtain closes, can’t go back to change your mind Don’t be defined by the things you once did, but always remember how to get […]
Remember Tomorrow (7/2016)
Remember the other day when we were kids? Raindrop roses awoke the strange things that we did. Innocence splashing in the swampy stars Tomorrow’s here, it’s good so far. Remember the mornings that I let you borrow? […]
Scare The Devil (7/2016)
Scare The Devil Anchor Drops while you’re driving Garlic’s the veggie, the item’s the rake Through the window hand on your face It Makes No Difference while you’re driving Singing harmonies just a little off […]
If Twelve Was Eight (7/2016)
If Twelve Was Eight For the last six months I’ve wished that twelve was eight. Just a little less time between or is it too late? sometimes they’re yellow and sometimes they’re green holding all of […]
Untitled 4 (5/2016)
Untitled 4 I met a girl not long ago She walked in with a sunrise glow Before we met, I’d heard her name the things we like are all the same the awkward one with […]
Between The Lines (2/2016)
Between The Lines Don’t know how to say this so it’s stuck between the lines spilled on a page words are easier when they’re written down When everything’s perfect I will throw it away to […]
Coins (9/2015)
Coins Come on in Neil Strasburg The water’s feeling fine Come on in Neil Strasburg Have the time of your life it won’t begin until you’re in the party starts with you you’ll melt right […]
Smiling Eyes (5/2015)
Smiling Eyes eclectic taste, electric waste the moment stops inside her kaleidoscopes, to help her cope and realize what my thoughts were blue spinning eyes and sunset lies she keeps her ear to the ground […]
Double Down (2/2015)
Double Down rain behind the Double Down she looks at him he asks where to go he misses the signs and he takes her home The weather’s always perfect, the lights always bright she dreamed, […]
Untitled 2 (4/2015)
Untitled 2 surrounded by clowns, it’s the middle of my life dreams mold reality, it just takes time gather round friends, remember to breathe and if you get down you can get down with me we’re […]
The Man (1/2015)
the man arms are disconnected can’t feel them from my head the voices never stop still remember what you said a scream into a feather that no one ever hears feel the future coming that […]
Slip and Squander (1/2015)
truckers on the highway dream of home children on the playground feel alone think about everything, maybe even death or focus on every single little breath a head full of music that all sounds the […]
After IT (10/2011)
After IT A branch snaps he laughs she screams and everything changes. A house in the woods that shouldn’t be there, we are the only people on this island. The first person to ever talk […]
124 (9/2011)
124 He’s going to lie to you – they will all lie to you. About where you’re going and how long you’ll be gone. Around two thirty two on one twenty-four, he’ll think twice – […]
Walter (9/2011)
Walter We sat on a beach on the other side of the world Heads full of liquid paper and colorful thoughts of nothing but now Pockets full of flasks of Fijian rum and bouncy balls […]
Convince Me (8/2008)
Convince Me Another night at the table Feeling and thinking It’s happened a lot lately I feel like I’m growing I’m thinking about leaving I don’t know where I’m going You don’t care about me […]
why am i doing this?
i don’t know. really don’t.
this is your life chuck johnson 