Funny how we run when life’s frozen. Easier to get it out when it’s all easy. Lectures with ourselves. At the podium, in the back row at the same time. Not paying attention. Give ourselves […]
Who’s Painting? (1/2019)
One day, I’d love to live where the fringe of the sea collides with the sky. Discover where those colors went, who’s painting? Don’t dissolve these, live where all those colors went, out by the […]
Tuppence for Paper (1/2019)
Strung my imagination on a kite watched it take flight, man it was windy. Just beneath the cloud is where I found my place. Just this side of the cloud. It’s all seen, never captured […]
Miss the Ground (1/2019)
I walked up high on a telephone line. I tripped, didn’t fall, I was flying. Man, I was a plane. Little wire runway, never call my name. Boy, I’ve gone insane. Flutter outside to a […]
One-way Avenues (1/2019)
Finds polaroids in her pocket on her ride to work. Fingerprint paint that’s stamped on smiles. Love. He’s in the sand, he’s so over the hill. Loses himself, not here, then gone. Now stayed. Twisted. […]
Stepped in a Puzzle (1/2019)
Preachers preach about a person nobody will ever know. They won’t meet him. Think they need him. They’ve done nothing, He’s done all. How ridiculous is that? Give ‘Him’ all the credit. Smile, never shout. […]
Nap (1/2019)
From up in my apartment, I look out and see a street. Screams behind me, startling, coming from my TV. Green, tired eyes to windows. Look out, I hear four feet. From frames behind, of […]
This Past 31st (1/2019)
Pumps and lungs. Deflated aliens taking up space, so I glide on back to the alley. Dressed their best. Movement, that wonder under confetti. I’ve never had a dream like this. Wonder when I’ll wake […]
Remember January (12/2018)
Crawling up to easy. Crawling up to free. Crawling up this lifelong path to be what we will be. Bring us back to laughing. Bring us back to smiles. Bring us back to dirt road […]
One Day, Sunset (12/2018)
Walk for years to find me, because I don’t know where I’ve been. I am not where I am right now. All we are is ever falling, until we hit the ground. Running. ‘They already […]
Cycles Off Track (12/2018)
Am I way ahead? Did they already pass? How will I ever make anything last? If I wait for you, will you wait for me? I wrote you a song, but I can’t really sing. […]
What Week (12/2018)
It happened again. I snapped. I never realize it until I’m back. That was a week. Did nobody see? Does nobody know they can reach out to me? Normal me, falling so calmly to the […]
Morning Drive (12/2018)
I wake up, Pour warm, iced, coffee. Go for my drive. It’s the morning. Windows down, the fresh air suits me. Turn up my songs, it’s my morning. I’ve seen children running around. I’ve seen […]
Never Now (12/2018)
Not sure how this will end, so I should, at least, begin. Not sure where to go, maybe tomorrow I’ll know. Get ahead, fall behind. Wreck through life. Be so blind. Storm around in a […]
Puzzles, Kings and Queens (12/2018)
A cup of cold coffee in the morning, to the corner where she decorates dreams. He’d always go down there when he was in town. Down to visit the queen in hopes she’d dance and […]
Someplace New (12/2018)
You keep walking into that wall. Just take a step back. See that door? That door’s to someplace new. Unknown, different, uncomfortable. Kinda like me. Someplace new takes getting used to. What decides on the […]
Southern & Rural (12/2018)
Out. After the sun. The sun, it won somehow. I was driving home and I caught a shooting star, listening to the wolves on an old album that she sent me. Out. Under the night. […]
Time Machine (12/2018)
He sees hands on one screen, His wires skip to future memories, ‘Stuff me in my time machine and take me to right now.’ She is sorcery. This is so surreal. Time is sorcery. She […]
In his World (12/2018)
From another place or from another time, he drove outside to take a stroll in his mind. Makes up he’s a fire. Tells him it’s just rain. ‘Soon’, he says, ‘the light comes back.’ In […]
