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    Long Time

    Longtime BabyBeen a long time since that ship had sailedbeen a long time  long time babyi remember when i drank from your wellbeen a long time  been a long time babythe man i was now an empty shellbeen a...

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    • This has the feel of an old blues song—regret, distance, and a love that never quite stopped haunting the speaker. The repeated “been a long time” works like a slow heartbeat, making that final “too long I’m sorry” land hard.

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    Self Made Men

     Born from a light in a tunnel  raised by angels and rakes  broken teeth left on the asphalt  holes in the shoes on my feet  privilege to eat at the table  gold to fill in my teeth  built myself...

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    Too many my love

    Too many my loveSpring has sprung you can feel it in the air    Birds chirping    Squirrels throw acorns from the tree tops    Breakfast in their bellies, backpacks on    First day back from Easter vacation  ...

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    Blue

    Those malefactors from the upsidedon't want the moneythey own the bankwhat's there to dowhen every sun day ends the samecan't see the sky is bluethey gaze down herefinally, their attentionof an understanding fewwho look shocked and amazedappalled and ashamedwhile...

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    It's Quiet Now

    It’s quiet nowHereWhere waters lap among the reedsI can hear myself thinkAnd a hundred impossible flights of fancy are possibleHere at the laverBefore the temple of God- the fire pops –And smoke stirred by a vagrant breezeAscends like incenseBearing...

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