Close the Door

No red light flashing, no message on my phone
You got to be stubborn, my place I’ve shown
I’m working out a problem, I’ll find out why
But you’re part of the problem, I’m an honest guy

Maybe when you’re older, if I’m still around
Older and wiser, if I don’t get down
We can be together, share all the weight
Send our luggage on a long trip, we can spilt the rate

I need to spend some time, get my head on straight
Losing my best friend, don’t feel to great
We got two different problems, no solution in sight
We need to find our answers, we don’t need to fight

No sense in resentment, no conditions on my love
We need some distance, don’t need to push and shove
We need some time away, appreciate and grow
No better reason, needed, to close the door

Lift Up

TEDCast Lift Up

I just need a little uplifting
So I can go on living
I just need lifting up
When I'm low and feel like giving up

Lift me up
When I'm down on my knees
Lift me up
I'm begging you please
Lift me up
For these reasons and more
And I'm low
And feel like giving up

Can you help this man
When he's feeling low
Can you lend a hand
And make sure he knows
When he is able he is expected
To return the favor
So when you feel like giving up
I'll come and lift you up

Lift up the man
Hold your hands up
Lift them up
Those who fall down
Lift them up
Those who crawl on the ground
Lift them up
All those faces that frown
And when you're low
And feel like giving up

Lift up the ones
Who cry for love
Lift up the ones
Who hunger
Lift up the ones
Who have no mother
Lift them up
Cause they may feel like giving up

Friendship Kinship

I told you my liabilities right up front
I lean too heavy on people at times
I look for things to support my soul
I rely on others to fill a hole

The good things about me are easy to see
Well maybe for you but its hard for me
Who the hell cares how loving I am
That's as obvious as the pants I'm in

Who takes the time to know and embrace the bad
Understand and be aware of the weak kneed man
And love even those dark aged spots
Of my character

Its easy loving the good it takes very little effort
But accepting the whole package that's where love is
Remaining constant as I sink low
Telling me I'm not my thoughts I'm not my sin

Pushing back as I lean too much
But never loosing contact with my heart
Always loving everything residing in me
Giving us a chance to let things just be.

Almost Lost

Sing to me
Live for your life and…
Sing to me

And everyone would dance
Laugh and sing along
And be free

And everyone would dance
And sing along in harmony

I sailed into port on high tide
I saw you bathing on that beautiful beach

Never in my life
Has my heart left me
I’m glad I sailed back to you
Sailed back to you

Cause ever since that day
That you packed up everything and went away
And I say, I’m on my own

Cause ever since that day
I have been, I have been on my own

Getting it Right

It took such a long time
For me to get it right
Late evening hours
Early morning twilight
A new day awakens
The wind with its chill carried off of the sea
Ferrying clouds hung low
With openings to the sky
Penlights from stars as they pass by

The smell in the air, fresh, crisp, salt-laced
Caresses memories of time past
Of experience and lessons
Of places and dreams
Of future reminders
Of what may become
Of present awareness

Peeking through chambers
Glimpses of the moon
Covered by clouds
But never diminished
Painted hues mixed on the skies palate
Never being constant, always undergoing change
Viewing through the portal
The heavens infinitely extend
Nature and its beauty
A display of aesthetic and precise cohesion

Masterly designed
Breed life of many kinds
To populate and nourish
Utilizing what lives no more
Naturally recycled
Used over and again
Only the souls have departed
To another worldly place

Life is Waiting

The sun soon will be warm
If I ain’t mistaken
Life is waiting on me

I often find
I’ve gone off course
A missile misguided
I’ve ridden the worst
But before I collided
And on impact burst
I finally decided
To put love first

Wake me up
I think I’m dreaming
It’s so beautiful here
Don’t get up
Seeing is believing
I like to feel you near
Steer me my dear

Now, alone I
Was moving backward
Heading only where I’d been
It’s easy now
To see the factors
Repeat over again and again

And when I was heading for disaster
Your heart you did lend
And now forever after
You and I begin
Be with me Saturday, everyday
And days have nights too
Be with me through the night, every night
I’m one, with you too

The End Begun

Satisfied?
Red eyed
Always tired
Get wired

Circles dark
Pains mark
Time to walk
No time to talk

A beauty scar
Hurtings’ par
Emotional war
The exit door

Able to cope
A hanging rope
A loaded gun
The end begun

Thoughts on: The WIll to Play

And almost with inceptive (sic) foresight
That summarized our brief time together
Was “The Will to Play” written
One of the lines in it;
“Never is a season for a boy and a girl”
Was never more true
Than when the summer season was over
And you were back in school.  You went.
And yes it’s growing stronger inside of me.
Cause no matter that you can not find a reason to do it,
You’ve GOT to find the will to play,
To be happy, Do I digress or what?

