Thursday, September 29, 2016

Grace bound, face down

Who wouldn’t want to ride the wind
With the girl who has it all
Oh, when I go in, I give it my all.
So of course you had to fall
Of course you had to fall.

Was it my fault
Was I not supposed to lure you in?
Jokes on me
You were a wolf in sheep’s skin

Another innocent face calls to me
But I won’t be there seething
I won’t live in your daydream
You see, I’ve found me.
I’ve found me.

No more shame drives this train,
My passion is right at the surface
But its grace bound

And I’m facedown.

Whatever

I'm not writing this song because I want you back
Or because I'm mad
You came in with your sweet words
Acted like you'd ride the wind
To catch my love
So I gave it with reckless abandon
As cheap as grocery wine
You threw me away like bailing twine.

Don't worry, I forgive you 
Don't worry, I forgive you 

I guess it's whatever
I thought you were forever
It's better off never
I'm glad we're not together

Overwhelmed by your fake devotion
I sank like a ship into your ocean
Hanging on every word you sent
Drowning in the flames when you went
That bitter pill was all I buried
When I found out you got married.

Don't worry, I forgive you 
Don't worry, I forgive you 

I guess it's whatever
I thought you were forever
It's better off never
I'm glad we're not together

I guess it's whatever
I thought you were forever
It's better off never
I'm glad we're not together

I've forgotten the pain of the fall
No one notices the scars at all
After all I kept my composure
And I've got my closure
Don't worry, I forgive you 
Don't worry, I forgive you

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Musings and Bad Poetry

CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD
What if you could share your burden with me?
What if I could identify what that was?
Let’s go back to the root of what takes my words away
And rewrite history.
You can have every memory,
Every word that changed my mind,
Let’s alter that reality,
Write a novel of a different kind.

Take these belief systems that misguide me,
Erase them with your love.
Restore the foundations of who
You made me to be,
Let’s drift away in a melody,
Like birds on the breeze,
I can sway with you,
If you’ll stay with me.

PHOENIX
You can have the elements,
Wispy pieces of smoldering drafts,
Engulfed in blue fire,
Destruction is her rebirth,
Rising from the ashes,
Shape this argillaceous earth,
Let her rise, let her rise.

SEASONS
Just when the sticky heat here suffocates me,
The trees reduce to golden wisps,
As soon as their nakedness is born,
The harsh slap of winter wakes me from my dream,
Reminding me not to settle too long,
But I want this to be home. 
You want me to roll along,
But I’m tired of running.
This rolling stone is sitting here,
They say change is coming,
But I say bring on the storm.

BITTER WATER
I’ve determined the only thing left to do is eat the sprinkles in my tea.
You can sit there and smile or you can judge me,
But the water here is bitter if you don’t add some spice.