Battered and beaten, he retreatsSearching for a moment’s solaceBut looking, one can seeThe defeat etched across his face Slowly he stumbles, each step a victoryWhat his battered body allowsDrinking his breakfast of whiskeyHis shattered soul takes a bow Agonizing over his coming sobrietyThe cold and loneliness loomsTrying to grasp a homeless pietyHe wanders among the…
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Jump Start My Heart
Feeling trapped, can’t seem to get awayWrapped in lost days and lost ways, alone againCan’t seem to get things right with you, with youReaching out loving you, missing you So what’s it going to take for meTo make it through another dayOne more beer to makeThe heartache fade away And just because self-pity comes so…
Your Walls
Blank stares, sterile teethFlashing through silent lipsIs honesty just a dream now?Is honesty just a dream? Alone – it’s not so bad, true it’s sadBut the lies, there’s just too many nowAnd the cries of the helpless and gutlessWho can judge, you? – maybe you? And you feel safe behind the wallsYou’ve erected to protect…
A Postcard Life
I have many questions for you today. First, if you were going to write your autobiography, would it fill a postcard or be a thousand-page novel? Are you an “important” person with initials after your name? Do you fill your days with planners and business meetings? Are you so busy that you push aside the…
Roots Of Love
Friends are much like treesPlant the seed and watch it growIt branches out and changes seasonsThe leaves, they fall, to grow again In the spring of lifetimesThe handshake replaces the hugThe kiss on the cheek replacesA misplaced love Some may blossom and fly awayOn the wind, some return againSome they stay and drift awayBut some…
Serenity
I say it to myselfA hundred times each dayThinking of all the waysI love you And it’s just because of youI can touch the skyOh, I can fly away with youAway with you Dreams, they’re not all they seem to beI’ve got you, you’ve got meDreams, they’re much more you seeWhen two become as three…
Words
WordsWritten to rhymeKeeping in timeWith thoughts in mind WordsOn a paper napkinReminds me of whenYou made my head spin WordsThat I use to expressThis feeling of fullnessAnd of gentleness Seem to lackThis feeling inside meWhich cannot be expressed byWords written in 1969
Maybe Ten
She’s just my little girlBeen that way since she came into this worldBe that way for the rest of my lifeDoesn’t matter if she’s five or sixty-five Her swimming pool was a five-gallon bucketAnd there was plenty of room to spareGrandma’s glasses was hers to claimAnyone’s pocket was her personal domain Built her a house…
Ticket To The Sky
I wish I were a ship that spreads its wingsAnd flies away on a deep blue seaI wish I were a golden eagleSoaring far, far above the Rockies But I guess I’ll have to stay awhile longerAnd see what I can doAbout this situationI’ve been put through And if it weren’t for you I thinkAll…
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The simple joys you bring to meThose moments of ecstasyHow I wish I could guaranteeThese things for you And the knowing is always growingShining brightly in those baby bluesAs my feelings, always reachingEver boundless, continue soaring A gift so great, I hesitateTo put a name upon itIt has no edges, it has no seamsIt’s the…