Faded Names

Faded Names

Walking quietly at sunset

Listening to the breeze

Moving through the trees

Crows scream at the new moon

Shadows of names

New and faded

Casts shadows into the stone

Who were those people

How did they live

So little information about their lives

Nowhere near enough to know them

The light fades

Darkness fills the area

Their names are gone

And once again

They are forgotten

Reality of My Mind

Reality of My Mind

So much I cannot understand

World upon world

Drifting through my mind

Are they all real?

Which ones are visions of infinity?

Who lives on them?

Do they know that I am watching?

There is so much in just one reality

Although I wish to understand it all

It is so hard and so painful

Too much for my feeble mind to absorb

Roads going everywhere and nowhere

Leading to differing places

Yet, I am afraid to travel them

Not knowing to what world they would lead

My thoughts have twisted the universe

Into something I can no longer trust

I cannot make it stop

I cannot turn everything normal again

My mind created the world

Made up the roads

That will have to be my reality

For a very long time to come

If Time Were To End

If Time Were To End

If time were to end

Even if nothing else existed

If all of reality disappeared in a flash

I know the my heart would keep beating

It would keep my memories alive

Showing the moments I spent with you

The moments of happiness

The moments where we cried in each other’s arms

And when a new reality emerged

It would know nothing of us who came before

Still my heart would be beating

My memories of you would remain

It would know of you

And how I loved you

The Ultimate Temptation

The Ultimate Temptation

The pit is so dark

So deep that it has no bottom

Still it has a beauty

The glow of volcanic embers

Turn the walls into flickering gold

Dragons float below

Brushing their wings against night blooming flowers

Black clouds drift in the heated breezes

Lightning flashes and thunder rolls

Echoing through the infinite space

So hard to stand at the edge

The temptation is to leap into the void

To see what the world is like at the bottom

Yet, it is a question that must not be answered

The answer is beyond human understanding

Something the gods wish kept secret

Still it is there before us

The ultimate temptation which will never be sedated

All we have to do is float with the dragons

Watch the lightning and hear the thunder

And listen to our hearts

If we do

If we can

We will know all when the time is right

All we have to do is believe

Too Drunk Too Call

Too Drunk To Call

Darlin’ I know it was a mistake

Going out least night

I had a few too many

Jack, Jim and Jose weren’t my friends

I shouldn’t have called you as the sun was coming up

I just wanted to tell you I love you

Let you know that I was thinking about you

Wishing you were in my arms

I knew I shouldn’t have gone to that saloon

I knew I should have only had a beer

I could hardly walk but I thought of you

God, why weren’t you here with me

Jack, Jim and Jose gave me the nerve

I was calling to ask you to be my wife

I had it rehearsed in my mind

My heart had written the words so long ago

Still I had a few too many

I shouldn’t have called you as the sun was coming up

I should have waited

I should have let some time pass

Then maybe you would have said yes

Maybe I would be able to love you for the rest of my life

Maybe…just maybe

I would be able to remember your name

Looking At Stars

Looking At Stars

A million billion spots of light

So far away

Still just beyond our reach

We pray to them

We make a wish on the first one we see

Yet we know that they are not magical

They cannot hear our prayers

They do not know what our wishes are

But they are there for us

To count on a cloudless night

To watch as they cross our skies

And even for us to wish upon

That will never change

And we would not want it to

The Golden Gate

The Golden Gate

What is behind that golden door

The one our parents didn’t want us to see

Saved for the old it remains locked

My mind wanders as I look at the girl across the room

What does the door hide

What could be behind it that I should never see

For years I wonder

My mind fantasizes dreams that could never be possible

One night there is a kiss from a special girl

A touch of our hands

A look into her eyes as the shine in the moonlight

The golden gates open and I learn the secret

The secret which was so long hidden from me

I learn the secret of being in love 

Woman of Gold

Woman of Gold

Are you a statue?

Or are you a goddess

Frozen in time

Such beauty for all to admire

Yet we know that there is more to you

Maybe a life of sadness

Maybe you lived in the purest joy

We can tell what your soul is like

Your eyes stare straight ahead

Looking at all of us

Maybe you are wondering what we think

As we pass by and look at you

Woman of gold

Although out heart goes out

We will always remember you

Although we may never know the real you

Our minds will give you life

Our thought will tell your story

And in our heart you will be alive

I Can't

I Can’t

Together forever

One night the wrong word was said

You left our house

You left our bed

You left my heart broken and dying

Never to come back

Still I see you in my life

The waitress at the diner

The barmaid at the saloon

And every girl walking down the street

They all have your face

The same glint I remember in your eyes

The same perfume you wore to bed

I cannot see the real world

Only the one where you were with me

No matter what I do

How much my mind tries to wander

Even the songs on the old country channel

They remind me of my time with you

I can’t get you out of my head

The Story

The Story

I look at my keyboard

What could I possibly say?

How could I tell the story I see?

The characters are so strong

The lines maybe say too much

I want them to be believed

Yet, I know that they will not

It is a story of a world I see

One of pure good

One of the purest evil

How can I write it?

How could anyone see what I see?

What words could speak my words?

My thoughts are so different

Never the same as everyone’s reality

This is a story that needs to be told

My fingers have to move

The keys have to click as I touch them

The story will flow onto the screen

The words will come

The story will be told

If I could just move my fingers

They Don't Care

They Don’t Care

Don’t pledge allegiance to the flag

I don’t want to hear your prayers

God and the country have turned their backs on us

How could they allow people to die on the streets?

Why do children go to bed with nothing to eat?

Seniors are forced to survive on cat food

Our young are sent to kill and be killed

This is no way for our lives to be

They control our lives

They make the choices for us

It is time for them to think

It is time for them to care

If they don’t

If they can’t

We will never survive

Then who will they control?

The Hippie Girl

The Hippie Girl

Look at that girl walking down the street

So far out of time

A denim maxi skirt

Long straight hair

Bracelets on both arms

And necklaces covering her chest

She is an angel from a forgotten time

Even after so many years

Her appearance means so much to so many people

Remembering a movement for peace in a time of war

Does she know that she celebrates love?

Don’t tell her what she means

Just let her walk in peace

Let her be who she is

Let her spread the message of peace and love

Even if she doesn’t know she’s doing it