Swinging Intermission

tap tap tapping
my fingers to the beat
cigarette smoke and
syphonic notes
circling at my feat
the crescendo breaks
and the saxophone aches
burn burn burning
through the room
twisting notes
lingering like red wine
on my glass
and my fidgeting hands
playing with the band
tickle the tabletop
sticky with the atmosphere
rolling through the jazz guitar
and pounding out the bass
I've left my seat
and wandered through the halls
I'm out walking the night street
scuffle scuffle slide
I'm on the west side
I'm on the east side
my feet barely touch the ground

the Island

Waves stand like sentinels
upon this beach of ours
we've claimed this kingdom
for our own
our toes intermingling
with the water
that is lingering
in calming caress
When all else is lost
you can find me here
when fate has other plans
you draw me near

Weary Battle Song

This is a battle I can't win
like tossing a flower
into the wind
when I am ready
when I am able
I will see
When you have found it
you will have lost it
and you will see
go around
and go around
and go around

Come back for me
come back for me
I am ready
I am ready
I am

she isn't like you or me
she keeps her hopes
like single pennies
and drops them down
drops them down
into the sea
I wish that I
could be that free
follow me home now
I open my door now
won't you please come in

Come back for me
Come back for me
you are ready
you are ready
you are

This is for You

You are my love
my never ceasing breath
you keep me afloat
when the waters flow and ebb
I turn my palms
into your quiet kiss
you've held me here
so many times like this

Sinner Confess

In this silent confessional
I await my sentence
pleading mercy with my eyes
in this betrayal
soflty turning tides
letting my fists fall to my sides
In this quiet defeat
I collapse into submission
given up my will to fight
now end this neverending
night.

In the Twilight

The Golden sun is dripping
below the earth
the sky bleeds red and pink,
then brilliant purple
I am standing awestruck
in her radiant trance
she has consumed me
speaks to me
and I must stay
but licking at my back
and crowding around me like a cloak
the darkness waits to turn me
from the sunset's silken caress
for now I am lost
caught in her color riot
but oh what blissful obsidian
I am caught in
if this is lost
I wish never to be found again

New Morning

The dawn breaks violently
through my open window
the pale moon softly fading
with the light
this is just the begining
with visions of the horizon
I am lifting
with the ever growing wind
that whispers to me
I am awake
I am awake