Goodnight

We say goodnight in the secret

Stealing whispers in shadows

With words of til we meet again

And

Parting is such sweet sorrow

As we wail at circumstance

And wonder where the road ends

And the new one begins

Like driving into the sunset

And dreaming of the dawn.

Happiness

Happiness comes in bottles now

Well sort of…

Maybe not happiness

Maybe capacity

Or just a switch

That turns the lights out

So you can’t see the tragedy

Just for a little while.

Thin glass

Life is a thin pane of glass

Stood on its narrow edge

Balanced on this earth’s crust

And the only thing you need fear

Is the wild and wandering wind

Or the hand of the person

Who seeks to push it over

Shattering it to pieces

Listing

Upon the listing sea

You’ll find a listing me

Drifting aslant upon the waters

Never level save for a moment

That cannot be stopped

That cannot be saved

In a journey of pale blue peaks

And deep, dark troughs

Until the waves overcome

And pull me into secret places

Animus and the Sunlit Moon

animus stood beneath
the bright and watchful
sunlit moon
yearning to touch her face
staring with soulful intent
to etch her features deep
that one day all he’d see
is her visage staring back
and he would be lost
to the umber glow
that bathed his being
delightfully so

Dynamite Shakers

I’ve been listening to this great French (France) group now for a couple of weeks and man, I cannot get them out of my head, especially the song – CINÉMA. They have a very cool rapidfire rock and punk sound with super compelling lyrics. They’re also pretty diverse – the song The Gates to That Sweet Sound of Yours sound a lot like The Doors. Here’s a few of their songs.

Silence

Note the silence

It is pregnant with meaning

Never empty

It says much

Like how absence

Forces the question

Where has it gone

Away, away, away…

Happy Birthday to Me

My amazing wife got me some pretty awesome upgrades for the gaming PC.

Fell

I fell

I fell climbing to a new height

Alongside others

Scaling the walls

Because i was a child

And I learned

Don’t scale those walls

But they kept climbing

And one by one

They plummeted

Lost to the hard earth

As I stood and watched

That’s the difference…

cap

put as cap on the well
screw it on real tight
nothing goes in
during the day
nothing climbs out
during the night
it’s for the best
these monsters
they’re manufactured
and sent after their maker
kill the creation
before it kills you