No Way Out

Looking for dry land
Brother, can you lend a hand?
While the copyright is pending
I'm working on a happy ending
You know what this is all about?
I'm lost and there's no way out

I swallowed the bait
Sorrow is my soulmate
Three lefts make a right
I think I'll clean my gun tonight
Now you know what this is about
I'm still lost and there's no way out

Life Sentence

Her first felony
Sentenced five years
Got out
Somehow she committed another
That sentence lasted six years
Now she understands that she is best
When she is single
Love is not the same as need

i

I'm not a little girl anymore
Nobody's looking at my stats or the score
Things don't make sense anymore
What happened to the people i adore?

Nuts and Screws

My daddy was a carpenter
But he destroyed more than he built
The day is getting closer
When I can let go of all the guilt

I've been pouring all of my sadness
Making words into a song
But the piano man keeps humming
The key signature is all wrong

It's too easy to feel jaded
I know enough to keep it simple
Just keep giving and forgiving
Everything is fleeting like a pimple

Copacetic

Have mercy
Please forgive
Only got one shot
To righteously live

Crazies

She got into bed with madness
All in the pursuit of happiness
When she turned to cuddle
No one was there
Only a cold pillow and crazy hair

Smug O' War

Open the door
Close your heart
Seal the deal
Rip it apart

Make a mistake
Kiss a snake
Lie and betray
Lose your way

Real or fake?
Jumped in a lake
Stranger or stray?
A true friend would stay

Four of You

The first time we met you were happy
The second time we met you were sad
The third time we met you were angry
The fourth time we met you were bad
If we were keeping score
It would be four against one
But it feels like there's no real winner
This game is not really fun
Polluted eyes see everything as dirty
Every minute of my life I try to fight
Give me patience, love and a smile
And I will make it all right

Baggage

She cried on a shoulder
Her tears puddled on the floor
When her will to live was over
He opened her guarded door
Don't know how to get involved
Will you help one another evolve?
No more stallin'
No more ballin'
Cheezy, needy and so lame
Sleazy, greedy and not tame
No worries together just take aim
Do you want all this baggage to claim?

Til Death Do Us Part

Faces invisible in the crowd
Spirits connected by a shroud
Rainbows dancing in the clouds

The man and the woman stand apart
The end is the beginning of the start
Spoken together til death do us part

Connected

Meeting on the corner of cyber and chat
Broadcasting to the air
Society's poison she professed
Caused existential despair

What could be less important to us?
Daily traffic or tangle-free hair?
Losing a brother fighting in the war
Now that was truly unfair

Pictures and comments
They did share
Victories and defeats
They did compare
They both agreed
Justice is rare

Do you really matter?
Do you really care?
Is this self-promoting behavior?
Your true soul you bare?

Worrisome thoughts
Caused her heart to tear
But after the loss of power
The feelings of love were still there

Seed

The woman sitting on the park bench
Watched a squirrel gather an acorn
Which had fallen from the oak tree
Which was planted by a boy
Who later married a woman
Who gave birth to
The woman sitting on the park bench

Raise Her

Your family has betrayed
Your friends have strayed
Remember, your spirit is bulletproof

Your heart starts to fade
There's no first aid
Remember, your spirit is bulletproof

Oh, man, you've been made
You reach for the razor blade
Remember, your spirit is bulletproof

Artificial Hero

I saw Spiderman hang himself
He was my hero
Now his powers are permanently on a shelf
My energy level is at a zero

I wanted to take off his mask
To see if his heart was gold
But there was no need to ask
I could smell his soul was sold

Point No Point

I want to learn how to sit
And make my mind stop
And know that everything flows

I want to learn how to flow
And make my mind stop
And know that everything's good

DNR

The impermanence of existence sometimes makes me
Full, eager, creative, inspired
But other times it leaves me
Hollow, listless, lethargic, down

I want to cuddle
Skin on skin
Until the waves are rideable
And the sun shines on the stone

Wondering

Will you be my shiny coin in the fountain water?
Will you make my wish come true?
Am I a color, a figure, a particle of matter?
Or am I a real person to you?

Secret Solitude

When you get to my door
Gently turn the knob
I must conceal the real
Let them think I'm a snob

Will you take the time to figure me out?
I might be out on the ledge
I'm like a puzzle with a gazillion pieces
It won't take much to put me over the edge

Why is a boxing ring not round?
Impatient persons need not apply
Why does my soul make a solemn sound?
You oughta know by now I need not lie

I hear you boy
You speak with compassion
I might not understand all the lyrics
But I feel your passion

Why are you flirting with me boy?
You know I want to deal with the real
These games you use to test
I really must protest

We will all be on the same road in the end
Stripped naked no more reasons to pretend

My head and my loin think in different spaces
Why is everything connected with a pair of shoelaces?
So easily united
So easily un-tied
Secret solitude

Karma

We live in a "throw away" society. Please leave everything in better shape than when you found it. This includes the people you come across.

Stepping Off

I wear many shoes
Appropriate for the action
Sometimes they refuse
My bare feet have their own traction
My soles are confused
I'm doing this for distraction
I smile cuz I'm amused
Like a carnival of attraction