Spill Sometimes (12/2018)
She pulled him out, she fell right in. She told him just to let her swim. The coffee spilled, it always does, and she got mad because he was. Sometimes it all spills a little […]
Break the Beach (12/2018)
I’ll just sit here and watch the sunrise, see what happens. Something’s always happening. They say time is undefeated, do they know I am too? Your realest smile is in your eyes. I can see […]
Won’t Fold (12/2018)
I’ll take a trolley to my youth, Go do the things I used to do. Those things always got me through and back then this was easy. • I’ll spend a day with my best […]
Allowed to Breathe (12/2018)
The TVs on, but there’s nothing on and he can’t sleep. Wonders why the deep end’s on the wrong end and then doesn’t care to care. He likes it that way. Anchors must be allowed […]
Push Me (11/2018)
Mend me, bend me, break me. Push me ’til I’m the dumbest person in the room. Surround me with genius. Push me out of place so I’ll feel easy and one day, maybe, get some […]
Demon Dancing (11/2018)
All the, none the, sleep I get. The demons here, they’re so upset. They live next to a cigarette that sleeps above my ear. All the fun that we forget. The memories there, they lost […]
Spotlight Ride (11/2018)
Walk out of this opera, ‘cause I worry that she’ll sing. Wasn’t ready when it started, so what does this really mean? Slide out of this orchestra when my chair sits way up there. It’s […]
Lost in the Distance (11/2018)
Lights blink in the distance and I don’t know why, Imagination says, ‘old smiles saying hi.’ Talk to myself more than you these days, so I look up to the sky. Radio, silence, and another […]
Take My Time (11/2018)
I take my time, but it gets so quiet. Silence. When I get back to normal. Still don’t know what that means. Speak. Give a sign you know you’ll be fine. Bridges sings, ‘take me […]
Fall to Fine (11/2018)
At times I run away just to get by, even if just for a little while. This is headlights in the fall. This is me putting me into it all. Until I leave this fog […]
Goodness Me (11/2018)
I just roam around, wander in my head. Silence, watching sounds. Please, speak to me instead. Little, worn, baby steps to older. Distance bruising souls and growing. Trusting and we go. Always endless love, it’s […]
Morning’s Story (11/2018)
He’s got feet down beneath his knees. Walks to the water while she’s out at sea. ‘One day, mermaid, take a walk with me.’ He floats his heart up above the trees. Only comes down […]
Life, Somehow // Count Sheep (11/2018)
Life, you bring my people down. Life, you are so deep. Life, you move so slowly, Life, you only steep. Life, you know we’re tired now? Life, just let us breathe. Life, you move like […]
Break Inside, Building (11/2018)
I am not a writer. I am not a light. I am just a little thought moving with the night. I am not a circus. I am not a clown. I am a half-balanced act, […]
Rooftop Dreams (11/2018)
Little cow cowboy boots go walking on a belly. Hopping, hoping no one will ever notice. She dances and I’m watching, I wish I was that free. She’s wired, swinging in her jungle. Singing songs […]
Day with the Dead (11/2018)
He’s not who you say I am. He’s got time on me. He filled up songs for legends, bumbled beaches with the dead. Don’t care, or know, who you think I am. I’d like to […]
Television Glow (10/2018)
You shine. You’re dark. I love the way you shake. You’re fine. You’re smart. I love the way you make it. I didn’t mean to leave us. I didn’t mean to slide. I don’t know […]
Somehow Night (10/2018)
Stand outside, soaked grass under the light. It’s not that late, but somehow it’s night. Funny how those things happen. Leaning, breathing, it’s all there is to do. There’s nothing outside of Pittsburgh. Go pray […]
Sleep Driving (10/2018)
You talk about early, but you’ve never met late. Do you ever wonder why some people stay? You think about dreaming, but don’t get a taste. Do you ever wonder why some people wait? Eat […]
