New Year's Evolution

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He who thinks

in years

wears the rusty

chains of time.

She who obsesses

over decisions

dies in the cradle

of the present.

Tomorrow wears rags,

makes promises

she cannot keep,

waxes politically

singing,

Change!

Change! Change!

while only delivering

nature's classic refrain:

There is nothing new

under the sun.

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While Others Lie Waiting

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"It's been a long December

and there's reason to believe

maybe this year will be

better than the last."

- Adam Duritz

Darkest new morning

of premature dawn

welcomes the desert

in its arms

while others lie

waiting for the light

of the sun

I've been here before

Had regrets before

Have looked back as

my shame turned

this flesh to stone

This night I

am picking up the pieces

as I circle toward

the morning,

as I slay the past

the rastaman told me

not to forget

I have a foot

in both worlds,

wearing two faces

on the same head:

to fight

and

to forget

I steal away

the plunder

before the first

head rolls

This is my hope

my song

The life given me

by

Father

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Best Songs of 2009 (in my humble opinion)

"Always" by Switchfoot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85vi2pB1T5c

"Beggars" by Thrice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifh9yWG62zo&feature=PlayList&p=40E183CF6A97B5A0&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=23

"Every Thought a Thought of You" by Me Without You

http://www.last.fm/music/mewithoutYou/_/every+thought+a+Thought+of+You?autostart

"Poison & Wine" by The Civil Wars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGPmflbgFi8

Two Seas

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Life

is a dream,

a child

sleeping sound

in the shadows

that billow

then fade.

Death

is a mother

shaking her little ones

awake.

Why wait?

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