Mercury on a flat surface
eludes my thoughts, evades
my dreams on a page

Your mind says you can't and you so easily agree
Your heart retorts, we can, trust in me
Mind fires back, you fool, can't you see the impossibility
Your heart once proud and full succumbs to your own negativity
Defeated withdrawn cold and dark a surrendered heart for eternity

Did you see that star
it gave a nod, threw a wink
I wonder how far

Walking back roads home
Hearing mallard men chirping
near pretty hens row
where all the lone green heads go
to find love on back roads home

Back from the badlands
Ripped pride, torn soul, ****** hands
bruised man, repentant lover
Carrying a bandaged heart
Wrapped in lessons, tied in knots

Three scars cross my heart
Three strikes to show we tried
Three exes and your out

Fingers like blood roots
Entwines with my guard less heart
beating to her flex

Crimson orange curls swirl
Cinnamon sprinkles sun kissed cheeks
My oldest beauty is rare indeed

The dark forest alit
When the bolt came crashing
Highlighting the white birch limb

My mind starts flooding
Thoughts of water, warm water
To wash it away

never giving up
persistence personified
Wile E Coyote

What do I believe and
why it annoys you so
Why do I believe and
what annoys you so

When will you believe and
Where should mine go for
Where you do believe is
When your roots will grow

Let's agree to live and let be
I will love you and you love me
Let me love my God
and we can all live in peace

I believe in the words of that man
I believe in the life of that man
I believe in the death of that man
I believe he is coming again

what's the worst they could say,
to shoot your ego down in flames?
that's an easy one for me to claim,
loved only one, himself  
and thus died, unloved,
that's a real shame

fear binds
cripples minds
leaves you blind

You ever heard, dark to light or
I was blind and now I see

It used to perplex me and to
wonder what could this mean

Did it mean like the rising sun
hitting places it had not before been

Was it a surgery or some godly miracle
that made the blind man preen

Or was it something deeper
something felt but something unseen

I think I see the meaning now
I had to write it down and then read

I'm so blessed, truly
Blind squirrels find nuts, luckily
God led me to you

It was just like this
Early evening, sun soaked, chaos
When order was restored in your gaze
It was just like that
Early morning, kiss drunk, bliss
When dawn came and went in your arms
Been that way ever since, just like this

I saw that blood in the sky
Swollen burning after party eye
Veins of crimson wells ran dry
Swelling waters of a red tide
Coursing thru my fragile mind

It hurts to see you
Staring at your reflection
Not seeing that smile

Bellowing harmonica notes
Over his strumming acoustic cords
Beautiful American poet
Delighting throngs with lyrical gold
Yourself yearning to be so bold
Learning from a master yarner
Awe struck he leaves us so
No other can ever be so cool

It loves to come back round
returning to it's start
The home from which it came
kind of at the heart

You're likely to gain more
Then you could ever hope to spend
A game without a score
But a tie is a worthwhile end

For any good relationship
Is base on a give and take accord
So don't shoot from the hip
Nor get more then you deserve

That blue dream lifted from my hand
light as a feather but hard as rain
Leaving me alone as I jumped in chase
Missing again my baby blue dreams

Afternoon sun pops through
Golden streams between gray shades
the spring sun prevails again