Sunday, June 29, 2025

Here We Are

Here we are
Under swaying skies
Over grass and dew
Between me and you
Let us take a moment
To breathe in calm
And exhale strain
To soak in rain

Here we are 
With anxious heart
And scattered mind
All to find
Where lights dance
And colors merge
Where thought crowds 
And soaks in clouds 

Here we are
Under forgotten stars
Over rock and sea
Between you and me
Let us give a moment
To the passing years
To all we've done
Soaking in sun

Sunday, June 8, 2025

Dust & Stars

Still the world spins on and on
Oceans turn to steam 
Maybe I could grasp it now
Entrap reality in a dream

Were it but a matter of
Holding it between my hands
Echoing sharper minds than mine
Raining golden sands 

Endeavor to catch the sunlight
Bring it with me throughout the day
Endeavor to feel the moonlight 
Turn it into pretty words to say

Were it but a matter of
Entreating every sky
Extracting no responses
Nor even the softest sigh

During this time of turmoil 
Uncertainty and changing tides
Still grasping at the edges 
Trapped amidst these divides 

And were it but a matter of
Not getting involved 
Damned to sink or swim together 
Solitarily, nothing is solved  

Turn it over in your mind now
Accost the night to greet the dawn 
Reach for something better 
Still the world spins on and on

Thursday, May 15, 2025

Here & Now

To focus my mind on this now -
Oh, if I were made that way
When there's so much else to dwell on
So many other things to say

Too many to pin down now
In a time of new turmoil and old
Yet also this new certainty 
The thoughts all bend and fold

But try to think on this now
Where the changing ages meet 
The feeling of spilled time  
The sound of shifting feet 

We’re starting a new chapter here
Stepping into twenty-four 
Building something different 
Something I’ve never done before

It’s so hard to focus on right here
With such enticing things to plan
And all the latest drama 
Causing my mind to pan 

But try to value right here
This one day amidst three hundred sixty-five
The feeling of the sun
And the sound of being alive

Sunday, April 13, 2025

Gold

To choose, this choice, once chosen just to prove
That this time, of all times, this time we will move
Outside of what is comfortable, what's expected, done with ease
Not pausing to consider who it might not please

Yes, this time with conviction, with surety, with pain
We will not, must not, do not let your resolve wane 
For out of boiling chaos, out of rage, out of heat
Maybe we can find where despair and hope meet

And we can choose the latter, choose to change, choose to grow
Instead of repeating these cycles, these patterns, these devils that we know
To take a step forward, step away, step between
All the things never said and all the things we’ve seen 

Yes, this time with clarity, with honesty, with pain
With the hope of the seasons and the force of a driving rain
For out of stifling ice, out of stagnation, out of cold
We'll start a raging fire and bathe in endless gold

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Cascading Decades

Look how far we’ve come now
Turn about and view our tracks
How they twist and turn
Strive and relax

I’ll strive once more now
To find the words to convey 
The point of composing   
This winding array 

Seasoned by time
I might relax instead
Nothing left to prove
To the voices in my head

Listen to the soft hush
Like footprints in the snow
They compress and refill 
Shrink and grow

I’ll compress myself into
These rambling lines
Squeeze a word til a 
New meaning shines 

I’ll refill with memories 
Old thoughts to create new
Expand lost feelings
All in an effort to -

Feel my soul shifting
And let the words cascade
I'll wrap them around me
As we close out my first decade