The Landlord

Offered: One beautiful planet
Self contained, all natural and organic
Seemingly inexhaustible supply of power and energy
Natural light and western exposures
Great sunset views and clean air
Fresh water supply on site
Abundant and lush low maintenance foliage
Complete organic methods of the caring and feeding of plant life
Exotic animal life in natural habitat with endless supply of foodstuffs


Warning: Previous tenants did not care for this property and they had to be expelled. What was once a balanced and self-regenerating environment has been turned into desolate wasteland. Pollution from factories that utilize manufacturing methods clearly not habitable for this space have depleted the natural resources of this space. Salt and fresh water supplies have been poisoned and the food sources in those waters are considered unsafe to eat. Genetic mutations have occurred when previous tenant thought they could make natural things -- plants and animals -- better when in reality they were only compensating for the change in the natural environment that they had instigated with their pollution and synthetic methods.

Previous tenant has been expelled from this space and a complete overhaul is under way to make this, once lush and verdant area, habitable and self contained. New tenant is expected to follow the natural order of things, to care and protect the environment, and to live off the land. The utilization of food products such as corn can no longer be used as a poison to the inhabitants of this property.

For inquiries into this space please contact:
GOD

Slice of Destiny

Lay back, hold your hand low
Make a tack to catch the wind again
You’re heart beats out of time
And your mind leaps, love is blind

Pushing too hard, not wise you’ll see
You got to ease in, I reason
To enable the trust, does slowly
(5/4) Come respect a priority must

From a bottle can come courage
Happiness to extremes
Confidence of a brave fool, with wit for a duel
Chase away the wet dreams
Putting on your blue jeans
Eat a can of baked beans
Find a way to your dreams

Override the urge to make the scene
Let’s say, “You take a look at me”
Don’t want to burn like kerosene
Don’t want to live like a fairy queen

Amazing you, it’s amazing me
Happenstance is a place to be
Happen to you, happen to me
Just a little slice of destiny

Aluminum Soldiers

TEDCast Aluminum Soldiers

Death by the dozen
Marching.... Little Aluminum Soldiers
Raise your elbow bend towards battle
Marching as to war

Plan of attack
Maybe a cocktail
Made by Molotov
Made by Smirnoff or by Popov
Initiated under a clear moonshine

Remember when we used to worry about Dolphins dying?
On plastic pieces that used to hold our soldiers at arms
And remember the pull tab pollution that used to cut our feet?
Who is to say industry doesn't progress?

Little pawns of potency that are easy to disguise
In pockets of pants and cans of energy
A perfect serving size
On airplanes and buses and long taxi rides

Marching, marching, all in a line
Jump me and king me and turn me into wine
Red grapes so bitter as they lay on vines
So sweet as they ferment and become so refined

Marching.... Little Aluminum Soldiers
Bendable elbows
Incurable curls
Fashionable hangovers
Unbeatable hurls

A Dog's Faith

TEDCast A Dog's Faith

Hello, I know you’re out there
People like me, basically good
But troubled by what they see

Does it really take courage?
To admit that you’re wrong
I think not, it’s really a cop out
So you can sleep nights

So I’m waiting to meet with you
As long as I breathe I’ll look for you
A dog’s faith is unreliable when
Compared to mine
People are good they’ve just lost their mind

It’s time, it’s mine
And all that I want is well defined
So I’ll find the time, the time as
I’m in my prime and I have seen the sign

A Dog's Faith Unreliable to Mine

Lost Song

TEDCast Lost Song

 There are many things that each of us face
Seldom do we see a road that is paved
All I know is that they lead to the same place
On your way down your road don’t be afraid


Are you looking in the right place?
When you are seeking the truth
Do you look at your face?
And know what to do

When you’re feeling less than
What you are worth
Do you criticize
And speak discouraging words

How well you sleep at night
And the way you live your day
Are subtle indicators
To your emotional state

Remember you are worthy
Of all you desire
And that will be the fuel
That will feed and fight your fire

There’s nothing to be ashamed that you have needs
Accept no blame for anything you feel
Your life is like a garden and yes it has weeds
And what you have to harvest becomes your meal

Ever Since that Day

TEDCast Ever Since That Day

And it hurts now
Knowing you’re near
Even though it’s what I’ve wanted
For all of these years

And I see you rise
Every day
I turn over and cover myself
And wish you would go away

Hurt me now hurt me now
Or leave me alone
Leave me stranded
I’ll find my way home

Given love now
I’ll make it to you
Throw out the life preserver
I need some help

Cause ever since that day
That you packed up everything
And went away
And I sailed out on my own
And I feel something’s missing
In me I’m not whole
I have no home

Love comes and love goes
We’ve tried so hard
But together we’ve grown old

A destiny – when I wake up next to you
Even though my heart bleeds
There’s no one else but you

Cause ever since that day
That I sailed myself
Right back to you
There never was a way
No time or place that’d ever give me away

The Baby She Didn't Want

TEDCast The Baby She Didn't Want

Given up – unplanned baby
The years have not changed me
Give me love – it’s all that I’ve wanted
From the first breath that I took

A slap on the butt – a new born baby
Your curtain call for life has begun
A push and a shove – hey that’s your cue
The drama of your life has begun

Don’t ask for favors you’ll never get one
You’ll always give more than you receive
Your every little action that you can imagine
Is fashioned in your passion for love

Break ups – Those I’m familiar with
Jumping ship is not new to me
Enough’s enough – I’m fighting a fire
A rescue operation in effect

A blind man’s bluff – a last ditch effort
The saving grace is only my soul
Playing tough – nothing left
My options are to stand or fall

There is no sympathy – no, not for me
No pity no reciprocity
Your only learned behavior, your one and only favor
You can savor as long as you breath

Accepting the path that was laid at your feet
Putting one left foot in front of what is right
Right for your healing and right for your feeling
Of being whole and complete and chosen

The baby someone could love...

