Tales

Theres a simple tale told by our fathers
a hint of words, a crystal ball
I may be wrong and despite my thoughts
I have nothing else to believe in
from where I stand a fire holds my hand
There will always be War, there will always be tears
and it reminds me that if I sit and watch
and count every piece of gold I've got
I'll learn not a thing and I am learning
to believe in those tales, take a hint
I may be wrong and despite my thoughts
I have nothing else to believe in
If you want, come along, pack a dream
Because nothing is what it seems
Fall in love, work for free,
Die with stories to pass along and leave
Cause there are those stories told before
Reminding you that living careful kills you more
It's not easy but they are right
So I leave tonight.

Tonight

Your side of the bed
is where I
want to be
and i hear you breathing
your heart beating
please stay with me tonight
I felt the world crashing
my pulse pounding
you werent there
I felt scared
so I just stared
painting pictures with my eyes
imaging your voice whispering
"It's gonna be alright"
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
but you know
when my heart's the only one to hear
I discover my greatest fear
I need you and
I want you here
If that's alright
I'd like to share my place with you tonight

The Man in Black

The man in black
he says
Don't you worry bout a thing
cause I
and we
will find the end without seeing
so we circled the pits
felt the fire on our skin and laughed
Now the man in black sleeps
covered in snow
deep beneath the insults
felt world winds
gave a song to the sky
never took a dime
but I always felt his pain
without seeing he saw
the suffering of us all
so he suffered with a smile
to prove
it ain't so bad
the man in black
he says
even if it kills ya
at least you were worth killin'
that's got to mean something
so don't you worry bout a thing
cause I
and we
will find the end without seeing
the world will never be what it seems
and if you see it
you're not living
Now the man in black sleeps
covered in snow
deep beneath the insults
felt world winds
gave a song to the sky
never took a dime
but I always felt his pain

Fading Hours

From the top I clung
Felt a near sense of change
God must have felt you near me
Senses follow the scent
I lay whispering words I am unsure of
There you stood
Before me, proudly
Tugging on strings I have no recollection
But the silver sun felt it bitter
Hense the motions on the moon
Take it from here
I've seen better days
I'll stay behind, tonight
You'll forget these fading hours
Time will change your words
Proud will remain
Just, with your stature
Forget my name

Uganda part II

So, I've been at my placement now for over a week. The first night I suffered from culture shock haha. 300 orphans all day..everyday. The orphanage needs a lot. They lack clothes, food, sleeping area, a place to eat, medical, supplies and...pretty much everything. I gave them their first still art class. It was awesome, and these kids were so good! They pick up on everything and anything you teach them and they do not forget. They LOVE to learn! I love that an they laugh and smile and are just happy kids. I adore them. I wish there were more I could give them.

I've gotten used to pooping and peeing in a hole in the ground and bucket bathing. A shower here is considered a luxury. I went white water rafting on the Nile yesterday with other volunteers and...saw death hahaha but! 5 hours of crashing into waves...flying out of the raft, getting caught in waves...was pretty damn awesome, and also...it was the effing NILE! Worth every penny!Ive made it around to some other places here, checked out other schools and orphanages and food places. Depending on how you look at it, there is either very little to do here,or a lot. I see a lot and I am getting out as much as I can.

I've caught a bit of a bug and needed medication, lost my voice haha ( which is probably a blessing to the other volunteers) but am getting better each day. Love the music here, and fun observation, on the taxis...they love to listen to Kenny Rogers ha. Also..me and Boda Boda's <3 I ride on them alllll the time now, I love them.

The other volunteers are so great. It was so goo to see them all again this weekend. Really I picked a good time to go. i <3 Them and I am glad to have gotten the chance to meet them. It is weird how that works. We come from all over yet once we met the first day it was like we already knew one another. We come for the same reason I guess, it is just a natural, sincere connection to have. Very unique and very life changing. Brilliant string theory. <3

Cheers!

First Day In Uganda

I flew into Entebbe last night where I was picked up and escorted ten minutes away to a backpackers hostel. The bunks were covered in mosquito nets and I shared the room with 2 Canadian backpackers who are backpacking East Africa and 5 girls from Denmark who are here for 3 months studying nursing. They were all really awesome. I also had my first beer "Nile" haha. Typical American! lol.

