spinning shards
of color and light:
glassy greens grow spiny wings,
fissure into midnight blue reveries,
rupture soundlessly into clouds of cotton cream.
multiple mirrors
reflecting each other
paint this dance,
elicit illusion,
organize confusion,
each complicit
in shaping delusion,
splintering light frequencies
into a million puzzled pieces
repeatedly,
chaotically –
turbulent,
but,
at least,
beautiful.

5.25.21

[verse 1]

Cloudy days ahead

Cloudy days behind

Gray skies drift into

Starless nights

One time long ago

When I was feeling low

I just had to go

Oh-oh-ohhhh

[chorus]

Raindrops overhead

Can’t reach me

Can’t reach me

In my bed

Still can't run from

The stormin’

The storm inside my head

[verse 2]

Good as any day

To go far away

Leave the past behind

Future’s right on time

Cloudy days behind

Ahead still left to find

Lightning on its way

Here to strike

[verse 3]

Earth under my feet

Strangers love then meet

Dreamers fly asleep

Look after they leap

Floating in the sky

Light rays catch my eye

Teach me how to fly

Before you say goodbye

[verse 1]

When your spirit’s been hurt and it shows

Through distant eyes, or skin and bones

Someone you were with made you feel alone

Left a kind of hurt that feels like home

[chorus]

That pain you keep so near

That pain you hold so dear

Keeps you thinking unclear

Wanna be anywhere but here

So keep holding tight

Onto what’s going right

Put up a good fight

Cause a sweeter love’s on its way to you honey

[verse 2]

Empty space inside ten miles wide

Filled with nothing but deep soul sighs

Castles built on top into the sky

Tell me what else honey gets you high

[bridge]

Oh, just sit tight

Hang on a bit longer

Keep growing a little stronger and 

Oh oh-oh-oh

It’s not far away

But you’re wondering whether it’s close

Oh-oh-oh

There’s only one way

And it’s always to never lose hope

If we listen to each other

And pause before we speak

Maybe that’s the space

Where our hearts can meet

Somewhere in the universe

Outside of space and time

Perfectly in rhythm

No reason, all rhyme

I’m going to space

I’ll see you there soon

I’ll have two feet on the ground

When I land on the moon

Between the clouds crystals soil and dirt

Between wriggling wet worms, a starry universe unearthed

We’ll lay to rest

All the hurt and pain

Let the ash feed the roots

Knowing nothing was in vain

Somewhere in the cosmos

Outside of space and time

Perfectly in rhythm

No reason, all rhyme

I’m going to space

I’ll see you there soon

I’ll have two feet on the ground

When I land on the moon

I found our dream

It’s way up here

Written in the stars

Bright and clear

Do you know where the light is

What is up and down

Do you know where the light is

Do you know how light sounds?

Are you harmony or discord

Are you tuned to love

When there’s a problem

Are you drowning in it

Or can you see it from above

What does it look like from above

What does it look like from love

Scrub off the gold grit and grime

Let honest words come through

You’re so sick on the lies that’ve been fed to you

Writing through illusions I can’t even see

Head down keep moving toward the light gently

Do you know where the light is

What is up and down

Do you know where the light is

Do you know how light sounds?

8.28.25

It’s easy to get on your high horse
When things are going your way
Have you already forgotten
What you were doing on your darker days?

When does anyone really
Have things figured out?
I know when I’ve got someone by my side to lean on when times are hard
Everything feels a lot easier.

So if you can’t remember
Or just think you did it better
I don’t really mind
What you have to say.

When you’ve already forgotten
Who you were on your darker days.

Walk a mile
Offer a smile
Find your way
Live another day
Everything is going
To be okay.