Wednesday, June 1, 2022

vignette

I dreamed of you 
again last night 
a short vignette 
which I forget
but I know you were there 
inside fantasies
touching me in
louvered moonlight

what we found

like a bird that soars 
in the vast blue sky
like a kite, with a tail, 
floating way up high 
your love lifts me, 
doesn't tie me down 
it's not what I needed, 
it was what we found 
at the end of the day, 
when evening falls 
when the moon climbs high 
among the stars 
you hold me close 
and sing our song 
I'm in your heart, 
where I belong

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Violeta Pacheta (VRW)

Violeta Pacheta
my favorite girl
I sing you this song
as you laugh and twirl
I know it's not really
your given name
but Violeta Pacheta
is one and the same
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Violet

Violet, sweet Violet
like a flower you're named
or maybe the color
it's one and the same
wisdom/sensitivity 
both which are you
growing more so each minute
with your vibrant hues

motivation and spirit
in all that you do
always with a smile
that lights up the room
little and funny
how quickly you grow
on all those around you
and all those you know

grow little flower
keep your face to the sun
the wind at your back
as through life you run
always in my prayers
and deep in my heart
a little Violet flower
I loved from your start
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undeveloped

I've learned when you ponder, it disappears
the ruminations and deep down fears 
it's like the question fails to come near
fog in our mist bringing up the rear

the editing, spliced, on the dark room floor 
contorted images, a mask of horror 
I would have settled, but now I need more 
it stays undeveloped, locked in a drawer 

I tried to run, but could never hide 
as all I feel explodes from deep inside 
you see it all and let it slide
a few little lies and a compromise 

the clouds form, dark, in the desert sky
lightning flashes illuminate night 
I thought I saw but I was blind 
reality chokes my air supply 

my spirit leaves as the battle rages 
you've read the book, studied the pages 
a twelve step program, designed in stages 
the truth always wins, and has for ages

nothing

nothing you can see
nothing you can say
nothing is gonna stop me
or get in my way

every feeling here
every idea begins
every fantasy laid bare
making my mind spin

I'm not turning back
I'm not gonna quit
I'm in way too deep
this love is way too thick

don't you feel the love?
don't you hear my heart?
don't you think it's time
to finally let it start?
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stand up (JJW)

you dance to a beat
only you can hear
without hatred
showing no fear
standing tall
for what you feel
singing songs on
your hearts reel

go your own way
don't look back
learn what you need
from real life hacks
sing your songs
and play your tunes
show what it's like
stand up for you
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Thursday, May 26, 2022

backdrop

the western sky is red tonight 
a full moon lights the stage 
a backdrop for love 
stars that glow 
seen from a moon-roof 
on a warm desert night 
it all starts with a kiss 
it all comes together as bliss 
if we could only stay like this
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surrender

I'm giving up, giving in 
that's it baby,
I'm surrendering 
no use fighting 
the way I feel 
I can't hide it 
this is real 
I'm surrendering 

you had me hooked 
from that first kiss 
it's been a long time
since I felt like this 
take it all 
every feeling inside 
wrap my heart around your finger 
I surrender 

all of these things

what makes you laugh?
what makes you cry?
what you tell yourself
to just get by
the deep down truth
and what it means
I want to know
all of these things

your fantasies
your darkest night
the things you think
when your mind takes flight
your highest high
what you don't show
all of these things
I want to know

let me climb inside
and travel your mind
see it all first hand
and learn with time
let me be the one
that sets you aglow
all of these things
I want to know
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Wednesday, May 25, 2022

faith

I'm still believing, baby 
still believing in me and you 
I believe in these dreams of mine 
and will for quite some time 
I believe that you'll still sing
I believe that we'll still dance
I'm keeping my faith in love 
I'm keeping my faith in you 
I believe that as long as this fire
is raging down deep inside 
that if I believe it long enough
you will keep it ignited

golden

I can't see the future 
but I've seen the past 
don't want to wake up 
cause the dream will pass
the trees are bare 
but the streets are golden 
my spirit is calm 
cause my heart you are holding

when you awake

I'm speeding on this blacktop
taking corners way too fast 
passing on solid lines 
making up for our lost time 
can I get there quick enough? 
or is it way too late? 
sitting at all red lights
as dusk creeps into night 

are you waiting up? 
can you feel I'll be there soon? 
I'm glancing at the clock 
did you leave the door unlocked? 
if you're aslewhen he I arrive
I'll quietly slip in by you 
when you awake in the early dawn
you'll be wrapped, in my arms

