12-30-15 Who Are You
Who are you?
To tell someone who to hate,
Or who they cannot love,
Who appointed you to speak,
And set yourself above,
My heart can find its own way home,
It knows where I belong,
I know it when I’m with you,
No one can tell us that we’re wrong.
Broken Blue
I can’t feel how you feel,
But your sadness breaks my heart,
I just want to bind your wounds,
But I don’t know where to start,
I’ve been broken blue before,
Felt someone had run me through,
Left me bleeding in the dark,
Mostly left me broken blue,
This illusion we call life,
Sometimes feels like it’s untrue,
Sometimes bittersweet to tears,
Sometimes leaves you broken blue.
Reaching for the sky again,
I hear the slipstream call my name,
This old land is all worn out for me,
I want to fly and leave this game,
Rising up to see the sun rise,
Patchwork Earth beneath my wings,
Feel the jostle of the thermals,
And forget all earthly things.
I want to fly into the sunset,
Orange to purple, blue to black,
Fly above the storms of sorrow,
Dream of never turning back.
The Night
I feel the heat of your closeness,
Any chance you feel mine too?
Can we wander in the darkness?
Let the night take me and you?
There’s this vacuum in my soul,
And I don’t know what to do,
Would it make it any better?
If the night took me and you?
There’s really nothing that I’m lacking,
Got all I need to make it through,
But I still find I’m wanting,
For the night and me and you.
Consequence
This is not a movie or a TV show,
In this world people really hurt,
All actions have their consequence,
At least on this side of the dirt,
We’ve forgot the vital golden rule,
We’re causing pain and we don’t care,
We’re breaking hearts that we can’t mend,
Making a such a heavy cross to bear
Bullet
Someone said one time to me,
You own each bullet,
When the firing pin finds primer,
It’s too late to change your mind,
When that bullet finds its target,
Someone’s life is left behind.
A small few will cheerfully commit atrocities,
A larger few will grudgingly assist,
A still larger number will agree but not participate,
The majority will stay silent and try to ignore it,
A number will quietly bear witness
A small few will decry it
The smallest number will take action
He Said, She Said
She said “Take my heart with you”,
He said “You keep mine here”,
She said “Be sure you bring it back”,
He told her “Have no fear”,
They couldn’t know their world would change,
That things could never be the same,
He brought back her heart, left part of him behind,
Left and let her keep his out of shame.
I’m Blessed
Music saved my life and mind,
It’s the thing I really need,
All the years I didn’t know,
They were sorry years indeed,
I’ve played for folks in hundreds,
For barmaids and for empty chairs,
I’m playing music for my soul,
I don’t mind if no one cares,
It’s a blessing to be playing,
Keeps me going mile on mile,
It’s a blessing to be playing,
Hope I can bring a smile.
Ten Thousand Years
The people lived with nature,
Ten thousand years or more,
Then the others came and claimed the land,
Left the people sick and sore,
The others brought their greed for things,
Killed the trees and scarred the land,
Slaughtered bison just for fun,
The people suffered at their hand,
Again the people pay the price,
As greed still rules the day,
Great spirit sees and sheds a tear,
For the people as they pay,
When the last tree falls and streams run dry,
How much can the takers hold?
The oceans poisoned and creatures die,
Will they learn they can’t eat gold?