A Quickening

The canvas of my mind explodes
Swirling shades, hues and tones
Co-mingling and covering this dreamscape
Choosing form and taking shape
At once familiar, yet strikingly new
And it turns, as if on cue,
My heartbeat quickens -
For it is You.

Petulance

Fortune smiled and showed the way
Fortune smiled and I said no thanks
Fortune smiled, but I turned away

The light turned on and I closed my eyes
The light was shone and I covered up
The light burned bright, I turned to night

I built myself up, you tore me back down
I ran far away, you were already there
I tried to hide, but you found me

I accepted your love then threw it away
I accepted your life then left it behind
I accepted your grace then spit in its face

Heart

Heart

Help me right this heart
Bring me into your love
Take me in
Swirl me in the vortex of your love
Pull me
Twist me
Turn me upside down
In the vortex of your love

I'm falling outside again
I need to be brought back in
You suck me into the middle of
The vortex of your love

Bring me to the perfect center
Surround me
Shield me
Hold me
In the vortex of your love

Infrequent update time!

Snow Fort Blues

"Saw some kids building a fort out of snow
Tried givin'em props but they turned just turned up their nose
Now my pride is carrying a mighty big bruise
and I'm singin' these dang ol' snow fort blues!"

*Jam it out*

"It's bad enough that it's dang cold outside
but these snow fort blues are a blow to my pride.
Gotta ramp up my game, step up the pace,
So I can rub my fort in those rotten kids' face!"

*Take it home*

written for Mike, who got sassed by some kids building a snow fort.

Commando

Bob - "How far are you willing to go to get a reaction?"

Dave - "Well, I went commando to my grad..."

Bob - "How original. Lots of people do that. 'Hey guys, I'm not wearing anything underneath my gown!"

Dave - "You guys had gowns?"

So stupid, it might just work...

Cast

- Man, secretly in love with...
- Woman
- Friends (male and female)

Part 1 - Party, everyone

Woman & Friends, talking about boys
Man & Friend in corner, chatting

1 - What about Kenny?
2 - He's cute...
Woman - But he smells like cheese.
1- Then what about Man?
Woman (laughs) - I'd have to be crazy to be with him!

Man (overhears, to 3) - I have a plan...
3 (confused) - For what?
Man - To get the woman of my dreams.
3 (amused, sarcastic)- Oh yeah? How so?
Man - Oh, you'll see...

Part II, later in the week
Man
Woman
Friends, in background

Man (to 3) - Here we go
walks up to Woman, starts waving a large rose in front of her face, saying - Woooooo! WoooOOOOoo!
Woman - What are you doing?
Man - Wooing you! Woooo...
Woman - Well, stop!
Man woos on
Woman - Stop it! What are you doing?!
Man - Wooing you to me! WooooOOOooOo...
Woman - Stop it! It's driving me crazy!
Man stops - So is that a "yes"?
Woman confused - What? Yes what?
Man - You said you'd have eto be crazy to be with me. Well, I've driven you crazy... so will you go out with me now?
Woman (speechless)
Friends are all standing, mouths open, disbelief
3 starts roaring with laughter - ATTABOY!

Fin

a dream

I had a dream about you.
It was comforting.
It was safe.
It was needed.

It was a flash dream -
a vivid moment in a
rush of images that
managed to embed itself
in my memory.


A single moment that
I wish to last forever.
It was perfect.
It was pure.
It was love.

Syncopated Abandon

Taut, rough
skins beneath my fingers
slapping opens and rims
with syncopated abandon
Lifting, lilting
driving the force of emotion
through air, time, hearts and stone walls
shivering timbers and shaking foundations
expressing love and pain with equal measure
throwing joy and sadness into kinship
One moment the softest of beds
next the coldest of steel
Driving for one purpose
To share how I feel

Scratch Pad Musing

Futility attaches itself to those who refuse to bend when the winds of change blow in their face.

Now I Know (pt III)

It was lust and pride,
not love, inside,
always headed
for failure, and it
hit it in full stride.

Now I Know (pt II)

A catalyst for growth and pain
A needed element for a season of change
Doomed from the start by a misleading heart
Needing to be broken to be faced with itself

Now I Know (pt I)

Time heals all.
But what then,
if Time stalls?

I tell myself to move on
and my mind stretches to replace you
but my heart isn't in it.

Fighting Awake

Thoughts of past choices and actions
bring full consequence to bear
the loss of potentials
failed opportunities

Now I fight myself awake
Away from dreams of things that will never be
a future that will never exist

Rising Moonlight

The fading sunlight blends into the night
in the high sky overhead
deep blues into reds

I'll walk into the rising moonlight of this life
towards the end of my narrow road
heading home

End it already

Why must you suffer?
Why be a martyr?
No need to say goodbye
Just roll over and die

Just end it already
Stop being so petty
Don't have to be pretty
To start the funeral ditty