Hire Perception

I drank so much coffee, I’m wired for sound

Your words rang true in my ears

Despite hearing it for years

It suddenly feels real this time around

It’s funny how hard we continue the search

When it was in front of my face

Without human sin or disgrace

Your message got lost in religion and church

The most important piece in the puzzle is still love

In the black heat of night or on the wings of a dove

Your message was so simple and pure

You alone, our only hope and cure

Please lead us all to hire a higher perception

It starts and ends with you plus nothing at all

We must push out our daily distractions

And give up selfish dissatisfactions

We surely need your mercy after the fall

I once thought I could always do it own my own

But I heard your case over time

And I had to stop on a dime

And think about my account to you on your throne

The most important piece in the puzzle is still love

In the black heat of night or on the wings of a dove

Your message was so simple and pure

You alone, our only hope and cure

Please lead us all to hire a higher perception

Help us, as only you can, to a higher perception

Passage

Pushing upstream through the rapids

Just to meet the jagged, snow-packed peaks

Let’s get lost in this distant jungle

Or head uptown and hang out with freaks

My head’s spinning with indecision

Tangled inside out with derision

Imprecise and lacking precision

I think we’ll make it safe and sound

But there’s no room for human error

Your laugh eases my empty conscience

Even if it’s still steeped in terror

My mind slowly draws black and blank

With only my impure nature to thank

Do you hear my shackles rattle and clank

Why do all of the clocks read midnight

I thought for sure we’d finally made progress

Let’s pull over, it’s getting too dark to see

We’re searching for a home with no address

Worry seems to be my surest emotion

Carried forth with unequaled devotion

And inner soul wrenching commotion

Do you feel the same?

In this who’s who’s of blame

Upended without a name

Broken, lost, and lame

Bailout the last remaining two

And change the face of the nation

Road trip rascals came to fruition

Turning out our inward creation

Dragons Can’t Really Fly

Reading poetry just makes me want to lie

There’s nothing as quite pathetic

So spare me the useless rhetoric

Lay it all down or act like it’s worth a try

You’re mouthing silent, unheard objections

Lost in your lonely, abject soul

Burn the chaff and pay the toll

Run from blind fear and earthly rejections

Dance through the thicket, push out with broken arms

Partial redemption lies huddled in your childhood charm

A clock’s ticking, your heart sounds that fateful alarm

Perfect blue windows don’t replace my crooked smile

Beat down the barking dogs of freedom

Boredom built your perfect kingdom

Memories are only worthy for a short while

Swinging wild we’ll punch holes through midnight

And stave off this sacred, haunting curse

Without something better let’s settle for the worst

Forget the future, crash across hindsight

Dance through the thicket, push out with broken arms

That monster’s got you cornered, no chance to disarm

Turn your back to summer, embrace the frozen hug of harm

My film of disapproval clouds over the purest eyes

A sanctioned chord of high repentance

Jailed and serving out a lifetime sentence

Calloused fists efficiently muffle most men’s cries

Daunted, daring even seeking a modicum of death

The hearts that brought you up the channel

Stand braced for cold, wrapped in heavy flannel

Lost in forgotten woods, counting every last breath

I’m lost in the thicket, crippled with broken arms

Lead to the slaughter like an animal on the farm

V Day

Right on course

To the center of your heart

It’s the source

More than just a piece or part

Grab ahold

Together we’re on this ride

Bought and sold

We can take it all in stride

Just one kiss

We will seal it up today

We can’t miss

Because in my heart you’ll stay

Take my hand

We’re in it through thick and thin

We will stand

Against storm clouds and the winds

Know always

My love for you will endure

This I say

With commitment true and pure

I know that you feel it too

You love me and I love you

Pushing Back the Wreckage

It’s dead and gone

Packed under winter’s fare

Barren, cold ice

Take a step if you dare

Where life once thrived

Buried under lost time

Digging down deep

Without reason or rhyme

Hidden treasure

Just a few months away

A wait too long

Or will you choose to stay

A new day’s dawn

Or another sunset

The sun feels warm

Against my sole regret

Peace is coming

In the burning skyline

Somehow I know

Tomorrow will be fine

The choice remains

A new twist, same old game

Don’t pull a punch

And I’ll treat you the same

The thaw’s coming

Whether wanted or not

Prices now paid

So let’s take what we got

Beyond the Trees

Rear windows always have something to say

Second chances seldom come back to play

Yesterday’s gone and I forgot today

I don’t really care that much anyway

But there is still something out past the trees

Please leave a door open, I’m right behind

Something lost or gained I can’t seem to find

You’re keeping pace with the ghost’s in my mind

I’m going to take a break and unwind

Sun drops down just as I fall to my knees

There’s a reason things came down like it did

How long will you keep acting like a kid

It’s Pandora’s Box, my hand’s on the lid

Why not let loose those things long ago hid

I hear asking, but never with a please

Your tangled past was a great place to hide

With your demons, so little to confide

It’s getting cramped in the world trapped inside

The choice is yours, now stand strong and decide

This world’s for you, heaven, earth, and the seas

Life within your simple birds and the bees

Streamy Photography

My conversion van’s got a bad wrap

Nothings going down

Not dealing dope or going out strapped

Just pumping out sound

Laying low in the neighborhood topography

Sharing pics of my streamy photography

Tell my brother’s keeper it’s all cool

Black & whites cruise by

Pimping a score from tomorrow’s fool

Selling souls for lies

It’s your vote in day-to-day democracy

All I push is my streamy photography

Ripple me this water man

Slipping and can’t seem to stand

Focus down deep on your plan

Find something to understand

Riding down south with my trust held high

Tapped in, out of  sight

Look left, look right, and straight to the sky

Down for the good fight

We’re not part of the next big atrocity

Just swimming through my streamy photography