I was picked up in the morning and went through Kampala and an hr away to Mukono where I am now. I am with 2 other volunteers from the UK and will meet more tonight. Exploring Mukono is really a treasure. The people here love to greet and shake your hand. I will soon ride on a Buda Buda ( most efficient way of transportation, ride on the back of a bike ha ) In order to get the my village where the orphanage is that I will teach at is by taxi then by Buda Buda. The village is Golomolo village and I will have my own place to stay in the village on a quite farm. I am excited to see it and meet the children! What an exciting journey this will be! I will also make my way to Junji, a city in Uganda that has water rafting and from what I hear...good indian food! Hell ya! Nom nom!

I am sure to come back with a lot of stories to make up for time. That is all for now! Cheers! <3

Sliding Infinitely

One arm on the levy
It's about that time
the season is right
Found a dream in the water
watched it float down stream
built a raft out of wishing
missed it by an inch
and we all went falling
like children on a slide
feels like flying, hands in air
screaming we tried, yeah we tried
and we'll all go falling
once in this life
with our hands in the air
we tried, yeah, we tried
then we splash

and those ripples
they change the surface
so we build us a reason
that gave us a purpose
projected our thoughts
on the clouds and the dust
good luck to you
and misery if you find us
cause you're coming down with me!

Globe

Found a few years in a jar
you've not a clue
how wonderful you are
I gave it a shake
watched us dance in the snow
come up to find you
got stuck in a globe

Dreamed you were dieing
you've not a clue
how hard I was crying
I tried to wake up
Didn't want you to hear me scream
Too scared to loose you
Got stuck in a dream

Found my kingdom with no rule
you've not a clue
you made this place beautiful
Cleaned all the waste
Built us a new home
Drew a garden with chalk
Got stuck here alone

Full Moon

You've got yourself
I've got me and you
As heavy as I prepared for this
I'm no hero of my own
Slipped on a few doubts
Gave it a shot, lost the game
If only you'd understand
We've got the ocean
many years of tides
Many tricks to learn
You've got your tools in a box
It holds you down
I've got not a thing around
Ah, we promised
before we knew a promise could kill
My ties, written in due
You've got yourself
I've got me and you
and it is all I've got
All I've ever had all along
I shoulda known, I shoulda
The world you've known before
is the world I havent got the tools for
Now I float around your head
There, past-due, unread
I wish it were easier
to put this broken song back in tune
but it's a full moon

The Significance in the Undefined

I stood in the road
watched the leaves run in circles
I named each flower in the garden
Compared the clouds to the sea
Understanding everything she said
will become the death of me
I remember my Grandmother
her warnings of what's to come-
Ahead you'll never find
but remember where you come from
Remember those hands you've held
The fruit you've tasted, the stories we've read
Remember this now because soon I'll be dead
so don't die untill you understand
more than the names of every cell
Just don't die before you remember well
That the undefined are the most significant
weightless and spaceless
Unconditional and forgivable
The undefined are what make this place liveable
Just remember where you come from
because this will guide you when I'm gone
Understanding might prove your not wrong
but it will not keep you strong
so remember me, remember laughing, remember tears
Remember ahead could be tomorrow, or ahead could be years
Don't die, she said, just don't die until you've won
Remember where you come from.

Weather Man

An old lonely sailor once sang to me
said the world won't offer a thing but greed
bloodshed is how we will always succeed
Oh don't cry darling, tears are for war
And if crying were music we'd all be on tour

The Saddest Part

Lose yourself in the false sense of security
Miss your flights, miss your chance
Develop a plan, find gold in an idea
prepare to weigh your flight down
You are falling faster than you feel
You are going to die and it wont be sad
The world will not miss you
the world benefitted from your existence, not at all
but it watched you fall with your pockets full
Landing was never the issue, you've made bail
so you thought, dream away my dear
Time is given for you to mold
I see there is a smooth ride ahead for you
but nothing worth reading about someday
You've lost yourself so soon
Shiny objects and false fortune, desire
Power was never in your hands, not once
Power changes the world, not zeros
Even with all the big words you know
You've learned nothing at all
You are going to die alone
The world will forget you were here
They'll bury you with your heavy pockets
cause it's all you'll have left
There will be a few tears
those are only good-byes
you've done nothing unforgettable
you will be forgotten
The saddest part will be the truth
The world never needed you

