Memoirs from a balcony
Concerning all things Earthly
Travelling along a perspective
Of light and sound
From Heaven to Hell
The descent of love
And a rising tide
Flooding the town
Keep them out!

Born to die, in God's image
Glory be to God
and all those before him
Amen

I threw tears into the ocean
to stop the memory of you
drying out

Chased rainbows into the night
with a handfull of of dust
I shook at the dawning sky

A red crimson torrent
fills the well where I drink
and I love it dry

Then I shall wait in this desert
until the rain returns
the ocean of you

One step toward you
I feel your presence
and the pace
of this life, of this love

Where the bounds of love
move beyond memory
is a place
that no pain shall weep

Hard

InI, UnU, WenWe
I was married once before
Peace and harmony
I don’t want it anymore
I just want love
Give it to me baby!

It's not you, its me
like fishermen and lanterns
shimmering upon the sea
attracted by the catch
and the reflection of death
So
you find yourself
and I'll find someone else
together on this raft
It's you, not me

Girl with china doll hair
lollipop eyes
confetti freckles
and strawberry smile
a constellation of joy
a sobering champagne sip
for my eyes

On a quiet country road
I drove a mother and her baby home
with the smell of dust and sweat on my breath
with every glance I gripped her tighter
like tire tread on the road
making tracks toward her horizon
Before stopping on a rise to admire the view
then burying it again between some rocks and a pot hole
in love with the horror of you

this is not my journey
I am just passing through
this space between
the ghosts and shaddows
shared with you

As we run straight and wide
Through broad rainbow smiles
And pots of gold
Yes, we are the warriors
Of human hearts
Of human windows
To our souls

Paper clip of my mind
Twine of my heart
bind all this love
and file these thoughts
to focus on The One

Here I sit and wait again
On these steps
For you
With varying success

Footsteps move away
As I track my history
A future of hope
A past of neglect

Then you move
As I stand up
To greet the past and future
With varying success

Stories are never always true
But sometimes they partly are
So I am going to make one up
About me and you

Mama allow me to weep
Whilst you work for me
It may break your back
But it breaks my heart to see

And I’m going to extend this hand
Out of respect, not out of pity
That I may one day break my back
For you to see

That we shall stand at a village dance
And smile as we face each other
While your baby bounces on your back
And people whisper scandal to each other

That a white man may dance with another
Whilst believing that he can actually dance
My hope is that you truly do
May this story be at least partly true

(this is my prayer and wish for today Mama, about me and you)

Too much death in this life
So I am leaving this planet
To look for another one
To drift into space
And look over my shoulder
To watch it get smaller
This blue sea of my soul
This island of my heart

Too much death in this life

So I'm steping off this planet

to look for another one

and drift into space

To look over my shoulder

and watch it getting smaller and smaller

a pinhole in my heart

A bird perched on a bridge railing
Ready to jump
Suicide is never the best option
For the plagiarisms of life

Man walks into a bar
Looking for grief
Looking for a fight
Taking a seat

Turning his head to one side he says
If you're selling, I’m buying
One nickel for the truth, a quarter for a belief?
The dealer stares blankly back and he says
A belief will cost you, and as for the truth...

The man pours out his pockets
Picking between the coins and candy wrappers
He gets his belief
And sets out in search of truth

He goes back out onto the street
Round the corner it gets rough
Between the streets of dusk and deep night
Drag racing the dawn

He feels the waking light pry at his heart
Searching his pockets he remembers
His belief was lost in a bet with God
and truth got a head start

Let this damn new day begin
Again
Man walks into a bar
Looking for grief

We carry a newborn
And bury the deceased
We love the life we seek
Till hate and deceit
Creeps in and becomes us
-Oh humanity

Impatient love leave me for a while
So I may rest here in the shade of life
And keep watch over the passing tide
A cool breeze moves on through
Like a freight train taken to flight
The weight and signal of love at the crossroads
Proceed with caution, look left then right
Time will tell us on the other side