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…

                          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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Here's another poem for your enjoyment.

Just an Afternoon

I look at you and slip to dream,

Just to think of what could be,

I dream of days that never were,

Summer sheets and you and me,

Lazing in the…

Hi Folks,  I've been attending some poetry meetings for a while.  I started with readings of incomplete song lyrics but over time I've begun to write some actual poetry.  Just a couple for today, more to come.

Daydream

I want…