A MOMENT OF CLARITY

I've done a lot of bad things,
And I've hurt so many people,
In my neverending quest for number one,
But of all the mistakes I've made,
You're not one, my son,
Of all the mistakes I've made, you're not one


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HER PLAINTIVE PLEA TO A JACKASS

Lie to me,
I don't want to hear those words again,
Don't want to see,
And though I understand your feelings well,
Please don't leave,
Don't go,
'cause you know I love you so


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SAIL AWAY

We were married, whole and happy,
And looked forward to our lives,
But sometimes some things happen,
And we never find out why

So we continued forever altered,
We did our best to understand,
Why you were taken from us,
And delivered to His hands

And I try to sail so far away,
From the mists that cloud my mind,
But your face follows closely,
It’s with me all the time

Our conversations trail off,
And our eyes rarely meet,
The touches so restrained,
And the kisses not so sweet

The holidays, they’re quiet,
Our meals we eat alone,
The empty place at the table,
Echoes the silence in our home

And I try to sail so far away,
To a distant, welcome shore,
Where I can finally breathe again,
And my soul has been restored

We both lost ourselves,
And then we lost each other,
And the map to bring us back,
Simply makes us shudder

And the school bus that passes us,
Is the one you used to ride,
Your friends continue, older,
And we break down and cry

And I try to sail so far away,
To waters warm and still,
I pray we both get over this,
But I know we never will

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MYSTERY

The years had passed me by,
They'd beaten up my heart,
They'd held my life at bay,
And the time it had been marked

And I thought that it was over,
I believed that to be true,
But then I turned a corner,
And life began anew

Some say that it was love,
But it's something that I hide,
For what was given to me,
Words cannot describe


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SAMMY GREEN

He was a public crap house poet,
He kept those toilets keen,
A fixture in the 70's,
The legend, Sammy Green

We passed him when we entered,
We passed him as we left,
Sammy's words they touched us,
Of those we weren't bereft

"Be like Dad," he'd tell us,
"But never be like Sis,
Make sure you lift the lid,
Before you take a piss!"

Yes, I remember Sammy,
He never told a lie,
His revealing revelations,
Still leave me dewy eyed

And he made an honest living,
Scraping smega off the floor,
And as we parted company,
The last thing he'd implore:

"If the crappers they was spotless,
And your asses remained clean,
Then leave a freakin' tip,
For your host, Sammy Green!


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OBSERVATIONS OF A BEATEN MAN

Love, it seems to hide from me,
It seems to lie to me,
The older I get...
It takes, but it never gives back,
It hurts, but it's always like that

Life, it seems to laugh at me,
It seems to crap on me,
The older I get...
It takes, but it never gives back,
It hurts, but it's always like that

Time, it seems follow to me,
It seems to swallow me,
The older I get...
It takes, but it never give back,
It hurts, but it's always like that
Always like that...


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NOT ALLOWED

I wasn't all I was cracked up to be,
You made that very clear,
Perhaps it was simply boredom,
That ignited all your fears

There was never balance between us,
Despite the hoodoo and the spells,
We lost our equilibrium,
As did Orson Welles

And I can't lean upon a rainbow,
I can't swim amongst the clouds,
I can't hold a ghost close to me,
And I can't give what's not allowed

So I gaze upon an open door,
That frames the rain outside,
Cherishing words you called the truth,
While ignoring snide asides

The void I feel might be the wind,
And there's one last glimpse of you,
The lightening captures a silhouette,
Then you disappear from view

And I can't lean upon a rainbow,
I can't swim amongst the clouds,
I can't hold a ghost close to me,
And I can't give what's not allowed


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