saturday

when the stars dive deep into the black sky
they paint a beautiful picture called night
and when the earth turns around the sun
the day unfolds and the night is undone
the monsters retreat
the people wake and hit their feet
for another turn
from night to day
wouldn't be as special
if you didn't come out to play

dear dealer

it wasn't in the cards

(the untitled untitled)

take everything as it comes

chalkboard

i am an instrument
a builder of faith
my emotions can get the best of me
i can cry
i can lie
i can fear man
i can
i can't
i have
i have not

acre

I went 1,000 miles to find peace...and it wasn't there.
I went 26 years to find myself...and I wasn't there.
I went outside to find the sun...and it wasn't there.
I called a friend, and they weren't there.
Pappa and Mamma...where is home?
uuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
huhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
huhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
my hands are numb
my eyes are heavy
where is home?

7/17/2006

A broken arm
A broken heart
A broken man
God can heal all things
And although we
Cannot know
All He intends
We must believe
That He can mend
And make all things new again

Mouth, nose, eyes
Hands, feet
We all have commonalities
We all have deformities
some to greater degrees

Chipi Chipi

I’m stuck in a daydream
A garden out back
A comfortable couch
A view of you
Painting
A view of the window
Outside it is raining
Pictures of ghosts
On the walls
Angel with wings
With feathers that fall
The trips we took
Thoughts of late night phone calls
The sun is trapped
In each bead of rain
I’m reading
And thinking
You are painting
I’m half awake
And almost sleeping
You are smiling and painting
Outside it is raining

everyone hovers...

slipped on the wet grass
but caught myself
knees bent,
hands hovering for balance
one
two
three
four
five
fingers
Isn't it sad that love is so hard to find
Isn't it sad that I can count my friends
on my two hands
why in a world full of people
is it so hard to find close friends
this is not a sad prayer
this is a prayer for humanity
spit in my face
would I turn my cheek?
would I give you a hug?
would I smile
would I fight
I don't want to fight.
Everyone needs a friend tonight.

if you could drive
where would we go
if your feet left the ground
I could be found

I am alive.
I am here.

Missing Yesterdays

Everything that you did yesterday and all that fills today,
Everything that wanders into tomorrow and beyond,
God will remind you of when your time here is done.
And when you’re gone and this two becomes one,
I will miss all of our yesterdays.
I will miss you today in the dawn,
And I will think about you as each new day comes along.