a boat passing

Water

Waterneverstill

water

waterneverstill

hidden currents

churning, water

neverstill yearning to

water

yearning to,

yearning to,

curling to

BREAK

cuuuuuuurl water

WAKE

water

water

wake

water

neverstill

Tinker's Lament

If I have one sin

I like to take it apart

Put it back together again

I could buy shiny an new

But I'd rather have rust

and a dent or two

I can't leave it alone

Got to see how it runs

Got to get my fingers dirty

therein lies the fun

Carpe Amorem

I don't want to sleep in no more

I want to see the dawn breaking over the hill

I want to steal every second of every day

I want to seize your love.

I don't want to live inside no more

I want to feel the rain upon my face

Want to jump in the puddles and let the wind howl

I want to seize your love

There's a quiet in the morning

A simple joy to those hours before the dawn

I want to break into song and wake the house

I want to seize your love

I'm tired of being asleep

While the sun shines on every blade of grass

Every falling leaf

Every invisible thing that comes to pass

I'm tired of being down

I'm tired of being tired

All this pondering and wondering and wishing and worry

Time flies when you're not having fun

Time flies when you're stuck in the past.

  

I want mix all my metaphors

I want to whisper when I should shout

I want to break all the rules

I want to seize your love

I want to conquer the day

I want to rule the night

I want to live my life like I'm really alive

I want to seize your love

I don't want to sleep in no more

I want to seize this life
I want to seize this day

I want to seize your love.

Song for an Old House

What were they thinking?
we ask the ghosts
previous owners
handyman, repair man
helpful neighbors with tools

question and ponder
surprise and wonder
mysteries of forgotten strategies 
longed for yet stillborn 
renovations and repairs

Love, will you?
Honey do
this will do
this will do, for now

how is this house still standing?
when others have crumbled
in the face of the storm
still standing when others
abandoned, uncaring
thorned vines curling
through holes in the walls

crossing the threshold
wide smile and a kiss
remember how empty
how dusty and open
to possibilities
waiting, just waiting
for twigs and ribbons
to make the nest our own

care and tending
painting and sanding
windows and plumbing
dry roof above
wallpaper and carpets
fire in the wood stove 
bread in the oven
as we watch the snow

one small bed, then two
one room pink
one blue
pictures to posters
growth marks on the wall

sleepovers and parties
and how many birthdays
Christmas and Easter
quiet evenings alone

when we grow old
together
God willing
and others have crumbled
in the face of the storm

newlyweds will question
our ghosts

will make plans and dream 
of repairs and renovations

Love, will you
Honey do
this will do
for now 

autumn bliss

gray morning

quiet morning

simple music of silence

simple smile 

under sleepy eyes

perfect morning

with you

smell of coffee

bite of the air

fog rising from the fields

golden light 

perfect morning 

with you

Lyrics: Luv Ya

the worms crawl in and out of your flesh
they're so glad we buried you fresh
and you were so down to earth

the skin hangs off of your bones
your legs will barely carry you home
and your eyes
your eyes are shaded
our love
our love for you is jaded

Luv ya (x3)
in people magazine

We rush out to buy what you once wore
At the check out line of the discount store
we see your face
we just have to have it

a cover photo even after you're dead
an airbrushed shot of just your head
a slick and glossy tombstone
one that we can all take home
one that we can own
We still ...

Luv ya (x3)
in Time Magazine

now there's a girl who looks like you
except she's younger and maybe prettier too
she's alive, alive, alive 
and smiles for the cameras

they're making a movie about your life
the untold true story with a couple of lies
of you and that guy you met once
they'll line up
to see it twice

luv ya (x3)
on Entertainment Tonight

the worms crawl in and out of your flesh
they're so glad we buried you fresh
and they're not the only ones
down in the mud

luv ya (x3)
luv ya to death now

Lyrics: Coffee Love, Coffee Love

I'm in a fog, I'm half dead
Tractor beam pulls me back to bed
Until I get that first drop in my head

Morning cup of coffee, need you so

Chase away that sandman

Wash away the gloom

Morning cup of coffee how i love you so

Don't like the cream or frothy thing
Just fill it to brim and it'll make me sing
Works better than any alarm bell's ring

Black with sugar and I'm

Good

To 

Go

I'm grumpy cuss with a fuzzy head
Tractor beam pulls me back to bed
until I get that first drop in my head

I can smell it while its brewing
that magic that it will soon be doing
get me through another day
just a few drops away

Morning cup of coffee, I need you so
chase away that sandman
wash away the gloom
Morning cup of coffee how I love you so

Is it need or is it love?
Cus I can't stay away
even for a day
I'm an addict and I'm here to say

Morning cup of coffee, I need you so
chase away that sandman
wash away that gloom
Morning cup of coffee
I can't live
without
you

Forty days of rain

Found this old ball
and here's the glove too.
I don't think they'll ever dry out
Just a few things from my past
drowned in flood
but I ...
I can't let them die

Forty days
and forty nights too
Forty feet high in my mind
Forty years
Forty years and two
God willing, I still have some years left
With you

You can see
the water got this high
highest it has ever been
High water comes
most every year
But we won't see the likes of
this again

Silver light
shines on silt-brown fields
everything is corrupted and dull
little fish
fight for life
attracting a flock of gulls

All we had
was just things you know
and memories, we still have a few
guess we better
start again
Thank God I still have you

Forty years
where'd they go
staring out the window at the
rain rain rain
Forty days Forty nights
Forty years and two
Give me forty years with you.

Forty days of rain
Forty nights
Forty feet high
Forty years
Forty years and two

Blinders

Hey, how long have you been sitting there?
Me, I'm just plugged into my electric chair
Hey, is there weather still outside?
Don't want to seem like a coward
But all I do is hide

I got my blinders on
I got my blinders on
I got my blinders on
Can't you see I'm gone.

I'm sitting in the dark
Getting no tan from this screen
Pale back light, Holy LCD
It's become the only light
The only light that I see

I've got my blinders on
I've got my blinders on
I've got my blinders on
I've got my blinders on

I don't answer when it rings
That's why God created caller ID
(bridge)
Hey, Even I
see the irony
Escape the real world by watching
something called Reality TV
It's real to me
(chorus)

I got my blinders on
I got my blinders on
I got my blinders on
Can't you see I'm almost gone

Hey, I hear the world is fallin' apart
Won't anyone come in my den and break my heart
My thumbs are getting tired
But I've still got my pride
My stupid pride

I've got my blinders on
I've got my blinders on
The world around me's lost
But I've got my blinders on

Hey, How long have you been there?

Early Riser

early morning, house is silent and the light is gray

I drink my coffee and

think about

what I have to do today

Let the past drip down the shower drain

let the coffee percolate

the ghosts of all your dreams away

early riser, don't be sad

these are the moments

the crystal moments

that you always wish you had

the future starts each day when you arise

so make the best

the very best

of each day

you are

alive