(2009)
Walking alone on streets I was fa… felt that I was lost. If it weren… A-spin, I looked for my map And saw that I was lost.
I wish I had the words to describ… the quiet of a sunrise, the softness of rain on my arms, the fascination of a child with he… the liquid silver of morning dew o…
Lay me down Beneath the forest floor Between holly and oak. Lay me down Where snow and rain
She asked me, “Poppa, What is love?” And I thought and then said “Love is what you need and want it… She thought some and said,
Rain has been falling for two days now, The dry soil finally quenched after the long, hot dry. Ditches, ponds and guts
Driving in the dark I saw diamonds, Diamonds in the air, Diamonds everywhere, I’d have been wealthy,
Thirty miles to the west, sleet an… thirty sleeps the bay, temperer of… While snow and ice chill the west,… up to our chins. Here by the ocean… Instead of the sound of waves grow…
It snowed again today, That may be insignificant In a place already white. It was quiet again today, That is never insignificant
Icy needles Stabbing at the skin, Razor winds Cutting through Layer upon layer,
He has tiny fingers, tiny toes, tiny ears, and a tiny nose.
Winds swirl around me In their familiar way, A touch here, another there, They move me along. I’m like a leaf:
Change is a-coming, And it’s a-stayin’ Change is a-coming, Goodbye.
As the party lights dim, as the we… green of summer is forgotten in th… it’s here, it’s time for farewells… Autumn is the year’s last party.… of the party goers. They slip out…
Click: the saddest sound. The door closing on another Moment of my life.
I held the rose So long ago, Held it tight, too well, And still, the thorn lives Deep 'neath the skin,