Bruised Lips

Bruised lips 

that taste

And tingle 

You make me

Want to sing

Gone before dawn

But soon To return

Back to the arms 

Where I belong

Return Of The King

The king returns

Crusades are won

Dragons slain

Back number one

With one eye open

Expecting more 

Not trusting peace

Expecting war

Too, too much

This little plot

On which we planned

On which we fought.

Rebuild, repair

Resolve prepare

Reclaim, retake

Redeem mistake

Remember the dead

The life and lives

The blood that was shed

The twisting knives

Digging out and digging in

I stand erect

Begin again

For all my wandering

Scars and prizes

No more wondering

No more crisis

It's not a homecoming

No fanfare please

There is no triumph

No laurel leaves

Time to live

Time to breathe

Time to love

Time to believe.

Fear Based Living

Fear based livingmakes no sense

To me

I was afraid.

I ventured.

Nothing bad 

happened.

Bad and good stuff 

happens

Daily

Anyways

It doesn't 

need me

To invent it

Predict it

Dread it

It's never

As bad 

or as good

as I imagined

I am free

I am breathing

I am loved

I am not afraid

Walking Dead

You say you've been there, done that

But really, where have you been?

You've got a drawer full of t-shirts

But were you ever there at all?

You say you've heard this song before

But what did you hear?

Was there any song at all?

You say you've ordered this before

But What did you taste?

Eating in a hurry, what a waste

You tell me you were taught it

But I don't think it was learned

Or maybe you forgot it

'Cause you keep on getting burned

You've seen it all, you've done it all

You've got the pictures on the wall

Europe at a glance

You've seen it all, you've done it all

You've got the pictures on the wall

But you forgot to dance

Thought you heard but were you listening?

thought you saw but you weren't there

You ate, you chewed, you swallowed

Thought you led, but really followed

I see through you cause you're hollow

You can stuff your souvenirs

Walking dead walking dead

Is there anything at all inside your head?

Walking dead, walking dead

Think you lead, but too easily led.

I Woke Up Hard

I woke up hard

Been wrestling with the world

In my dreams

Caught  between 

What is and what it seems

Things coming apart

At the seams

I woke up hard

Been shouting out

At shadows in my sleep

 Been Scratching, never 

Penetrate too deep

The cost of things that matter

Isn't cheap

Go back to sleep sleep sleep

You're safe and sound

Go back to sleep. Sleep sleep

You stood your ground

Go back to sleep, sleep, sleep

Get lost, get found

I woke up hard

With everything i owned

Stacked in the yard

Been trying to win,

It wasn't in the cards 

It's not my life

That i can not afford

I woke up hard

A miracle that I woke up at all

When sleep eludes

It's far too easy not to fall

When things get blurred

It's difficult to call

Go back to sleep sleep sleep

You're safe and sound

Go back to sleep. Sleep sleep

You stood your ground

Go back to sleep, sleep, sleep

Get lost, get found

Woke up alone

Too early and too late for me to phone

Too late for things to 

Ever be Patched or sewn

Forever to be guessed

But never known

Go back to sleep sleep sleep

You're safe and sound

Go back to sleep. Sleep sleep

You stood your ground

Go back to sleep, sleep, sleep

Get lost, get found

Love Abides

Sleep eludes me
But love abides

I breathe and believe

In future brides

Now rest is looming

Though she's not here

I feel love blooming

I feel her near

Plans

My best laid plans

Were put to rest

I wish I rested

Like those plans

Something cooking

Something burnt

Beaten by my

Pots and pans

Work before play

Musts before wishes

At the end of the day

Washing the dishes

Time Shift

Before...

When we 

gazed and stroked

and held and loved

Hour after hour

Minute to minute

Til the clock struck

Midnight

And regretfully 

we'd part only

to text some more

Into the wee hours

Today....

Ephemeral

Transitional

Distractical

And practical

Not much time

For anything

But dreams and

Memories

I was fit for a ring

Surprise

Fit for a King 

In your eyes

To come....

When we know

And show and grow

And let each

Other flow 

The pieces 

Fitting...

Gazing....

Stroking....

Holding....

Loving....

Hour after minute

Minute to hour

Our once

Broken hearts

Beating as one

Until the last sun sets

Spoons Apart

Laying in beds

Wondering apart

Why you are over there

And I am over here

As if the fifty years 

we didn't know

Each other

Wasn't enough 

Wasted time

Knowing already

That you're mine

And I am yours

And that we are

Spoons that

Nestle