(2013)
Times are changing But the story’s still the same; Years to the day. I make progress With myself
I look at you from across the room… And still I don’t know quite what… To make the words move with my fee… To show you that I’m actually swe… As loud and boisterous as it gets,
Verdant green speaks an aura, as s… Douglas firs, a maze; beginnings n… Gods above, the mountains look upo… caressed in the creeping silk of f… In this hearth the cradle sleeps;
The argument’s What started the chain; Weighted with loss; And not given to gain. The boy wakes back up
Marching boy Whipping boy Toy soldier on an aeroplane, You know I never knew just what t… You said;
I: Like a Mirror Like a mirror unto eternity; Screening all the twisting ways Of present, past, and future’s las… Deceptive halcyon days;
Dumah’s wings have folded over; Black and white fade into grey. We struggle with indifference; We work to find the words to say. Weeds grow in grounds left long un…
Lords, Ladies of good Nature’s whims; held within the circle, a timeless… until I set myself to speak In such a moment
Stubborn, love is blind Charging forward like a bull Staring down defeat Crying at the real Shattered is the shielded soul
The horizon’s a mist And you’ve passed away My thoughts continue to drift To the things we once had Will we ever see the stars again?
Pandora; What did you do? You came and took the lid off once… You know I never forgave you. Pandora;
Silence ever is nothing but When one recounts the imprints ear… Wide bodies of outspoken past Under bridges built and burned. Taken to the head and heart,
Mother, Father; I never heard your bedtime lulls, I still pretend I do. Lover, honest I wish I’d spent my borrowed time
Come sit with us", she said. Now we sit here, speaking, wistfully drinking; Cracking the shell, cliché as it s… yet the new cocoon did form.
“Vae Victis!” Woe to the vanquished ones Whose dreams, under the heel were… Victim to the world uncaring Pray now, to the soul