Voice to your Soul

TEDCast of Voice to Your Soul

Praying for a sunrise to show my eyes the light
Where there has been darkness for quite sometime
All along the way I've stumbled in my rayless life
Full of empty failed feelings what a citizen of strife

Looking for distinction between my actions and my thoughts
Confidence extinction bringing panic into my day
Am I my feelings do they characterize me
Defined by domination of little tiny voice

Oh why are you louder than my heartbeat all the time?
Why are you less inclined to build up what is low?
Why do you dismantle everything thing I've built?
Why are you the counsel that I rely upon?

I'm less inclined to listen when I'm christened with a name
That gives me a title that signifies my soul
Like a manic mantra that I repeat until I feel that that little effin voice is tamed!

Now I listen closer, like a best friend, I awaken to the terms
That only I can set down that I can agree only too
For I can define my environment my placement in my world
This other voice, this other choice is now louder in my soul

A Pension full of Love

 TEDCast of A Pension Full of Love

Background is running how does it check?
Is he stable can we trust him?
A long shot is coming got to bet on something
Is he pumping out what we expect?

Put your money on the table I’ll show you that I’m able
By the time the dealing is done
You will have a winner a converted sinner
Absolutely there’s a faith to be found

An unborn lady – no light in her soul
Affected by the life of her past
No crime for waiting – your time is your life
Time to put your feelings back on

Your soul is finally waking – a light is on
A new birth for your body and soul
Like the earth when it’s shaking – old and the new
All that you want is finally yours

We meet at last – we meet at last
We meet at last – we meet at last
There’s a time when we finally get
Reception, protection, affection, attention
A pension full of love for our life

Drying Out Drawing In

TEDCast Drying Out and Drawing In

Drying out in a lakeside town
Drying out and driving out
Demons, denizens makers of faults
Righteous indignation making statements in full voice

Listen, can you hear it, can you hear it, can you fear that voice?
Listen it's getting louder, it's getting lower, it's getting lousier in its advice
Never ending facts about your life
Never ending lessons on your life
Never ending doubts about you and your exciting promises

Face it, it's a demon drawing you in, drawing you further in disgust
Less trust, more anger, more doubt, more suicide desires
And fires heating metal that you press against your flesh
A siren calling, how seductive, how desirous, how delirious is your song
Oh the beauty of destruction of depression
Grant me license

To do nothing, to want nothing, to say nothing, to feel nothing
No one thing can take any of this away
No one place can take any of this away
No one person can take any of this away

Drying out, drawing in, falling flat, falling fast, falling on your face
Hold on....

When Your Heart Beats Free

TEDCast When Your Heart Beats Free

Very constricted and no convictions
Are resounding when honest words are not spoken
You are broken and restricted from expressing from your heart

It takes away everything that you have built and closeness is far
You're favorite person is not able to break through -- denied entry into you

Words that are hindered by doubts and misuse
Fail to garner meaning and are abused
Lacking the clarity or understanding to speak up
To speak out to speak from your heart

Taking its toll on you on those for whom you share them with
A moat has been dug around the lexicon of your feelings

And you no longer have access to your individual pursuits
Of life, liberty, and happiness, oh let freedom reign

Oh let the clouds rain, oh let me drain the water that separates me
From speaking my thoughts, freeing my heart, hearing my love

Emit out from my lips, escape from my mind
Beat down doorways to my soul
Let my breath be easy and my pulse be gentle

As my heart does its job
Beating so free...

Cobwebs

TEDCast Cobwebs

Listening to you speak
Looking throughout my life engaged to your words
Looking inward a visit to my mind
Why are there cobwebs when I want to see clearly?

Why is there dust covering me
When I see things plainly, completely, clearly
There is clarity, understanding, mind injections of insight

Bright light, shadows chased
And still I listen to you speak
I am engaged, I look at you
My mind is not drifting, swerving away

I am not texting or twittering, or blogging, or denying
I am listening and breaking down walls
I am hearing and letting you in

I am sharing from the depths that are cavernous and dark
Looking sideways, downways, left and right ways, and to the corners
Where cobwebs have gathered

But now in my mind, as engaging as you are, the cobwebs are gone
I listen clearly and speak just as such
And no misunderstandings could arise due to ambiguity

Promiscuity of my thoughts, jumping from here to there but never staying present
And now I realize just how freeing this instant can be
Complete and utter honesty engaged in living this day