New Poems

A part of me feels tied to soil and sky
A spirit whose roots curl into the deep earth
Reaching branches out in an attempt to fly
Feeling beyond limitations of mortal birth

So silent in my *beleaguered sighs
I’ve only waged a private war.
A mutiny of my body and mind
A treaty of peaceful scorns.

Helping myself to seconds of grace and green
I attempt to straighten my gnarly trunk
The brooding crux of mortality offers the secure lean
For grace requires belief in more than luck.

I don’t know that I feel more than life
I don’t like people telling me that’s not enough
My earthliness reverberates a place inside
That’s eternal in spite of its carnal self.

Besides what do I need with more than roots?
What do I need with more than sky?
What do I need if I am the so called truth?
A body that understands the edges of day and night.


Lyrics to something maybe when I finally learn to play the guitar

I dreamt about you tonight
A dream I didn’t know I had the guts for
A selfish feeling I’ve buried away before
That finally got a breath of life

I cried because I wanted you
And I’m not allowed to make the request
And even though you want me too
She’s reason enough for you to protest

I’m sorry I linger in my dream
It was bitter and sweet the way romance should be
But burns into me a painful false memory
Recreated in this sentimental scene

I cried because I wanted you
And I’m not allowed to have a say
And even though you want me too
She’s reason enough for you to stay

I’ve immortalized this feeling
I’ve written it out and played some chords
And I know I can’t hope for anything more
And still you see me asking

To hold you in a timeless place that’s
Intimate and unrefined
I can’t resist the lust of revealing ourselves
One motion at a time

I cried because I wanted you
And I believed in it more than ever before
And even though you want me too
If she’s your reason well, then… (sure)