Drowned

I’ve been tired physically and now am tired mentally;

And there’s no one to talk to that will listen

No one to hear that might understand

Tired and wretched soul just yearning for a warm heart

To reach out and grasp so firmly as though it must last

One thousand, one million years

Sorrow and joy fill the sky but I cannot!

No, I must but I cannot hold on to something so inexplicable

So innate in its beauty that I must, I have to hold on

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Time wasted, love released onto a cold rock of a heart

It bounces back day by day, night after night

But then like a faucet turned open my cold heart pours forth

Water so pure, so tasteful that one who drinks of it might feel as though

They were just reborn

But it is in the death of my rock that I am reborn

The drowning of it that makes it anew

I have drowned back to life

(2006)

Grin and Bear It (Song)

Good things must come to an end

So you can pick up the pieces and begin again

And you can live life to its fullest potential

Knowing there’s something new around the bend

And you can smile

When you look back at all of the lessons you’ve learned

So why don’t you smile

And laugh and cry and live

A heartbeat goes up, up and down

And there’s nothing in life that cannot turn around

So be happy for the things that you’ve got

And don’t worry about the things you haven’t found

And you can smile

When you look back at all of the lessons you’ve learned

So why don’t you smile

And laugh and cry and live

(2011)

My Love Was a Dream (Song)

Alone in the wilderness

Far from the sea

It was dark to the eye

And scary for me

So I knelt down and prayed

I was so very afraid

Let God take away my fear

On that ground I stayed

Slept on through the night

Waked to a glittering light

It was the sun on the sea

I knew then I’d be alright

I was surrounded by angels galore

Yet my heart yearned for more

It was then I saw her watching me from the shore

She was someone I’d seen

Her eyes blue her dress green

Her hair was black as night

Face the brightest I’ve ever seen

I began to shake

And my heart began to ache

She was here in my dream

But then I awake

I wish I could slumber

From morning until night

Never feel alone

Or that awful fright

But in the morning I wake

And sooner or later I might be

Alone in the wilderness

I was far from the sea

It was dark to the eye

And scary for me

So I knelt down and prayed

I was so very afraid

Let God take away my fear

On that ground I stayed

(2006)

The Tiniest Bead

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Although in winter’s day we sit

And talk of stories yet untold

Of friends and foes we have not met

Of life and future to unfold

When waiting storm begins attack

And sitting there we are afraid

Of howling winds upon our back

We pay a debt that’s yet unpaid

Of house and home and family naught

The sea has claimed all these to it

Without a chance we stood and fought

But win the sea would not permit

But now that all of us are gone

And you were not completely right

To say that what we did was wrong

To stand pig-headed and to fight

Now with the generations past

So that our children won’t forget

While growing up so strong, so fast

The ancestors they never met

We always dream of what’s to come

And with this dream we become hooked

Although we think that we have none

These simple pleasures overlooked

Of life and love we have a lot

But to this we have no regard

What we need is not sold or bought

Its only found if we look hard

Just live the life that you have now

The future will be what it wants

Just remember to take your bow

And to make your dreams more than thoughts

From deep within ourselves we need

To find the peace the world can give

As small as the tiniest bead

It is all we need to live

(2004)

Point of View

Terrorist or Patriot?

Point of view makes a difference

Euthanasia or putting an end to misery?

Think about it.

Human life is short

A minute in the life of the Earth

Don’t always be a judge rather

Live, live YOUR life, not theirs

You may still disagree with some things

But never jump to conclusions

Capital punishment or torture?

It’s not easy is it?

(2005)

Innocence (song)

V1:
I'm lost in a foreign world
solitude but no peace.
I've ventured past my youth
the world's a scary place.

V2:
Death is everywhere
there is no hiding here.
Bombs falling from the air
no one without a tear.

Refrain:
I want to go back to when
my Daddy was a hero and
I want to go back to when
My mommy was a god.
Everybody was my friend
I was never wrong.
Back before my tragedy
Reality.

V3:
Lifting, growing, aging, trying
social security, medicare
slowly losing, quickly dying
Jesus, Mary almost there

Refrain:
But I want to to back to when
my Daddy was a hero and
I want to go back to when
my Mommy was a god.
Everybody knew just where
I had ever been.
Back before my tragedy
Senility.

V4:
Now I've made it home
I'm not alone anymore
there's nothing missing in my life
And I want you to know... I want you to know

Refrain:
I've made it back to when
my Daddy is my hero
I've made it back to when
my Mommy is my god.
Nothing to fear now
I won't shed a tear now.

(2005)