Happy Birthday Ballon

Drawing out my maps with certainty
Spread across the floor, I am already packed
I've crashed into that wall one last time
Without question I just know my home
has always been an extended visit
I was the birthday ballon at every party
wishing the wind would un-tie my sting, let me go
It is about the reality of understanding
that understanding creates limits
Now I've got this pen in my hand
and these lines are all over and none have come to an end
because limits are for birthday parties
temporary excitement that will be forgotten after the sun goes down
and I can tell by the look in your eye
that it is time for me to find that windy day
close my eyes and wait for a release
roll up my scribbled maps and point
march to the future, solute farewell
because it is just my element
to not understand why or how
but if I shake it's hand myself, I'll find out
and when i meet limits, I'll send a postcard home
"Just in case you were wondering, I've landed, Happy Birthday"
For now my lines have promise
and my pen gave me the sailors mark to set sail
it's the perfect windy day
so Happy Birthday

TNE

There's no emotions
just solid words with
well constructed sentences
Make smiles form. where open arms
are always open
cause it is the only way I know how to
touch, or get close to anything
that makes anyone someone
fore tears become no more than an act
but there is something missing
there is something passing
there's no emotion
no frame to this photograph
just a use of words
study of being, growing and knowing
there's something missing
something passing
there's no emotion
only space
only time

Leveling

Through the quagmire populated with dreams
I've watched you scream for the sunlight
or any reason to believe you exist
but you hide like a child and yes
this was written for you
yes, I see right through your flighty flutes
yes, you are the reason my lungs fill and release
like some sort of super hero during the cold war
just know, if you were not to exist
my life would be purposeless
This probably doesn't make any sense at all
but life is a mystery you can not solve
so when you reach your peak of doubt
just find a place and level out
come find my place, and level out

Process the science of it.

Glass glistening in the corner of a cluttered room
find the source make it believe
the shadows only search for a purpose to
hate the sunlight and the beauty of knowing
we've no idea where we are going, so you
hear the perfect summer is somewhere
I'll take you there

Find a pool with youthful fish and
oh what a time to be alive, ever lasting
amazing to know years from now all of this
will be gone, so long, so long
above the peak where hawks fly
they know you and I only hide
to continue grasping the ability to cry and lie
our bright lights only search for a purpose to
hate the stars and the beauty of knowing
we've no idea where we are going, so you
find the source and make it believe the truth
the perfect night is somewhere
I'll take you there

Sink In

It sets over the sea

waves crash on the brave sailors

a plea for victory

but the force of nature carries off to the north

leading the fair-wells with a lit torch

living made it possible to believe

that living only permits us to breathe

find a comfortable cove

listen to the wind and try to sing along

let the night take us where we belong

cut off all the ropes

cut off everything you know

cause it's only a matter until then

when we let it all sink in

eventually we'll all need

a plea for victory

eventually we all need

a reason to believe

eventually we all cry out

for a reason to breathe

eventually...

we'll be face to face with the sea

light our torches and lead

a plea for victory

cause a sailor's job is to keep pace

knowing the only life guard is faith

and the force of nature carries off to the north

leading the fair-wells with a lit torch

living made it possible to believe

that living only permits us to breathe

find a comfortable cove

listen to the wind and try to sing along

let the night take us where we belong

Guessing

Find a place and sit

take a look, feel the season changing

you believe in reason I believe in guessing

and guessing is only easier to understand

the secrets of the unspoken plan

Tear apart the cracks beneath you

learn to breathe like the sea

pick a star and practice it's glow

soon you'll find that's all you need to know

We're not so different, we're not built to freeze

Light weight and left to the breeze

and it's all waiting for us

who ever we believe, we've got the invite to mingle

we've got the invite to breathe

and the timing is just right

you've got nothing to lose when testing

only learning to move

only guessing.

Minutes

promises are promises

made for stones and history

in a minute i'm going to prove

I love only you

Forget the clock

time is never right

until the time is right

guess what this smile means?

time came clean

ah, you said not in this lifetime

well we're still alive

and you're wrong

I loved only you all along

so watch the credits roll

make your way to the door

i saw you pause and wait for an encore

a million minutes of waiting

vanishes for one moment

i hold on to it

make a wish and squeeze it tight

the time is right

just right

gi gi lomas

Smoothly sailing

through time without question

but it shows, right through

they thought of everything but you

Now we try to piece together

all we know and it shows

if we cant change the past

where else are we to go?

Cause forward wont get us far

just a step at a time

and it's about that time to rewind

to rewind to find that

life can only be what it is

and we are simply built to exist

there is no price to pay for truth

no deal to be made

everything you know now will fade

but time will live on

and words never forgotten

smooth sailing

smooth sailing

through everything you knew

you exist cause they thought of everything

everything but you

Nestled

and it sits

burrowing in my skin

filling my pores with truth

but I admit I've forgotten

how to catch the dust in the wind

and let it free, just let it be

I've forgotten how stretched

A line could be, and pretend

it never ends

where dreams begin, over and over again

now i sink

into thoughts of bother, twisting

my words into figures

I've yet to admire

swallowing the mire distance

like it were milk

and if it think hard enough

it can be.