Demolition Lady (10/2018)
Drop, puddles move. They say, ‘it’s raining.’ I was gonna walk today. I told you I’d break, you said you were crazy. It’s just part of the story. The tale we’ve been writing for ten […]
Drinking Names (10/2018)
By a lake, familiar songs behind me. Leaves like school busses climb fire up the siding. Does anyone ever notice? They sit and stand on still water, wind slides, winds, between them. Rock stacked tower, […]
Mar (10/2018)
Cupcakes on the floor, the clock reads zero. 6am and I’m waiting to sleep. Goldfish on the counter sit next to no coffee, and I can’t hear them talking. Blue, red, white lights outside an […]
Overwhelmed, Easy (10/2018)
I’ll trash that whole day now. I’m so clear in the mirror and it’s so foggy out, I can’t see a thing. Sliding sideways between three white lines, Songs about your shirt humming in my […]
CC Blues (10/2018)
Realize I didn’t mean to stop? Realize that wasn’t what I wanted? I lost my person, lost myself, I was feeling overwhelmed and sometimes life takes time. I can do it all. I can’t do […]
Spectator (10/2018)
Money she’s out on the bike today. I know she’s driving me wild. I am just a spectator, but she can go for miles. Money I’m back in the van today. She knows I’m not […]
At the Shadows (10/2018)
Soaring song. I was watching the moon hide in the air as it came on, and I thought of the days when it was just wood wheels out there. Carved, then, fresh trails. Stare at […]
Almost to Packing (9/2018)
What if I said there’s no ego? If I said it’s only pride. What if you knew what I’ve been through? Would you run away and hide? What if I said I’m just nervous? If […]
Written About Today (9/2018)
Wide awake on the third story, He sits while Howard sings about his time. A creature stews in a pot on an elephant On the third story and it’s only Saturday. A gift from the […]
Sandcastles in Bed (9/2018)
Craft sandcastles with the desert. Flip it on its head. Come on, flip the desert and then send me to bed. Drafts, old hassles, and it’s winter. Dripping up instead. Come on drop your winter, […]
Bring a Mountain (9/2018)
He’s not afraid, he’s just had a long day. At times, he feels he knows he’s losing it. He’s not losing it, but it’s not next to him. Reuses shedded skin. Worn thin, His mind’s […]
Hand Drawn World (9/2018)
Don’t make a sound and you’ll get people talkin’. They say, ‘slow down.’ You say, ‘I’m only walkin’.’ Work before breakfast, past dinner. Just scratching out a day. Tell me, how long do we have […]
Apricot Water (9/2018)
What if we didn’t worry? What if we walked to the sun? What if we took a weekend and didn’t have any fun? You left to set you free, but you just came undone. Why […]
Purple Silence (9/2018)
I’d write every day if I had enough ink. You gave me this pen and it’s starting to shrink. I’m just trying to save it. I’d live every day if I didn’t just think. Got […]
Off The Shelf (9/2018)
Tell me I don’t hear me on the radio While my wheels fall down the road, Up to your mountain inside the snow. Come on, get me there, bring me home. Tell me my thoughts […]
Morning Shows (9/2018)
Coat your throat. Touch the sky. Unroll the pool and float, so high. Race on and on and you wanna slow down. Days awake, Up so high. Float on the pool, unroll the sky. Way, […]
Comfortable (9/2018)
It’s flesh in front of black and white. The one you think of every night. The sting of a spring, floating away. The one with whom you know you’re safe. So you make yourself comfortable. […]
Window Pane (9/2018)
When I walk to your window, I see myself looking in. Moving drops of melted snow To find a fire burning Near your warm and calming glow. You see you outside of old frames. You […]
Stacked Storms (8/2018)
Below your toes, just above your waist. Inside, find bottom. You dig in, escape. Under the clouds, ahead of the night. Outside, jump in. Take the biggest dive. To the right of those and just […]