Monday, May 23, 2022

struck

I won't say that I'm sorry 
I can't apologize 
when all the truth comes forward
reflected in my eyes 
I won't keep you longer 
you are much too wise 
as truth hangs in the balance 
the mask won't cover the guise 

you cover me with roses 
and lay me down with hope
reason is not forth coming 
not in the broader scope 
I climb the ladder with fantasy 
it is a slippery slope 
and I light just one more candle 
and in the darkness grope 

we reach and understanding
I wish you all the luck
but when it starts to rain 
it's not worth a sawbuck 
it lays in wreck an ruin 
no way is it unstuck 
lightning flashes quickly 
I'm the only one that's struck 

distraction

I need some kind of distraction 
maybe romance under the moon 
something to take my mind off 
of all these thoughts of you 
I'm trying to out run you 
but it's a one way street 
always too much traffic 
quickly you outrun me 
It's like swimming in the ocean 
with a dangerous undertow 
and I am so close to drowning 
I'm just too tired to float 
I need some kind of distraction 
maybe romance under the moon 
something to take my mind off
 of all these thoughts of you

affliction

never one to play it safe 
always bending the rules 
always pushing the envelope 
using all the tools
as I buck the system 
fight predisposed convictions 
I don't see this as an affliction 
but more of a contradiction
if there is an "out" I'll find it 
if there is a line, I'll cross it
if there is a wrong, I'll right it 
if there is a border, I'll smudge it

Sunday, May 22, 2022

make it go

as it grows
I just don't know
fast or slow
just make it go
what it will take
as my heart breaks
the cells it takes
my body aches
God, take it away
and keep it at bay
this prayer I do pray
each night and each day
in six months once more
I'll find out the score
will my spirit soar?
as I come to that door
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sight

some gifts are true, 
viewed with blind eyes 
while love goes completely 
unrecognized 
it hides in your heart, 
and deep in my mind 
you travel the road, 
look for posted signs 

you look for some joy, 
but there's none to be found 
walls everywhere, 
when you turn around 
it's like a frayed wire, 
that's just not well grounded 
love abounds, still
you won't let surround 

you stumble in the darkness, 
and can't find my light 
my love was still yours, 
the path was just right
it reflected in my eyes, 
was hidden in plain sight 
you couldn't feel the heat
 that raged in the night?
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one last look

I can tell by that look 
you found what you missed 
a part of your soul
that failed to exist 
may you find the happiness 
that you waited for 
I wish you the best 
and all you deserve 

you were deep in my heart 
she was deep in yours 
I take one last look 
before I shut this door 
may you find the happiness 
you waited for 
I wish you the best 
and all you deserve 

it is not so sudden 
but now it is clear 
I knew it would be soon 
now that it's here 
I love you from me 
wasn't music to your wars
I wish you the best 
this wish is sincere

Saturday, May 21, 2022

citation

my heart gets pulled over 
the fines are numerous 
I peruse  the citations 
knowing they are justified: 

too fast for conditions 
failure to negotiate turns 
running the red lights 
following too close 
ignoring the road signs 
passing on solid lines 
loving without a license

the price is not too high 
I will gladly pay 
when the officer leaves 
I start it all again

day to day

he touched her nights 
she touched his thoughts
he put it away 
she lives it day to day 
each memory that ignites 
each candle burning bright
the crescent moon, 
the star light frames
the passion of lost nights 
he left her many dreams 
she didn't leave a trace
he put it all away 
she lives it day to day

mon ami

say a prayer for me 
to find what you have found 
to bask in someone's love
to be adored in their eyes 

say a prayer for me
mon ami, my dear friend 
I wish you all the best 
wish the same for me 

say a prayer for me 
that I haven't used it up 
that I'll get one more chance 
to love the way you love 

say a prayer for me 
I say a prayer for you 
to protect your heart and soul 
to always know deep love

Thursday, May 19, 2022

lullaby

you burn in me 
a raging inferno
raising my blood pressure
quickening my pulse 
a stroke of your hand 
lips that whisper 
an urgent lover's song 
let me sing it with you 
as you lay me down 
under dark velvet skies
as I softly sigh 
sing this lullaby 
again and again 
sing this lullaby again

straight edge

ponder what it all means 
your life with just your dreams 
no longer wasting your time 
this fish gone from the line 

what will you do with that space? 
when I'm gone without a trace 
a straight-edge razor cut 
redemption won't hold you up
 
my gift to you, your space 
a memory cd erased
new memories for you to make
new hearts for you rot break

you should have told me

darlin you should have told me 
you can't wrap your mind around
the way my heart keeps calling 
when monsoon rain pours down
the truth is in the corner 
written plainly on the wall 
I guess I couldn't see it 
cause the rain had washed it off 

darlin you should have told me 
your love doesn't have the room 
it's all tangled up in longing 
your heart's already consumed 
you embrace it in the darkness 
but it fades in the light of day 
the picture that is painted
is whitewashed in black and gray 

darlin you should have told me 
I was only spinning my wheels 
you looked it over a couple of times 
there is nothing you want to feel 
someday you'll write some lyrics
it will make such a beautiful song 
about love that was unrequited 
about a heart that you wrong