Dear page

you listen so attentively
to all I have to say

when it comes to telling others
why can't it be this way

I share with you my every wish
my every hope and dream

and secrets that I dare not share
are on pages in between

I hold nothing back and bare my soul
without a second thought

but when it comes to telling others
with fear I am wrought

how I pray for liberation
to find the one with whom I share

that I may tell my story
to someone who really cares

Blacktop, soft top, foot upon the gas
Highway, my way, miles of haulin' ***

singalong, bringalong music for the day
iTunes, my tunes, soundtrack all the way

sunshine, fun time, havin such a blast
drivin, arrivin, trading poetry for gas

Top down, drop down time for us to chill
Line up, sign up, still got three seats to fill.

who's to say what's right
who's to say what's wrong
who's to say we've not been lied to
you and me, all along

who's to say what is the truth
who's to say what is a lie
who to say who gets to live
and who's to say who gets to die

we assume that someone else
is the answer to all above
but we choose who we vote for
who we hate and who we love

so its time we all took charge
put an end to this abuse
of human rights and freedoms
that we've let others lose

because one day you know
there will surely come a time
when instead of taking others
they'll come for yours and mine

Good morning Lord
tell me do you feel any shame,
about the things that people do,
under the banner of your name?

Burning holy books in Florida
because they tell a different story
albeit one thats close to yours
about truth, peace, love and glory

I used to think you preached of love
for all our fellow men
but I guess somebody changed it
cos they know better than you did then

No wonder church is pleading poverty
with attendance on decline
there's far to much intolerance
could you at least send them a sign

Now you and I were never close
if you exist you must know why
but for your sake please do something
show us forgiveness is no lie

Two strangers meet in dreams most every night
nervously at first but now so right
They look into each others eyes
Sharing hows and whens and whys
Saving every precious moment fore their flight

Sometimes they sit together talk for hours
or else they just take time to smell the flowers
sometimes passions overcome
and their bodies become one
or they dance and sing and laugh in summer showers

But mostly all they do is simply "be"
because its all the time that they have currently
one day soon things they might change
depends on what can be arranged
and on that day I'll know exactly where we'll be

Today I felt the sun upon my face
stretched out my arms and welcomed its embrace
with the breeze upon my skin
my life was purged of all past sin
a life reborn after a fall from grace

Single loads of laundry
sad freezer meals for one
no dishwasher for me
chocolate ice cream, just for fun

the never tested voicemail
on the outgoing only phone
one knife, one fork, one plate
signs that yes I live alone

take-out menu fridge door
a doorbell never rung
ipod playlists for the company
that never ever comes

early nights and books
an optimistic queen size bed
a collection of matching pillows
that only ever see my head

the one cup coffee maker
a single slice of toast
bills paid on time or early
nothing handwritten in the post

a will with nothing in it
and no one to leave it to
burial or cremation
I think I'll leave that one to you

no life insurance needed
retirement arranged
no girlfriend, lover, wife
ex, current or estranged.

this is the life I've chosen
free of contact free of pain
free of almost all emotion
this is my refrain

Because I've seen what people do
in the name of what is love
so to save myself the heartbreak
my life is as above