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

Sunday, March 9, 2025

The Centuries Beat In Vain

And when the days whirl around you
Grasp a moment, hold it tight
Anchor for a second
I’ll try to help it last the night
Not to be existential
Still carried in the back of my mind
Twirling evermore, or until the stars are aligned 

Once more, help me find the reason
New years spilling so fast
Eternity insuring - nothing at all will last

Perhaps we’ll find a purpose 
Echoing through the centuries 
Reaching through time
Fragmented in the breeze 
Either found or created
Create this moment with me
To return to always in memory

Memories may become tainted 
Old feelings tend to wane 
Maybe we can make them 
Echo evermore, once more again
Nary a doubt that - against one perfect moment
The centuries beat in vain

Friday, February 14, 2025

One Moment More

Tangled thoughts and
Harrowed hearts all
Disperse in the end
Close your eyes
Leave them behind
This is where we mend

With time to spare
Light catching your hair
I’ll just watch you shine
With no words to bare 
For none compare 
To one so divine 

To hold you here
One moment more
Is all I ask of life
To die would be
A meaningless thing
My heart would yet run rife

With lack of sleep
Small price to reap
Your fingers laced in mine
With dreams so deep
Love, be mine to keep
My eternal Valentine