I hold on to the shore
But I can’t escape the eye of the storm
The waves keep crashing in
But I’ll stay in the currents
I’ll wait in the hurricane
At the peak of something I don’t know
Remembering all the mavericks
That break my shell like walls
Just to glimpse the naked eye
I’m nature by design
The undertones are the strangers in the crowd
But I know you like I know myself
In high tide when the ships are going down
I’ll stay above the waves
In the limbo of jaded infinity
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In the wild
In the wild of my thoughts
The jungle of living
Persistent was the world
And breath by breath
I fall into the limbo
I swarm above the cities
Covering the fickle things
In the wild was all feeling
Covering both the giver and the given
And as my body emptied my soul
I’m older then the day before
And the chalice of time touched my lips
I hear humming of my childhood like bees
Flying and floating away
In the wild of my living
I lost my child brith thoughts
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The Architect
Argo painted on the walls
Light years away
Orion on your face
Flush
Beautiful sounds of the young
And born in the midst is the sudden mind
Restless in pursuit
Order the skies galaxies in hoards
Flooding the sky
Earth born vessel carrying a miracle
Immaculate conception
Form again and turn the world
Into your eternal confection
Asterisks in the beginning
Bluejay in the winter snowflake in the desert
You’re the impossibility rarity of life
We’re searching for the writing on the wall
The mysterious message on caves and coves
Sweeten the still life blossoming in June
Until our world comes to ruins
Then call this world house or home
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Dazed and confused
I’m feeling blue
Because all those beautiful words aren’t
For me they’re for you
I’m not your muse
And that leaves me dazed and confused
For a little while for hours
I’m the sandcastle you don’t believe in
And the waves hardly crush me down
But you tear me in two
If ever there was a time
I’m dazed ,dazed and confused
At the thought that I love you
All the blues meet the green
All the suns fall into ravines
And the night owl peers for more
As I knock on your door
Honey sweet honeydew
What I’d give to have you
You leave me dazed , dazed and confused
The night sky the misty moon
They were all parts of you and that made me blue
I’m not your muse
I’m just dazed, dazed and confused
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People watcher
And your story I loved
How you both got up in the morning
Had your breakfast together
Love is still alive even after the weathering
I recount the number of times I watched
You fold your laundry
The amount of times you entertained guests
Just a yard away
I recall all the times you’ve cut the grass
All the times you watched television at night
I remember how intertwined you are to my story
To you both I am the woman who never closes her curtains who watches the sky desperately on New Years Eve
I’m the woman who dances in the night when she can’t sleep the one who never breaks
The magnifying glass between us
I’m the people watcher you call neighbour
The one who will never greet you
For fear it will ruin the magic of our wonderful game
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Her
Nervous hands at the wheel
You’re rushing to meet her
And the songs on the radio
Make you nervous again
You went to meet her again
On the islands in the night
Her mother was a quiet woman
And her father couldn’t stay out of fights
She always called you her muse
She fought like her father
Like she had nothing to lose
But she never fought with you
She never wanted too
One day she hoped to get closer
And she’d wait to see what you would do
But then she moved away
Started talking really funny
She said she wasn’t afraid to kill dreams
To fold her winning cards for money
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You
A single tear escapes her eyes
It’s everything she ever wanted
Not a single detail out of place
Her world was ending and it was
Perfect,messy,Complete,honest
But it was ending from the first
Gaze she knew that a space was empty
Could she fill it with the waves of piano
Each key telling the tale of who she’d lost
To wander the path of what she’d gained
Tears spill into her paradise
All of who she was served up on a platter
She still talks about you like a work of art
She never meant to break your heart
Then there you were everything she ever
Thought was perfect but with her lover at Her side and her children waiting at home
She could have everything she ever wanted
But she could never have you
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Sensitive Soul
One day you will call me mother
And the milk from my breasts will feed you
One day you will love another
And you’ll take my heart with you
One day I’ll call you son
And you will never know the pain of birth
One day I’ll shelter you but you will protect me
One day I’ll sit and cry as you claim
I hate you I hate the man I’ve become
Because of me because of you
One day I’ll comb your hair and tell you
Yes all your dreams will come true
That the night will never come
And that you don’t need to fear the stars
That sing and bow to you openly
And these days will add to themselves
And your story and mine will intertwine
One day you will call me mother
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Written in the stars
I adore the gardens of melody
I crave for the hedonistic song
The sting of honey bees
Summer in the deserted arenas
Careful not to lose my monogamy
Clinging to well wishes
I hate the slivers of spring
I catch myself dreaming
With my hands in the sky
Freeing my burdens into humidity
I spell a song out for myself in the sand
Baby Cupid that hangs on my rearview mirror
Can I tell you all of my secrets
Hold them like destiny like the stars in the night
Every hope I have lays in the hands of the Lady of the Lake
I wonder the wistful night for magic or sanity
I cry out loudly for empathy my dearest
I howl to the moon to change my mood
I blow a kiss to my sword of Damocles
And I ride the night like I ride the sun
From dusk till dawn I carry on
Be my silver lining written in the stars
Star-crossed lover I’ll be yours you be mine
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Deep Diver
You’ll find hope in the familiar things
All those stars that collide like rings
The mastery of being told to wait
Knowing life like a plan is the beauty of fate
Diamonds are your eyes
And money fall in place of your teeth
I’ve never seen someone so hungry
You’ve never said a kind word in your life
But you’re the kindest soul in this city
Do you have faith or is it all mad living
Always hopeful too deeply forgiven
A sky full of songs could never replace
I’m hooked on prayers and I’m praying for words
Words to guide me through the night
And seasonless I fall into the hoard of sirens
I’m still standing when I should be sitting
I’m still flying where all the birds go to die
And I know I’m still searching
Lend me your fire
I need to feel alive
I grieve and I hurt and the saints cry fire
All my soul cries grace grace grace
And my arms flail beside me as I sing
Sing the hymns my mother taught me
About life and crying since birth
All my soul cries grace grace grace
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