Tonight

Cement corner covered in ink

relating to shadows i've seen

questioning, words, with definitions

definitions I know, but don't feel

I watch as my intentions fade

How hollow I've become over the years

full of sentimental frames

that i'd gladly throw away someday

and never look back, not once

but truth is that I know

someday, far from here

if I'm not insane by then

I'd dream of floating by once again, weightless

thoughtless, shameless

How young, how dumb, how...

colorful the chances became

who am I? are you? are we?

are they? so bright, so lost and still

how thoughtful of you

to remember me, this cell, a familiar face

no more than a quark, it is you

knowing my name, not who I am, nor me

knowing you just the same

We are the shadows

shadows of ourselves covered in ink

in dark corners of bars

pretending we've got control

money in one hand, a drink in the other...

what do we know? not me, not you

not anyone

and when we die, we become ancestors

to the life and universe

of which will remain

Patched unrelated

It's pouring

and I stand here covered

in my own filthy blood

violently thinking of 

where I should be, here, now

hovering over a piece of

misunderstood faults

painted on a statue I admired

one time long, long ago

and this car is over heating

smoke from the hood emerses and id pull over

but from here I'd have no place to go

just have to head home

cause turning around

will lead to a night of speechless vessels

full of awkward silences and beating hearts

I'd rather lay alone in the dark

than debate holding you tight tonight

cause something's just not right

 this cup is half full an we've poked a hole 

i realize the only patch is sound and we know

we're both speechless.

Act On

a light

in your eyes

shines

through the mirror 

like a laser it makes you

glow brighter

grow taller and

it casts a huge shadow

on everything around you

in your eyes

there is a significant town

where only you go

it seems

only you is only you

and only

if glowing could stage the set

where you become your own

lead role

except

no one would know

cause it's a one man show

act on, act on

rehearse every line

over and over again, know your shape

every angle

and make sure when you take a step

into the world

everyone sees what you've staged

the greatest show ever made

and if no one pays to see it

don't believe it

cause that light

in your eyes

shines

and it shines and it shines

lighting the dark side below

to hand out free tickets to the

one man show

and it comes by the way that you walk

rehearsing the lines as you talk

vanishing when you've had enough

of building the stage up

in your eyes

there is a significant town 

where only you go

it seems

only you is only you

and only

if glowing could stage the set

where you become your own

lead role

except

no one would know

cause it's a one man show

act on, act on

Singing Forever

Smooth the wrinkles in the sheets

pretend we never slept at all

the morning will bring the sun and the sun

will set again

twisting our tongues into shapes

we never thought we could make

Time is ready to freeze

again, time has come around

we hear our words as sounds

watch the stars align and sing

we sing, for everything

for all we believe and sing cause

sometimes it's all we have left to say

to knot our fingers together

and lay

I must admit that you move me

in every way

I must say, I can sing just as loud

and if your silence became a routine

I'd sing and I'd sing

forever

The Swaying

Fist raising 

the sun is setting, I am

shivering, waiting for the alarm

to sound, to take me home

to take me just to take me

watching the daisies sway

embarrassed by their loyalty 

how easily they just let's it be

To ask for any more signs than this

I must bruise my knees and kiss

the feet of heavier thoughts

and where must one go from here?

Where must one, two, three

Where is when and when will I

Stop turning my back towards the wind

and sway, watch, just let it be, just let it

push me against this wall I have built

that uncover an unwritten destiny 

Where one must two

Where I did not smile, though I wanted to

Where I stay

Where I sway

Where I shiver

We can't, but we can.

Still, floating, flying, drying

sappy songs play on the radio

I leave it be tonight

tonight is going to get by one verse at a time

find a comfortable state of mind

stay, relax, lay back

coast into a genuine time, a moment

and don't let go of it

find that life can be animated, or manipulated

...so it was the stars in the sky

that reminded me

life is only time and we are here to be

accidentally part of it's chemistry

we are only part of it's chemistry

so open your mouth and speak like the stranger you are

a language is a language is a language.

Words are unspoken without the walls to repeat it

defeat it, we exist, we exist, we are this

Now, sink into oblivion and find out

our heads are larger than our mouths

We can't eat what we think we can, we can't...

but we can, yeah we can, we think we can.

