What it means

Can the mind be satisfied with triviality and drivel?
Can we see to the other side with a simple little swivel?

Can the heart by mollified simply with intentions?

Or must we cross the line to confirm our grander actions?

Lest we leave this sphere with unanswered, nagging questions
We must delve most fully or accept all good suggestions

Calling the surprise

I felt a happy little shiver
As the cold ran down my back
Despite my coat and scarf
The wind found an open track
Chilling me to the bone
Yet inside my soul was warm
As I knew my voice was heard
Through the preceding ugly storm
It's always been this way
From when I was a tot
And before that I always saw
My family calling for what it got
I know ingrained within my being
That if a need arises
As long as I believe and pray and hope
Life always has surprises. 

Balance: Reality vs Fantasy

I've found a balance
Between yesterday and now
A tiny little sliver
Of time beading on my brow

Running through the fated limits
Of love and lust and life
Understanding that delusion
Can be like sharp and curving knife

Plunging now and then
When life turns a dusty brown
To wash away the cobwebs
And chase away the frown

But linger in those waters
Is something I cannot do
For it leads just to discontent
So those hours are but few

Like sacred orbs of light
Refueling reality
I know indulgence must be limited
So the pleasure doesn't shatter me.

Bloodlines

We're all one and the same
Don't you see?
Despite our differences
We fell from the same tree

I am black but you are white
But it don't mean
I'm wrong
And your are right

In the end, we're all just souls
Finding our way
And hoping for a soapbox
To one day have our say

Davy Jones

You fluttered your eye and heaved a sigh
As your body said a last goodbye
And left this precious, dusty dream
To those who helped you soar & scheme

Your songs to sing to us no more
Except in mind and from distant shore
Where enthrall you will the Elven King
Who'll watch enchanted as you sing

Much as we did here on earth
Where a hundred fold-over you proved your worth
You're stardust now, floating free
Like golden droplets on the sea

And heavy-hearted we all stand
Knowing we experienced something grand
So thank you, Ziggy, for everything
For we were honored to hear you sing.

Moss

You, Sir, are not a crashing bore.
An enigma to yourself as much as to us
An unreadable bard with windpipes of silver and air
Floating haunting words of limitless depth
In every verse pushing your care
Salute to you, troubadour.
We know inside you're so much more.

Lost

I'm feeling rather lonely
Adrift in this great sea
Of conflicted base emotions
That only serve to torture me

I want to get away
And feel that perfect rush
Of higher, truer feelings
That spread a gentle blush

Whiplash

A pounding in my veins
Leaves me breathless and aware
Of the visceral beat inside me
The sound coursing through the air

A tempo made to measure
A driving beat made real
A movement I can't smother
For it's what I live and feel

Pushed beyond my limits
Sweat beading on my brow
Lost within the measures
I've finally understood how

And now the door is open
And I'm walking tall and proud
I can truly be called "Master"
I've thrown off my heavy shroud

You meant to tame my spirit
Tried to break my inherent will
But in the end your twisted madness
Was a sugar-coated pill

Intent

I left a blank space waiting
To be filled at a future date
A space just white and calling
Like a clean and empty plate

I've now a twisted sense to share
Of motions gone awry
Of intent and fate ensnared
Leaving a coiled and knotted lie

A-lone

A-drifting we are going
A-drifting through a sea
Of mermaid tales and foam
Of little bits of you and me

A-sailing we are going
A-sailing through a gale
Of blustery winds and rain
Of occasional pelts of hail

A-searching we are going
A-searching through a mist
Of broken thoughts and promises
Of a long and lonely tryst