Rapids and Ripples (8/2018)
He could build a big beard, grab a sleeve, run away. Get a dog and a van, have no plans, have all day. Shout, ‘I’ve never felt so free. Look at me.’ But, honestly, anybody […]
Nothing Surrounding (8/2018)
I am not a liar, I just take my time. I live on a wire, sometimes I am fine. I am not a writer, I’m just wasting ink. I swam in a fire, and then […]
Half Past Jackson (8/2018)
Driving on the coast, midnight under the moon. Flying like thieves, leaving all that they brought. We’re on our way now and we won’t get caught. Crawling up the road, sunrise under the moon. Floating […]
Life, Like Rain (8/2018)
You think that you’re breaking. You don’t know you bend. You feel like collapsing, and you think it’s the end. I’d take all your rain. I’d take all your sorrow. I’d make all your days, […]
By The Pool (8/2018)
Oh, little hotel room mansion. Floating plastic lemons, sitting by the pool. Wade in water by more water, Not worried about not getting paid. Black and white cartoons and answers. I’ve never known how to […]
Jump on Water (8/2018)
Hear these same songs in this same spot. Nothing at all’s the same anymore. It all feels so different. Head to toe, connected. Hammer and nails, miles of tile. I’m out of myself and happy […]
Real Around January (8/2018)
Needles weeping under bridges with stars. People, passengers stuck in cars They don’t understand where we’re headed. We move with the speed of sound. We dance through hurricanes, No matter how loud. Sit and smoke […]
Only Breathing (8/2018)
Before I ran into you, I’d never stopped to meet me. I bounced around inside myself, Hoping to break free. Sat in the back row and wrote it all down. Wrote it all out before […]
Winter My Way (8/2018)
Organ playin’ in the background, Runnin’ down black and white Like fingers singing on a crosswalk. Annie’s swingin’ on a playground. Workin’ all day and night, Bike fingers stinging on a stopped clock. I’m always […]
Follow Me (8/2018)
I slipped off my plate. I could see right through it and couldn’t get to me. I was leaving and I was late. Swallow one white dot and you’ll be right. It’ll bring a storm, […]
Just Ticking (8/2018)
These days I got no worries, I’m in no hurry to get what I want. I’m jumping on a road. I don’t care where this bus goes. That guy does though, I think he’s driving. […]
Fixing Buttons (7/2018)
I couldn’t stop and I couldn’t go. Time is nothing but more, or less, time. And what if it ends tomorrow? We never know what we’re gonna be, But, we can be more than what […]
For Days (7/2018)
Lately, I don’t stay up late. Been sleeping. It’s been four nights, But that’s four nights for the first time. Lately, I don’t always break. Been breathing. It’s been four days, But that’s four days […]
Boy that Boy (7/2018)
The boy who couldn’t let himself in. Every time he’s ending is when it all begins. Woke up in a hurricane, afraid to sleep at night. That boy smiled through so much pain until he […]
Sat on a Saturday (7/2018)
I sat alone on a beach on a Saturday. Thought about a note I wrote a while ago. A note about fighting parts of myself, wanting free. I know I called it, ‘Song To Me’. […]
Silence City (7/2018)
Gotta leave this city, man. This city’s killin’ me. Gotta find some balance, man, I can’t stop spillin’ me. Gotta find cool sunshine, man. This sunshine’s killin’ me. Gonna take a walk out there, Get […]
Weather and a Woman (7/2018)
Where is my ship? Who moved my shit? Been sleeping nine to five. Seems something isn’t right. Got too much on my mind. Weather and a woman. How did I slip? Who touched my shit? […]
6 to Space (7/2018)
I drive in the sandstone, my mind in the sea. I climb to your rooftop for a little peace. I go to the city, sit down by the bay. I go up to heaven to […]
Stories in my Mind (7/2018)
I read a book where it wasn’t all easy, But I’ve always liked making up Better stories in my mind. The way before is now behind. Ahead of a head and it’s always easy. Yeah, […]
