All my life has been a struggle
to discover humble confidence
That stable middle ground
between cowardice and cockiness
And learning that a smile
quickly follows after compliments
Not taken for myself,
but given to my opposite.
I often sit in contemplation
sharpening my concentration
But distraction and frustration
soon give way to condemnation
And I judge myself severely,
forgetting my true station
As a silly, soulful child
of this divine cosmic creation.
Cosmic Crimes
Leaf of the Vine
Every leaf of the vine
Is a piece of the divine
It climbs and winds
And entwines throughout time
And wants no more from the world
Than what the world will give it
And wants no more from its life
Than what it needs to live it.
Good Intentions
Step on all your good intentions
Stomped into a million pieces
Weapons are your best protection
Guns and bombs filled with diseases
Death to all who disagree
Death to all who won’t surrender
Death is all we really need
Death is all we can remember
They say that’s the way its always a been
Man was born to die alone
There’s been laid a curse on men
Wickedness carved in our bones
But then they say alot of things
To trick you into submission
And when they’ve broken both your wings
They’ll convince you of your sick condition
And whisper words of doubt and doom
Until you’re screaming for their mercy
they’ll teach to hate and to consume
And drink your dreams when they are thirsty.
Sanity Saved
Millions of dripping pieces of me
Swimming in my head
Leaving my dreaming dizzily
Spinning in my bed.
Vivid imagery
Driven by hidden energy
My life flies by in my minds eye
As my memory
Unwinds I find I’m sinking
Drinking in the hours past
The showers splash
All pain draining
Raining down my veins
Until there’s none remaining
And my sanity
Is saved.
