lesson for a fool - jul nineteenth ‘26

they say life’s a lesson if you’re willing to learn
well I been living but I’m tiried of learning
what’s to stop my head from
expanding contracting
an irrantional act of remembrance

fool me once shame on you
fool me twice shame on me
fool me three times
could I be so lucky
to have your charms again

I’ve been told before
what you can’t keep you can’t ignore
I’ve been here before
what you can’t keep you can’t let go

what does a heart burn for
what’s a lesson
not worth bleeding more
the third times the charmer
a lesson worth living for

time lens - jun ninth ‘26

did you treat me like all the others
just so you could levae yourself behind
did you treat me like the others
just so you could say
I’m like all the other guys

narrate a story you’ve told yourself
time and time again
it’s them it’s not me
can’t you see
I’ve got dreams
fantasies
what will it take
I’m blind to reality

was I a lens
was I a mirror
was I all you wanted
you never saw such clearness

time and distanace
aren’t all that matter
time and distance
can’t rewrite chapters
fate is what you make
will you give in
or will you take
predestination
eternal
swallow the words
swallow your pride
open eyes
truth to seek
believe
make up your fate
sand
glass
lens
mirrors
all break

the daughter I once held - may nineteenth ‘26

you were something extra
that I didni’t expct to
fall so hard and soft for

sometimes you can’t hold onto
the things you’ve been given to
the first of times
don’t let them be the last

I saw all of your fagile states
the things you’d hate to take
to sleep to dream to wake
and forget they ever took up any space
inside thoes wide eyed stres the night before

but what was someone else’s
I couldn’t find a way to call my own
and all the problems we made
you’d never understand at your age
were too much for me to hold
upon all our souls alone

it’s been a fe wdecades since
too late to ask forgiveness
or think you learned grace
from a half of someone whole
on your own

if I could do it all again
what should I pretend
that I’d have been able
to be stirred and shaken

you were someting extra
that I didn’t expect to
fall so soft and hard for

the daughter I once held
but not long enought o see
my regrets grow

you were something extra
I didn’t expect to
fail so young
and had to let go

blind astronomy - apr twenty-sixth ‘26

as darkness falls
what is it that I’ll seek
sheets spread like clouds part
come to life
blind astronomy

to trace the skin
like the night sky
all the freckles the moles
the scars healed
an endless delight

to trace the skin
like the endless sky
the freckles teh moles
each named a constellation

depths of frlesh
make a tranquil sea
an infite universe
neverending discovery

the day light rises
the stars disappear
but I”m an astronomer
I keep waht’s revealed
the daylight rises
the stars disapper
eyes slowly open
after a night blindess
other senses kept true

an island lost at sea - jul fourth ‘26

you were the last to break off
to drift away in darkness
never to be seen

I was the first one to call out
to reach for something
forever feeling

if you could go back to a point
would you
or would you do it again
demonstrating your faith inside
yourself to aprehend

I don’t kno what I would do
without a reflection
on my youth
full of tidal waves of truth

you’re an island
fully surrounded
by your own manifested
silence
I’m still calling for you
you’re an island
fully surrounded
by searchlights
bare and brightened
lost in a sea of completeness

have you ever taken a look inside yourself
and all you found was
all the storms you’ve survived
what’s that like
to believe in absolutely nothing
beyond your own beaches
that no one will ever reach you
history can be a teacher
but you were never one
to worry of a future

you’re an island
solitarily confined from
all you ever wanted
was a place to call your own
you’re an island
all you ever wanted
was a place to belong

stories to tell - may twenty-fifth ‘26

could you tell me
all the things you’ve never told
before

won’t you spare me
no detail worth repeating
I’m sure

you’ve got something to say
you’ve got something to share
I want to hear you say it
I want to feel you give it
to me

what unfolds
when you close your eyesyou release into the light
all the dreams you dream in darkness
all that you’ve kept inside

won’t you tell of fortunes send
of a fortune found and spent
won’t you shar eyour treasure chest
release it from your grip
and hold
onto something new
retell a story with a new
beginning
to me

the greenest of grasses - apr thirtieth ‘26

I saw your eyes see something
or so I made believe
I thought my heart felt something
and so now it bleeds
you came alone
you came along
you came on the strongest
its what I thought I need
for a moment
I thought I saw you see me

you could never talk about it
I was never good at silence
are opposites really attracted
or are they just complimentary

