Friday, August 16, 2024

Danced Into Fire

 

Danced Into Fire


It was a warm summer night

You were chancing a dance with me

If this did work out right

Romance waited at the seams


There was fire in your eyes

A grand thought had sprung to life

Enhancing the smile on your face

Your hand warm in mine


All night long we danced

Danced deep with desire

Murmuring sweet words

As we danced into the fire


A glance that was exciting

It advanced my beating heart

A brand that was so inviting

Fanning what we did start

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Thursday, August 15, 2024

Whispers In The Night

 

Whispers In The Night


Sisters whisper in mid flight

Sleight of hand does not make it right

It festers softly to the core

One might wonder what’s in store


Back door whispers in the night

Gaining strength in their might

Thoughts cavort urging more

Itching moments to ignore


Can’t believe the situation

Mounting misinformation

Dream of things moving on

Having to live with the con


Sister’s whisper in mid flight

Continuing a path they crave

Believing in their might

No life is worth this kind of fight

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Crawling Up The Hill Blues

 

 Crawling Up The Hill Blues


It may be a second

It may be an hour

It may be a lifetime

I want to crawl up that hill with power


I got me the crawling up the hill blues

It may take some time but that’s what I’m gonna do


It may take a while

I may be crawling blind

There may be some problems

I want to work through it with my mind


I got me the crawling up the hill blues

It may take some time but that’s what I’m gonna do


I wish that there was

A straightforward strategy

Under my will power

I’ve gotta take the steps best for me


I got me the crawling up the hill blues

It may take some time but that’s what I’m gonna do

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Wednesday, August 14, 2024

The Saddest Blues

 

The Saddest Blues


Oh the things I say

The things I see

The way ideas

Are always coming at me


I am at the bottom

I’m looking up 

Past the floors 

Filled with other people's stuff


There are some days

There are some more

I get so tired

People knocking on my door


I wish I had 

Minimalist views

So much in the world

Seems to be such bad news


I’m talking paying heavy dues

The no good saddest blues

The worst things in the world

Become my point of view

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Cool Breeze

 

Cool Breeze


Cool breeze 

Coming over me

There’s a cool breeze

Coming over me

Turn my attention to detail

Mama let me be


Cool breeze

I need some

It’s a cool breeze

Refreshing outcome

Give my heart and soul

It’s been quite a run


Turn up

Turn on

Reach inside

Find me some


A cool breeze ripples

Brings the crowd

To their knees

A cool breeze tipples

Makes the band play

On and on

A cool breeze makes me

Want to be more awesome 

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Tuesday, August 13, 2024

A Life I Have Lived

 

A Life I Have Lived

I walk down 

Empty streets

Listening for 

A heartbeat

Cold winds 

Begin to blow

As I walk  

Far from home


I’ve lived my life

I’ve live it well

So many to stories

That compel

Take me up 

And back again

Loving a life

That remains


Oh a life I have lived

Oh what a life I have been given


Lived my life

In summer breeze

Capturing 

All my needs

Warm winds 

Boosted me

Filled me up

So I could be


Warm hearts flowed

All around me

Giving love

So I could be

Love is gone

Much too soon

My love could

Fill a room


Oh a life I have lived

Oh what a life I have been given

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Thought Police Never Bend

 

Thought Police Never Bend


It’s interesting to see 

Others expectations

Of what life is supposed to be

Each so different

So special so unique

Until the day comes

When they attempt

To impose them on you


The thought police

Never bend

The thought police

Never bend

As long as you are bending

They want to be your friend


Then they wonder why you are strange

For all their attempts to rearrange

How you are 

Supposed to 

Act and see 

Think and feel

So I wonder what is the deal

Why the control

Exists and never ends

Thought police never bend

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Monday, August 12, 2024

Sleep Is On My Mind

 

Sleep Is On My Mind


My brain’s keeping me awake 

Too many thoughts I’ve to partake 

Making me wonder if it will 

Ever just shut itself down 

From its attempts to astound  


I don’t know what is in store 

I know I need to sleep some more 

It’s always good to get some rest 

Helps me to be at my best 

Instead of feeling confound 


Think about some minor things 

Like why Saturn has all its rings 

A question no one is aware 

Does it even have a spare 

Out there just hanging around 


Sleep is on my mind


Too many thoughts in my head

Keeping me awake instead

Alarms go off and I feel so tired

Always stuck in a mire

Get to work it goes bad

I feel I’m being had

Head back home get into bed

I’d rather be here instead


Sleep is on my mind


I fall asleep at odd hours 

I am a slave to its powers 

Once I took a nap on a train 

Somehow I ended up in Spain 

 No cure for a lack of sleep 

Sleep is on my mind

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Railroad Blues

Railroad Blues


Baby went joy riding

Down the rail

Baby went joy riding

Down the rail

Now my baby

Can’t make bail


Saw her just the

Other morn

Saw her just the

 Other morn

With new baby

Just been born


It was mine

What she said

It was mine

What she said

I know a line

I’m being fed


She looked at me

Said baby please

She looked at me

Said baby please

Can you put

My mind at ease


She took a train

Late at night

She took a train 

Late at night

Watched her go

Out of my sight

 


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