Blessings To A Soul

She cut my heart to ribbons with her words
perhaps to set me free
heart cut to ribbons while she pasted
presumptious poisoned band aids on the wound
Not heeding God in the wind
there to heal me

Why do you avoid the light, my friend?
You think you never avoid it,
but when it shines on the truth as it lays bare between us
you cover it with an embarrassed expression
Forgetting that God gave us light
to see things

Those swirled in the fabric of dogma
their skeletons hid within deep dark cupboards
wound us with their pained manipulations
Twist you to their hateful convictions
Too arrogant to remember God
and every molecule of the truth he sees

I wish I didn't remember your actions
The words carrying hidden disgust makes me sad
Sorry for a heart in dismay, I know
Heaven is here if you'll see it
Thank God for my gross imperfections
My path filled with angels everywhere
I'm lucky to be able to know them
Send you blessings to you
That you see them too

Tree By The Sea

I am a tree
at the edge of the sea
wind is blowing hard
all around me
my roots have dug deep
beyond the sand
grabbing a hold
of the rock beneath land
holding tight

I am a tree
at the edge of this sea
storms blowing hard
through my branches
I can stand strong
standing straight, standing strong
my branches spread wide
reaching up toward the sky

I am a tree
placed close to the sea
I love the water
all around me
sometimes the floods
surround me with doubt
yet I do not drown
I dry out, and calm down
grateful to keep growing

I am a tree
loved by the sea
my branches spread out
far beyond me
the leaves sprout out
then the flowers
lead to fruit
shared with all
my creations

Within2Worlds

Poised between two worlds
The comfort of angels to your right
The devil of change to your left
Nobody knows the path you walk
My friend of the streets
Others cannot know the poetry
Your soul sings

Poised between two worlds
Apart from the daily grind
Communed to the lost and hidden
Cold comfort and sweet abandon
Hold onto your hope however you can
Send out that sweet breath
Your soul sings

When the day brings you salvation
Will your eyes see the road out of here
When another soul can ease your sorrows
Will they see the chance and sieze it
When temptation gives you the nod
Will you know to give it the finger
There is no time except now
To release whatever it is
Your soul sings

Bliss Nirvana Passing

Yellow marigolds smiling
in the night
grey clouds and dinner sounds
these people
never let their children sit still
they run about the beach
their grown up dreams
out of reach
out of reach
daddy uses plastic cards
buys them pizza slices
the wind blows wind past them
past my glasses
casting shadows
This tall streetlight
mimics the sun
while I write this
the sky dimming down
I don't want to leave this
bliss nirvana
don't want to hand over this
tonight tomorrow
crash in the work and the calls
people I don't wanna speak to
only just getting to know myself
through the chaos that
surrounds you

Sound-side

This home place
gliding gulls
dropping clams rocks
familiar crack
shells opening
my shell breaking
likewise

This great sadness
about time
that is lost
already, she'll view me
with disbelief,
much the way that
I fathom her
grandmother spirit
I'm caught
midway
thus

Those marauders
costumed
as believers
once bled life away
stupidly
I ignored words
widening lesions

We love
all wild confusion
that family
muses through
blessed
the whole mess
a gift

Ignorance often
blissful
like a breeze or
a whisper
my heart
a child
who needs
wisps of hair
lovingly brushed
from eyes
drying tears

Clarity

The opera lens clicks to focus…

HD’s view upon the world…

Expectations wound frustration’s glance…

Unleashing the voice and taking the chance…

Screaming.

Perhaps it’s just self-pity, babe…

Perhaps it’s just self loathing.

Perhaps it’s just the way I was trained.

Perhaps I’m saving nothing.

Perhaps.

But if it’s my real you’re wanting, then…

You’d better get in line.

Behind me; I’m still seeking it.

My vein of gold; buried inside.

Burning.

I’m a power shot of something…

I rarely understand.

Got to take your coffee black and strong.

Got to take your coffee black and strong.

To keep the beat; to sing the song.

Always.

I was there all along, babe.

I was swimming in the light.

I was dancing in the darkness, babe.

Trying to get it right.

Trying to get you, right.

Magic Flick of the Tail

There's a little bit of magic
look back over time and you'll see it
wonder to wonderful how we got here
birth and growth and lessons and grace

She's magic for you, that little one
can you see her smile behind those eyes
window watching now having returned to your world
walks by your bed and says hello

Magic awaits us all from here
multiplied by truth and our belief that it's real
magic there all the while though we missed it sometimes
days unfolding with grace; purring approval in your ear