Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Fallen Leaves

The fallen leaves I catch in my teeth before they sink into free falling reams of
thought tears and naked fears getting stuck in the gears lighting bonfires of vanities that back-light a band playing only golden tambourines.
Telephone lines serve now only mice who spy like rats who have greedy little hands and a hunched over spine wearing their honesty on their rolled up sleeve to pretend that they don't steal my melody schemes.
I want to hear him sleep soundly, my prince, I don't have to convince him to go to the 3 AM ashram where we disembalm knowledge that has fallen quite far from the tree to be it's own king that will reign supreme failing to see all the little ones clamoring to be free and eat of the fruit bright tangerine dream. Like trees we lean to the sun, we grow straight up, we bow to the water. 
Like leaves we learn that falling is floating, our buds will come back in full bloom to embellish the garland of our past, present, it is always now and then is the hour.
We give hope, protection, and ecstasy is dawn in lover's arms, how else to fast and pray for intervention? 

Saturday, May 9, 2020

Live Like You Just Landed

Chorus
Live like you just landed
Live like you just landed 
When life leaves you muddled, morose, 
                       and stranded
Wake up and live 
like you just landed

Be a witness to the flame
No two people are 
                     just the same 
Do a dance & jump & fly
You're  a miner, 
                     dig your claim
To be alive don't just survive
You've got to live 
               like you just landed

Feel the pulse of everything
Behold the light of 
                          what you see 
Listen to the song so sweet
You'll understand you
                    have been asleep
before you lived 
               like you just landed 

Chorus

Listen closely to the rocks
Look deep in the eyes
          when someone talks
Get off your ship 
            touch down your feet 
You never know whom 
                   .      you will meet 
You can give and 
                         get so much 
when you live like 
                     you just landed

Dedicated to  the friendship of Karl & Henry.