Karen (7/2018)
Karen, you carry us up the road to the show. Karen you’re scarin’ us – we don’t wanna slow. A spring in the mountains and we’ve got to go. I’m right behind you and you’re […]
Watch It (7/2018)
Everyone’s leaving the house. Evil keeps more people out. Babies in cages, our hearts rearranging, Take us back to the carriage. This pumpkin has no clue. Poisoned heirs. Out of order. Tearing tiny fingers from […]
Two Piece Puzzle (7/2018)
He’s an idiot genius. He’s a tortured heart. He’s a one piece puzzle That somehow falls apart. He’s spinning vinyl’s brainchild. He’s so goddamn smart. He’s a two piece puzzle That no one ever starts. […]
Homemade Desert (Just Tuesday) (7/2018)
I write on an elephant. Home, made. Desert. Elephant’s alone with me. It’s so warm, so they all stay inside. Except the neighbors, they’re fighting again. They make my moments rebegin. Her car won’t start. […]
Smile That Shuffle (7/2018)
Prickly green scenes. Strings strumming strung out fingers. Looking for his place, where there aren’t any trees. Sugar coated foam. Bee sting finger building boards, Begs to build a home. Walk beneath with memories, looking […]
Buried (7/2018)
In some ways, it’s already yesterday. I don’t know how I made it. I got buried. I dug in. Got dug out by people I dig. Pulled out by people I love. Why do people […]
Ball of Twine (7/2018)
Widowed paws, pause – no Stop. Play with my mind. Cats, skylines, women, Songs scratch this little ball of twine, It’s mine. Sax stranger, drive me wild. Play with the night. Love, roses, women. Pick […]
Oven (7/2018)
Third story, oven, Looking out at the trees. Thinking of things I thought I would be. Dust swirling, oven, Castles latched on the breeze. Traveled at night, so far from the sea. When all the […]
Somehow Have Me (7/2018)
Skipped stones and steeped thought. I walked for years before I got lost. And I never knew I’d be alright, If I slept all the way through the night. There is a light inside me, […]
Denver to the Desert (7/2018)
The leaves changed with the terrain. Leaves left and came with the terrain. We listened to the Cities during sunset here. Years ago. So I gave it a spin in the dark. Thought of you […]
Past The Mountain (6/2018)
Torn up plans, loading your whole life. Move it over the mountain And always take your time. Tattooed ants carry so much life. Moving over the mountain, Where they won’t have to hide. So many […]
Warrior (7/2018)
His thoughts walked while he took in the lake. Delayed, walked deep, deep, his dark ocean. Beneath sleeping, steeping emotion. Up to now, a roller coaster. Never been afraid of roller coasters. Never knew why […]
Emerald City Blues (7/2018)
I am a lion. Courage, my desire. Afraid of heights, my life out on a wire. Dogs show men who preach they’re not liars. A curtain brought a tin man a home. I am no […]
Made-Up Rain (6/2018)
Half past rain in the park, The drops were all on cue. They swirled in circles with us, It was like they knew. Made-up rain in the dark. The drops were right on time. And […]
Story in Black and White (6/2018)
Deep pocket penguins take on the night. Two little stars, always liked a good fight. How did this ever happen? Sunday shadows, stand out on the street. Tiptoes walking right between four feet. Like none […]
Leaving Left Field (6/2018)
Towels, walking sand. The sun rolled down. Mountains will tell you it melted the ground. She walked out from left field. She sang by my side. And she suddenly realized That we can make our […]
By The Sky (6/2018)
Do I live in the past or am I from the future? I don’t forget things that I’ve never seen. Real reels tangled, cut scenes. Why do I know the things I do? I can’t […]
Handle Sunshine (6/2018)
Maybe today’s my lucky day. I found a wishbone on the way home, But nothing ever came true, It all just hit me. Out of the blue. Three feet bouncing across the street. The sound […]
The Paper (6/2018)
