Feb 24 2020
..." We are each of us angels... with only one wing...
we can only fly... embracing each other..." -Luciano de Credenza.
...this inscription graven in stone beneath a statue at the entrance to St. Joseph's Hospital in Toronto... where I…
Feb 24 2020
it's an act of human bondage... this welding of the hearts
the whole is greater than the sum of... the wedding of the parts
it's a fact of human bondage... the flesh will not be denied
an act of human…
Feb 23 2020
they'll talk about a 'reputation'... what do they know?
they whisper in the shadows of their fears...
they'll envy you a situation; deal you a bitter blow
but gossip only interests idle ears...
don't you worry about a thing... listen…
Feb 23 2020
you're walking on a tightrope...cherishing a slim hope
hanging on by a thread
slipping on to thin ice, ain't got time to think twice
tomorrow you might be dead
...
when there's a red sun rising up above ground zero
…
Feb 23 2020
there's angels talking in tongues... speaking in my dreams;
and I'm watching this world come apart at the seams...
there's weapons in the hands of children
they are pawns in the game of evil men...
cross-hairs bearing down on women...
…
Feb 22 2020
south of San Salvador... there stands the 'Devi's Door'
twin lava peaks stand in silent silhouette against the sky
and those who by night 'disappear'... like as not, will end up here
and though no one speaks, they can't forget…
Feb 21 2020
...(the full title of this song is: "Thoughts on the Alchemy of Time and Memory... for David Louis Borne... inspired by the reading of the 23rd Psalm at his graveside; and a blue heron in flight..."
we laid him down…
Feb 20 2020
you're caught up in the rhythm of perpetual emotion
love circles like the moon and stars in the sky
waxing and waning, healing and paining;
leaving you in awe or wondering why...
...
troubled by the concepts of loyalty and…
Feb 20 2020
tears tattooed on her once pretty face... a broken heart worn on her sleeve
she's a prisoner of her sex and race... she sees no reason to believe
that she will ever leave this place; or that things will ever…
Feb 20 2020
came home from 'his' war...
with one leg, and that guitar...
a few sad songs he'd sing in Spanish;
and not a whole lot more...
he never turned his back on his country;
not even when his country turned it's…
Feb 20 2020
David strode out to meet Goliath... he took seven smooth stones
he put that giant's ass in a sling; and he did it on his own
he did not go empty handed, t pick that particular bone
(you've got to…
Feb 20 2020
babe, I love you, many reasons why...
'deed I do... 'till the day that I die
the environment may be fit to choke...
the whole damn globe may go up in smoke...
but, babe, I love you... I will be…