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James Daniel Apr 2023
I'm getting my life together

Almost cruising after the bumpy road

Tomorrow I don't know



Sometimes I think I can't do it

A feeling of helplessness

But I see thru it


I'm calmer or smarter these days

But I can't be sure

And the last few nights I've dreamt of fighting and women

Soft, loud


So even my dreams are noisy and restless

As I try to focus

To see it thru



I'm finally able, able as I'll ever be, consistently

My imagination is for these days
James Daniel Apr 2023
This new shell
I've made, made as big as the world

It feels hollow inside
I try to fill it up with words, songs
And pictures

It shines, gets bigger everytime

Where will I take it?
James Daniel Apr 2023
She stands beside the wheel, it is the wheel of life  
She has the same face as my mother

Dress
Seeds
That place I ran from

A sullen voice, a lonely swift
Who's time is it now
To sing for joy?

I see you everywhere
Every coloured skin
In tenderness and care

I've found a den to hibernate
I want to tell you what I see
Before it's too late again

The light of God
It's true
True as the sky is blue

Funny how these bridges hold
With no-where to plant the otherside
Building into the sky
An open road
The only way I've got to go

Over the lavender fields
The lavender dreams
The lavender bandages
Removed and healed
James Daniel Apr 2023
I used to be beautiful

I remember magic everywhere
As if the earth were newly cut open

I used to not think twice
But these things you can lose overnight

I used to be brave
But had no idea

There was so much love
But I was just letting go

Spring you mighty thing
I'm down here looking up at you

I want to evaporate into your blue
And rain again
Good as new
James Daniel Apr 2023
What a beautiful memory
She'd come to find me
To sort that out
Her little boy storming off in anger
That terracotta courtyard
Under a blue sky
Just to laugh and smile
And set the day right
James Daniel Mar 2023
Dry your eyes
I'm coming home
Fly your fabric soul
I'm running down the road

All your worry
And the things you can't change
Don't be afraid
I'm coming home

You thought I'd disappeared
But faith wants me here
You thought I didn't care
But I was always there

Tie your hair to the side
I'm coming home
Let Spring arrive
I'm running fast thru the cold

New jealousy, new grace
A new truth and place
Open your heart
I'm coming home

Each day the animal bites
He wants to hold me down tight
But I'm music now
Dancing like a brave kite

Dry your eyes
I'm coming home
Fly your fabric soul
I'm running down the road

Nothing's going to stop me
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
James Daniel Mar 2023
There are few places left
Said the gardener
As she swept leaves under the apple tree

But no-one is in control of mystery
It stands here
Just like you and me

Bring your love to me
Said the heart
With it I become visible
I go from being lost to being found
Bring your love to me
Don't turn around

The world moves on stagnant water and breathes stale air
We are tied down to it
There is no rest
And even less

And before you know it
The people you love
Will be gone

Bring your love to me
Said the body
I want to tell you
How grateful I am
Bring your love to me
I don't want to miss my chance

Bring your love to me
Said the mind
I need it to grow
I need it to climb
It is the key ingredient, every time
Bring your love to me
Don't leave me behind

Bring your love to me
The only gift
And true mechanism
Bring it to me first
Bring your love to me
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