Sunday, June 26, 2022

Silhouettes

“Get out of the fire

Get out while you can”, they howled

They yelled and wailed 

In the dying of the sun

I knew it was you 

I stood outside as the sky on a crystal night 

I caught a glimpse of you through the window 

Carrying empty dreams 

Carrying empty castles in the air

No fresh air

Losing your grip 

The sky autumnal 

Come home with me

Not everyone is out to get you

Not every shadow is a monster trying to feast on you

Sometimes a shadow is just a shadow

Never the prince of darkness in your window 

I caught a glimpse of you through the window 

Trying to get your soul back 

Trying to paint something with your eyes missing 

Look! Your hands are shaking

Come home with me

Join me on a highway to your true self

You’d be mystified by what’s inside you

Beauty and light

Effigy and art 

Euphoria with ecstasy 

Come home with me

Take hold of the future

The longest you’d hold something that isn’t a gripe or a grudge 

Solace and satisfaction

Creation and incarnation 


Wednesday, June 8, 2022

I know a place

People like us, places like this

People like us

Coming into this world

A living thing

A breathing thing

People like us, places like this

Leaving this world as nothing more 

Than a forgotten pile of ash

Places like this, people like us

Incarcerated in this place

Humiliated in this place

Opinionated and fierce 

It’s the only thing we’re guilty of

We wake up every morning 

Without even trying

We are tenacious

People like us, places like this 

Gassy crimes

Transgressions and despise

“You’ll be safe for now”, they said

People like us, places like this

Beneath the trees

Downward the rails

Far, far away 

I heard this mesmerizing singing 

Over and over, again 

Pitch perfect 

Hymn and Melody

The London Symphony Orchestra 

Where well-meaning souls belong

A Place like this for people like us


Dead town

I lie awake  With brooding eyes, I lie awake  I lie awake at night thinking about all the blood spilled in my street alone  Everything they ...