Practiced. Patience. I was waiting on the paper. See what it said. Not said, but read. Black and white, little tiny lines. Old mug of crunch, I was opening the paper. Pages of dead. Not […]
Morning Armor (6/2018)
She is a warrior. Her eyes are heaven. She is not fearless, Her dream’s never broken. She’s a worn out angel, One day dancing. Outside, a song in my head. By My Side but she’s […]
Forget That Feeling (5/2018)
Living. Legends. Maybe one day. We wandered tunnels. Hallways called my name. In it together, that won’t change. He sang songs about snakes here. I hope you made it safely. Everything up to right now, […]
Sidecar (5/2018)
Another sunburned morning and I’m right on track. A moon howls at a sun behind it’s back I will always love the interstate. The youngest son learned mourning sometimes comes back. She soon howls like […]
Song to Me (5/2018)
I will rock my soul. I will be like me. Do everything I want. Tomorrow I’ll be free. I will not grow old. Always be just me. Say everything I want. I don’t know what […]
More Like Monday (5/2018)
Why would you yell? Why don’t you talk? You make me yell. You never talk. The more you need it, The less you have to say. Go ahead, push it away. Monday doesn’t stop to […]
Life In A Day (5/2018)
A lifetime is a day. Each evening is a breath. Did you waste any sunsets? Did you get enough rest? Each city is a stop light. Every risk, a step. Each postcard is a letter […]
Orange (5/2018)
Don’t talk to me. Not the way you talk to yourself. Go outside for a while. Go way outside for something else. Slow down, for me. Spent time with me. Quiet, chatter. Talks with myself. […]
No Longer Prey (5/2018)
Garage, basement, close to bottom, Try to save a little face. Forgotten, all those days we spent, Though, we recall how much we paid. We aren’t like the others, Looking for their little ways. We […]
Maybe It’s Ours (5/2018)
When I’m alone in a cloud, I’d rather be with the people. When I’m surrounded by the people I find I’d rather be alone. People get so loud. Why can’t I be in the same […]
YOU (5/2018)
You couldn’t have waited? Nobody was ready for that. Two years ago today I was excited to see her. Nobody was ready for that. I still get excited to see her. To hear her. Have […]
Funny Thing (4/2018)
I listen, loud, while I live so softly. I move so slowly, you think that you caught me. Though, I know you’ll never keep up. I know you’ll never change. Keep up. You speak so […]
Elephant (New to Me) (4/2018)
If I sit here. If I stare there. At the elephant in the tile there. On the table here. Unfocus, no thought, there. City’s breath blows hot air. If I sit here And I don’t […]
Little Big Screen Queen (4/2018)
In the coop, she’s the queen. She runs everything. Spends right now running circles. Little shoes sparkling, the sun. Everything. She doesn’t care about anything we’ve done. She says the stairs don’t work. She sees, […]
Diving Board (4/2018)
I walked across my brain today While I was crossing the street. I walked outside the lines today, They watched me from the back seat. I talked about the day today While I was stacking […]
Easy Intrigue (4/2018)
Chase a ball on a field Spin old earth on a wheel. You’ll be like your idols, All your fallen idols. Write a book, make it real. Your ideas that people steal. They’ll be like […]
Fleets of Thought (4/2018)
From my mountain I survey the sea, Always the one questioning. What do people think of me? Waves of watered down people Walking beneath. I don’t think they’ll ever see That they’re half of who […]
This Place (4/2018)
This town was alive. This town fell asleep on me. It doesn’t say a word. This town is dreaming. This loud is quiet. This loud fell asleep on me. It doesn’t answer calls. This loud […]
Picture of Baltimore (4/2018)
I lost myself in Baltimore. I went out walking, My thoughts didn’t carry their own weight. I thought a walk before the night got going would work. I walked alone. Didn’t know where I went. […]
Drawn Faces (3/2018)
