WASTED YEARS
(this is a special tribute to my friend Paradise... haha)
The Sky Is Falling
the delirious visions
they tell your mercury to boil
the frantic storm of apparatus trudges
through a symphony of green
it leaves behind a sad shadow of rusting drunks
in the lazy void
we only sit and eat our bitter honey
for urges & screams have no use
when said in a language of whispers
Shine
at a crucial time in an essential place
I shine beneath the gorgeous goddess
who watches me
luscious chocolate skin she has
is it an elaborate sleep picture?
I will drool not over fluff
yet I may still worship beauty that I perceive
out and in
however
my iron tongue ache
crushes all would be gifts
from men and women
please
incubate
me
Whatever would lead a man to think
his rules are solely right
The water he leads his horse to drink
would drown a soul so bright
What part of you wants to cure the illness
you see in my head
Silence me to total stillness
I might as well be dead
Frighten me with subtlety
by harming with soft threats
I won't sit with apathy
I'll stand with no regrets
Cause I want to
live out the life I choose
Walk on my own two feet and
not in someone else's shoes
Cause I wanna be
free from all those bitter tears
Fear's not quite my cup of tea
so grab the wheel we're changing gears
Whatever would lead a girl to crash
and cash in all her pride
Sell her soul for someone's trash
while taking it in stride
The part of her that's left behind
still lingers like a dream
I must admit she's just the kind
to try to find the grass that's green
Stifle her with sheets of fear
while narrowing her mind
I can not hold back the tears
Gotta break her ties that bind
Cause I want to
live out the life I choose
Walk on my own two feet and
not in someone else's shoes
Cause I wanna be
free from all those bitter tears
Fear's not quite my cup of tea
Nullify those wasted years
Cause I want to
be with whomever I choose
I've got so very much to give
and nothing more to ever lose
Cause I wanna be
me accepted by my peers
Here's my path to sanity
Forget about those wasted years
GO
When all your cards are laid out on the table
and you think you've done much more than you're able
You've looked inside and still not found an answer
to all those woes that've been chasing, getting faster
And you've been looking high and low
You've been looking left right north south east west
Don't know which way to go
When all your dreams are slipping from your hands
and you think you've lost much more than you planned
That thing you thought you needed in your life
is not so easy to retain or find
And you've been dreaming high and low
You've been wanting this that him her white black
Don't have no place to go
So take a look at me, tell me what you see
Did I end up like I was supposed to
I may never see those shades of honesty
But I gotta take a little step closer
When all my thoughts revolve around you
and I think I've lost my mind and attitude
Dream of you so much I fear I'll go insane
for I can't conceive you'll ever feel the same
And I've been dreaming night and day
Don't know what to do what to see what to hear what to be
Don't have the words to say
That I've been looking at you, while keeping hidden from view
in that very safeway I'm so used to
We may never be a reality
but we've got to take a little step closer
Shall I proceed
not knowing the consequence
Would I be more wise
to bite my tongue and watch my step
When all your cards are laid out on the table
and you think you've said much more than you're able
That thing you thought we needed in our lives
is not so easy to believe or describe
And I've been crying night and day
Don't know what to do what to see what to hear what to be
I've been looking left right north south east west
I've been wanting this that him her white black
Don't have the words to say...
I don't have no more words to say anyway.
Espresso
your buds of single origin
begin to cup you
at the very thought of
your tantalizing tingle.
you appreciate the first aroma under sidewalks.
feeling amazingly smooth
a special something wafts across you.
experience the subtleties of beans. . .