So I am...

Still, floating, flying, drying

sappy songs play on the radio

I leave it be tonight

tonight is going to get by one verse at a time

find a comfortable state of mind

stay, relax, lay back

coast into a genuine time, a moment

and don't let go of it, don't let go of it, don't let go.

Sure, Sure?

I'm not sure of, too many things

I'm not sure why or how

Here is a place found beneath the rubble 

I'm sure, I'm sure I lay there

Hoping to shine bright, to shine

just to shine for you

I'm sure, I shine just for you

But I'm not sure

You'd shine for me too, I'm not

Sure of too many things

If I set this place on fire

With words that cause sparks

I'm sure it is only cause I Lo-

I L-Oh, I L-Oh-V

It's cause I just can't find you alone

I just can't see

I'm sure, you're there

Above the rubble, I found you once

You were waving hello Im sure

you were smiling too

I was sure I, I Lo, L-Oh, L-Oh-V

You, I'm sure

It ills you to hear me scratching

Outside your door but I just want in

I'm not sure, of too many things

I'm not sure why or how

but I'm sure I only see you

I only see you now

I'm not sure of, how bright

How shiny I need to be

For you to see me

Here is a place found beneath the rubble 

I'm sure, I'm sure I lay there

Hoping to shine bright, to shine

just to shine for you

I'm sure, I shine just for you

But I'm not sure

You'd shine for me too, I'm not

Sure of too many things

Town of Crowns

A man, followed him here

Roads cracked and crumbled

He is looking for trouble

Now he looks but can't find

Halos all expired, it's been a long, long time

Who, just who

Do you think you are?

Waving your crown up high like that?

Can't you see it now?

We all have crowns, we all

have crowns of our own

We can't even remember your name

Now you're just the same

as you were, when you were, where you were

When you were no body to anyone else

except yourself, except your health, except

this time, if you put down your crown

We won't make a sound, if you don't make a sound

Cause you won't find no trouble here

Can't find trouble when there is no fear

Can't find a thing but yourself

Think About It

Because

I said, one day long ago

there would be glory

there would be

polished gates, there would be

everything, anything...

you desire.

In the depth of the world

you just have to

you just have to get there

and I'll pray if that's what you want

I'll dance if it'll get you to move a little, find

where you belong, find

where you belong

cause it wont be long

until the sun dries us all up

and it wont be long until

we drown ourselves willingly

suffocation, rejection, happiness

it's what we live for, live, live, we

are life we, are life and we live

for words we developed to learn that

we can not possibly learn it all but we can

understand, we simply understand

if that's what it takes, think of

death as an idea

mark your place, mark your name

and remain

simply remain as you are

and were

it's what we're here for.

Crooked Lines

I pull up under the street lights

wait a few seconds then proceed

slam my foot to the pedal

what am I doing here?

The radio plays only silence

The moon, half glow, it knows

I've got no reason, I've got no reason

and it was then I wished

I were someone else, somewhere far

Far where no light exists

Draw a map with crooked lines

it'll read, you'll get there someday 

if not today

maybe tomorrow, across the city line

through the foggy haze, past the trashy shrines

cement history where it belongs

move on

keep moving on

till the silence becomes a song

a real song

Time is just...time.

Fact is an irrational statement

Fact is for sure a lucky guess

I know this.

And the song played quietly

adding noise to our silence

so bright it could blind us

but even though the words are sappy

they make me happy,

more and more.

Cause here

in this happy, sad, sad song

is where I belong

where I belong my thoughts rhyme

and time is just time

and fact is just a lucky guess

I know this.

I guessed somewhere, somehow

you would love me now

It is now, do you love me?

do you love me?

You love me cause I said

you'd love me eventually

Eventually, is just time and time

is just time

is just time

is just time

Go.