Foot off the pedal and you’re gone. Going where these tires take us. We’re tired. I was breathing. The pane showed fingerprints, Clouds were seeping, I saw drawn faces in the fog. Through eyes, moving […]
Speechless Stories (3/2018)
Those you spend your time with, That is where you’re going. Get left speechless and turn it into a story. You’re a little work of art, aren’t you? Your mama colored you in. Stayed in […]
Stamp the Sky (3/2018)
Looking out from her rooftop As her life walks right by. Sees stairs to her ceiling, She’s always wanted to climb. Drawn feathers on her shoulder, Green eyes, a quick smile, She colors the sky. […]
Kick the Fire (3/2018)
We walk through the weather Writing our own book. And you look like the ocean, Waving as I look. The cards are in the music. The dealer’s gone to hell. Don’t care about the prophets […]
Days You Want (3/2018)
Quiet man. Sit in the corner, Pour your soul from strings. Nervous man, wail in the corner Like singing swarms of bees. Happy man. Jumps front and center, Loving all he sees. Leaves the noise, […]
Left Me Complete (3/2018)
Found more than the bones which make me me. Old, not worn or currently moving, Folded under this tree. You’ve become the bones on which dogs breathe. Gold brought scorn. Your currency fleeted And you […]
Blue (3/2018)
I see a spark and think of blue. All that’s in my thoughts these days. All that was on my mind, It all got left behind. One afternoon I spilled it all. Well, not one […]
Walk In The Park (2/2018)
In my madness, I stretch my legs at night. Say, ‘they’re so crazy, in the park with no lights.’ He leaves shadows, his stride into my mind. Says, ‘it’s so crazy.’ It’s peaceful, it’s mine. […]
Own Way Home (2/2018)
A young man’s out looking for a new town, Looking for an old sound. He’s been looking for a place Where there aren’t too many people around. In an old town where nobody knows his […]
Knocked Down (2/2018)
Slow going, skating icy oceans on our path. Out beyond the silent frozen towns. Why do the good ones get knocked down? White glistens while quiet listens to Nobody living here anymore. Curiosity’s listening out […]
Pitter Patter (2/2018)
Ah yes, the hunter. Hunted by his own head and His own stunt double doubled back instead. Paranoia gets going. Nice to know ya, I’m going. Off the edge and then back again. Right back […]
Mustard’s Bowl (2/2018)
Rockets dodge dogs through the night. Pocket songs flow and we write. Ride the rails, rocket. It’s all over here. Slow motion drilling slowly down your skin, Notion’s not to show we’ve worn thin. Mustard’s […]
What He’s Doing (2/2018)
They say he’s right all the time, it’s his art. They say he writes all the time, must be smart. He says, Right. I don’t know what I’m doing, I’m just doing, I’m lost, I’m […]
Find Your Way Out (2/2018)
My book is open. Have a look, don’t get lost. My book’s wide open. Come on in, figure me out. Flecks of frustration scatter beneath patience. We were never finally figured out. Something steeps inside, […]
Yesterday Arrives (2/2018)
When yesterday came, I got so confused. My eyes realized how much one man could lose. Started feelin’ a little crazy. I could fight, but what’s the use? When yesterday came, I thought I’d lost […]
Broken Wing (2/2018)
I fall into a hole in the sky. Swimming with stars Before I wash up on shore. Broken wing, won’t fly anymore. Started strutting across the sand. Passing castles And shovels, seeking out your door. […]
Thoughts to a Bucket (2/2018)
When this is all over, The lights will dim. Tap your tambourine and words will last forever. I’ll still write for you from the stars. Throwing stones from heaven To a bucket down in hell. […]
Evening Coffee (2/2018)
Sometimes sun and rain are wrong for me. That song sang to me, that song saved my day. Saved my day. Sun and rain walk away. Maybe just for a moment. Maybe moments cause a […]
Wait Forever (2/2018)
