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No Harbor
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Adrift…
In a sea of love and anger.
Afloat…
On a ship that lust and heat have turned to rust.
Drowning…
In a life that’s turned asunder.
And we’re under…
Beneath the waves above.
Churning lies and choppy water…
No goodbyes.
No waves or glance my way…
Anger like a buoy.
But at the bottom on the floor lies guilt…
Because anger doesn’t hurt as bad.
Its only gild…
Only armor.
Only armor…
August 25th, 2012
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Dulcimer
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Dulcimer...
play me a song
'bout all the wrongs
that I have done.

Sweet Dulcimer...
in your strings and swirly grains
lie my life's story
and the way my river runs.

Ol' Lucifer...
leave me alone
for it's a long, hard road
that I have gone.

My darlin' fair...
in your sweet and lovely face
I see longing... I see despair
I see sorrow and despair.

Somewhere in the misty moonlight
I hear her music play
Sweet Dulcimer
take me home.
Sweet Dulcimer...take me away.

February 2013
Written as lyrics for a friend.
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Your Kindness
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Your kindness is the kind
That most people are blind to
Your caring love is blind
To all the pain that binds you
I wish I were the kind
Of person that could do
The things that make you you
The things you do
For M.  Re-post from May 21, 2013
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My Friend Ed
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Back when I was a follower
I had a good friend Ed
He grew up amongst the Alps
His Pops worked for the Ambassador
Details left unsaid
Ed could climb the steepest crags
Like a mountain goat on ****
And ski the steepest slopes
Like a rocket on a sled

As I said
I was a follower back then
And my friend Ed
With his prematurely balding pate
Would chuckle at my dread
Following him up a sheer rock face
Free style climbing into outer space
Rappelling down the other side
No belay to slow my glide

I remember the first time
Ed led me wrong
Clinging tightly like a lover
Halfway up the face
Hugging tightly a giant rock
Like a gambler hugs an Ace
No holds left or right, up or down
Too scared to breathe or shout for help
Till there was Ed like a monkey scurrying round

A smile of reassurance
Laughing at my plight
“Left hand here, right hand there
“Right foot to the left, left foot to the right”
Till finally at the top
Sweating, swearing, trembling
Lying on my back
He sitting there without a twitch
Thanks Ed, you *******

And then we hit the slopes
Ed starting with the Black
Piece of cake he said
I thought I had the knack
First mogul flying high
Second one I kissed the sky
Third I began the tumble
All head and *** and skis
Face buried in the freeze

I knew it would come one day
Ed asking me to dive
He didn’t mean the water
Ed loved to dive the skies
Finally I decided
No more the follower to be
I repeated the grunts number one rule
The only things that fall from the sky
The snow, the rain, bird **** and fools

We shed our uniforms
Said our goodbyes and headed home
Me to the South and East
Ed further West and North to roam
Last I heard my friend Ed was dead
Jumping from a bridge
The final dive for my friend Ed
Deep into a river gorge
I think he just got bored
February 2013
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Rain and Wind
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Rain large and steady
Wind fierce and heavy
Waves crashing ready
To turn the boat
Into confetti
Seas can be mean
As the devil
At the turn of
The hat I don't wear
Re-Post of lost one Apr 27
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The Gloaming
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In the gloaming
Of near darkened hospital room
A tender touch of a caring hand
Relieving pain
Providing the only light
That remains
In the gloaming
Of the nearly darkened room
Sleep child
I am here
For Maria, caretaker of children's pain.  June 10, 2013
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