Saturday, January 2, 2010

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.


--010110--

Friday, January 1, 2010

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



--010110--


Thursday, December 31, 2009

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?


--123109--