I blasted off. I got a little lost. I came back down after it all came out. I took time off. We got a little lost. Under the moon there’s a little more room. The […]
We’re All Set Here (Wash) (2/2018)
Certainty slices through the air. Certainly nicer than what’s there. They never really seemed to care So why does this really matter? A little breakout chicken. All mopped up and unaware. A card. Two fingers […]
Into This Area (2/2018)
Saturday morning parking thoughts. Hi, my mind was cooking, Bye, my brain was shot. Cement these trees, planted beneath. What did you find when looking? Why did you forget to leave? If I could sink […]
Globe & Miami, Pause (2/2018)
Skipping scenes and dreams Of past lives’ past times. What was, will never be. Skipping things to dream Of fast rhymes and last times. What are you gonna be? Will you take all of your […]
Some Old Van (2/2018)
I rolled my winter back into summer. Made a lake with all the wonderland. Once fallen frozen birds began to splinter While watching a big red moon. I throw my summer back into winter. Make […]
Really After (1/2018)
The silent type, though full of thunder. Not naive, but so much younger. Her roots will weave and wade in wonder. What are you really after? Close a book and think out loud. Give a […]
Second To Picture It (1/2018)
He skips a stone off a roof to glass. Opening, she leans halfway out of her room Eyes move up while they begin to bloom. Colors colored in black and white. She opens up the […]
The Bite of the Apple (1/2018)
A real who’s who of nobodies meeting in the dark. Like shadows as they gather In the corner of a circle in the park. They’re there. Half of a two piece puzzle falling to the […]
Once The Captain (1/2018)
I was once the sand Carrying the sea. And every sleepless night They walked all over me. I was once the colors Reflected by the sea. I was so magnificent. They always looked at me. […]
Tuesdays (1/2018)
I’m always up. I never walk around. Coffee all day and I leave the ground. I’m always up. I never hit the town. Stay inside and mix my thoughts around. Do you wonder where your […]
Sometimes I Forget (1/2018)
Sometimes I forget that beneath all the bad days, to the left of the lost ones, above where I feel fear, beyond how things seem and how things are, down near days when you’re not […]
Tell Stories (1/2018)
Listening to raindrops. Look up to the sun as they stop. You start to speak as we roll to the top. While windows skim The wind comes in And out of your mouth The story […]
Doll, The Doctor and the Shell (1/2018)
Dr. Sue was a doctor. Dr. Sue was a man. Dr. prescribes, ‘If I ran the circus, I’d have boom bands.’ Dr. Sue says boom bands. Doctor says soon you’ll start happening. The shell spoke […]
Happy That You’re Here (1/2018)
Trembling said you’re the funniest ever. Trembling said you’re my favorite ever. Trembling said you’re the coolest ever. Trembling yelled I love you. I didn’t know what would happen. I didn’t know I’d be here. […]
Perfect on a Rooftop (1/2018)
Call me from a rooftop. I sit down below. Slanted little rooftop. Just to say hello. Call me when the day’s done. Talking with your fears. After speaking, day’s done. You’ll go over there. Do […]
They Don’t Read (1/2018)
How will I know if I’ve made it? Seems so complicated. All this time I’ve waited. Tell myself I faked it. Am I the one they’ll never forget? Sit on a stool and think about […]
Zebra’s Plea (1/2018)
I leave on a crosswalk Hidden in the trees. Bark is black and white So they won’t see me. Hide me on a mountain. Hide my rosey cheeks. I’ll be up so high That they […]
Clown Shoe Blues (1/2018)
Do you know where your stairway goes? Will you be happy off your throne? Leaving everything you’ve ever known? Do you realize you’re not alone? Was it your decision? The colors and the work and […]
Like a Loris (1/2018)
My train goes uphill. My train seeking thrill. My train, slowly like a loris. My train always will. My plane goes upstairs. My plane, bending air. My plane hanging like a loris. My plane way […]