Life

Absolutely 

Consists

Of

What

You

Can Dream

Up

Follow

Heart Beats

Follow

Whatever

Takes You

Somewhere

Far

Far

Far

From

Here

Where You

Spin In

Circles

Squares

Triangles

Angles All

Angles 

Point

The Direction

That Tell

You

To

Fear

Not Here

Not

Here

Go

Where

Your

Heart

Beats

Go

Or

You'll Regret

Life

Go

Now

Go

Before

You Can't

Go

Just

Go

Go

Go

Cause

Life Is

Cause

Life

Consists

Of Dreams

Of

Questions

That Tell 

You 

Answers

Only

When

You

Meet

Death

So

Go

Cause Eventually

We

Are

All

Going To

Die

Eventually

So

Go

Go

Go

Before

You Can't

Just

Go

Go

Go

Tell Me You

Close your eyes slowly

and tell me what is in front of you

a road, a stone, a wall..maybe....nothing?

tell me what drives you, inspires you

what grabs you by the mind and drags you

to places you tried so hard, 

to forget, now

tell me....

what is real? what is touchable?

or what is imaginable?

when mountains cover this place

so deep beneath the side walk

which you stumble upon

to find a cross walk that guides you

with man made paint

safely to the other side

a cross walk is a guide, only a guide

a 2 lined white lie

you could do it alone all along

you just never knew it cause

here you were planted

you grew, grew more, then blossomed

fed on a schedule, how were you to know

what you didn't know?

How were you know what laid below?

How?

Finally an eraser

taking away the confusion, making

it disappear, for now you

walk alone

you walk alone

you walk alone

and it's beautiful to see your steps

find their way, even through mistake...

what is most important in life is,

to see life as a gift, not a choice

if you have a voice, raise your voice

if you are given choice, what's your choice?

and question is only a chemistry

just be, just be, just be

what you are naturally

no power is higher than you

unless you allow it

so if you're not happy

dont allow it.

What drives you, inspires you

what grabs you by the mind and drags you

to places you tried so hard, 

to forget, now

tell me....

what is real? what is touchable?

or what is imaginable?

When dreams are all you have to hold

tell me

your name, your real name,  tell me you

tell me everything.

God Damned It

Well we are the God damned
you thought it was God you said
You thought, well you think too much
Use God as crutch
You name all the stars after
people you thought you knew
Well..that's nothing new
No, that's nothing at all
You have so many cans in the kitchen
unopened but you are starving
It's all God's fault, all God's fault
that it is nothing you asked for at all
We'll we are the God damned
and you are the boat full of too much thinking
and I'd be damned if I save you from sinking
you'll just bring me down too
Your conscience watched the world turn it's back on you
But it is all God's fault, yea it's all God's fault
that you can't move your bones alone
You thought, well you think too much
and it's my fault cause I don't care enough
Well we are all the God damned
and God dammit! God dammit! God damned it...
You thought it was God, you thought
well you think too much, just not enough

Dam

And the beaver
continues to builds the dam
the water is willing to stick around.

Simple notes

It's raining outside, it's cold,  it's true

Take a peek into your reflection in the shallow pond beneath you

I hear it singing softly, you are swaying

and Im catching your tears as they leak

if there are words to say,  bury them here to keep

watching the guitar player pluck at his strings

he is picking the notes making ripples in the stream

maybe now is all that is meant to be

a single celled organism growing beautifully

i am a leaf catching every drop as it falls

you hear every word, every hint as i call

your name here you rest your head against mine

the world may be falling apart but this time

I know we'll make it through cause

i have you

So i write this story 

cause i know how it began

and i'll continue writing this story till i know

how it ends

and if it seems the notes the guitar player plays

are out of tune, in June, it's quite soon

I'll always come back for you

Shhhh..it's about to start...

You are a whispering cell

in the belly of a tiny girl

following threads of shiny silk braids

that grew from the ground and winded up tightly 

through the slow rusting bars on her cage

for certain she knows if she sings in tune 

with a song of a victorious time she once knew

the shape of her body will fall into place

covered in daffodils and malleable clay

you'll mold her into the veins to your heart

place her name where it cant tear apart

follow it down, to a whispering cell

in the belly of a new tiny girl

covered in strings, tied up in thread

connected to wood dancing over her head

held with the thoughts we can not explain

till her tiny bones are your only remains

life is the dream, dreams are the truth

if the sky isn't blue to you then it's true

our bodies are puppets, the earth is our stage

and we are part of the best show ever made

Hollow Bones

We found our way down an avenue

full of broken bricks and shattered glass

and through your slurring words i made

a pact we meant not to take seriously

as the slush we kicked around

smeared it all together,  i fell into

your arms forever to kiss

that swaying promise

but the walls seem to crack and stumble

onto the concrete ground we call captivity 

our center of gravity

buried deep below this ground

i find the roots of where belonging

is the longest journey and 

here you breathe

next to me, faithfully

so beautiful it must be a dream

an illusion from some other time i have 

no right to believe in

when the winds picked up

we swayed in synchronization watching

the birds spread their wings and 

take advantage of the harsh winds

then fly away