I asked you to show me your garden
and wehre I could plant some flowers
you named some birds and bees
I’d never heard of
and now my grass is greenest
for the remainder of the season
why am I still here bleeding

you could never talk about it
I was never good at silence
do you take it all back now
something you once offered
was an awful offering

will you ever talk about it
all I can offer is silence
at least my grass is green

say goodbye - apr fifteenth ‘26

what to make of horizons
when all we saw was rising
you brought out the better
together
memories seem so familiar

what was all this softness
when all we felt was loss
a surrendder
a gift
a freedom never wanted

what words could I ever find
again
another place
another fate
entwined lives in stillness
redefined

I’ll never leave this place behind
I’ll carry the weight of it
limitless infite life
an ending
to remind
once lost
all good byes

music maps - jun twenty-sixth ‘26

I don’t know shit about making music
but I know a bit about having soul
tell me something anything
I’ll tell you something worth fighting for
I’ll tell you something you can’t ignore

how could I lose myself in someone else
when I can’t even find my way around
this town
without
a drum

what’s that sound you hear
foot clapping
hand stomping
follow your eyes
see your ears light up

show me the way
with your sounds
all I’ve heard for sometime
is the silence of your nights
I miss the movement
of your hips telling lies
at least that was teh sound of something
a map to a place of substance
exploration can be frightening
but what do you learn when you’re hiding
won’t you let us strike twice
this place needs some enlightening

day dreaming - jul thriteenth ‘26

I dreamed of a day
when a lesson learned
wasn’t tied to your fate
wasn’t lost in your faith
I dreamed of a day
where wanting remained

drifting directionless in the dark
I was floating flameless
in the smoke and fog
left after a spark is gone
all cold and lost
hoping to be caught
by something worth burning

I dreamed of a day
when a lesson learned
was a past forgotten
was forgiving a haunting
of someone taken
that brought you
to this point of view

why fear to reflect
does it cause you to tense
and run from a feeling
of losing yourself
why fear to reflect
you’re made up of all
the found parts
you’ve rejected and cast
farther than you’ll ever go

I dreamed of a day
when wanting remained

I dreamed of a day

beautiful contradiction - may thirty-first ‘26

won’t you share your words
for your actions to undo
I’ve heard what you’ve said
but now I’m watching for your truth
won’t you put away that charm
it goes great with those eyes
won’t you wear the real face
and reveeal your disguises

I thought I had the answers
when I found you out
I thought I could hold you now
I had a taste in my mouth
you see regret it comes easy
when you can’t learn a thing
hindsights 20/20
won’t you blind me again

the tree that bore the apple
was forbidden and sweet
the tree that bore the apple
a serpentines tease

you did this to me
when you undid yourself
can I rewrite the end
cause I’d rather believe
can I rewrite the end
you’ve got me down on my knees
can I rewrite the end
I feel a serpentines squeeze

a shot in the light - may fourth ‘26

we had made that drive before
but we had never turned tehre at all
what else could’ve happened
when you wear that dress
and let me see your legs

I placed ah and upon the wheel
and another upon your thigh
that’s all it took to steer
a shot in the light

we’re adding memories
to this memorial parkway
commemorating revolution
along the river flowing down there

there was no one to see
there was no one to hear
but the two of us
to make belief of
a shot in the light

could we celebrate a better day
could we commemorate a bitter end
you lent me more tha your ears
and we were more than half bent
across upon cannonade
what flesh blood swweat remained
when we continued that drive
after a shot in the light

night driving - apr seventeenth ‘26

I don’t feel like staying in
let’s go out for a while
there’s some tires spinnin’
in the dark

won’t you take the top down
have the wind blowing up
and all around now
in the dark

I wanna feel something more tonight
we’ll start out slow
and get lost beyong the headlights
in the dark

whereever takes to curnves and climbs
we’ll take them on
all dashes dotted solid lines
in the dark

merging the two into one
who’s to stop
burning rubber into rust
in the dark

in the dark
all dashes dotted solid lines
in the dark
wherever takes to urves and climbes
in the dark
and get lost beyond the headlights
in the dark
I wanna feel something more tonight

say yes - jun twenty-seventh ‘26

I learned a lot
but there’s something I never
ever got to ask

you let me wraps my arms
around
but we never
ever held hands

you’re quite the keeper
of all I had to give
you’re quite receptive
what do I have left

no hard feelings
some may say
I never believe in softness
I’m hard always

what’s that to mean
was I a difficulty
a riddle a twist
something forgotten
to be reeled in

if you asked me
I’d have one thing to say
I do
I do
I do
would you ask me someday
or has our time come
and gone
have all our promises
of tomorrow
become wasted
yesterdays
if you asked me
I’d have one thing to say
to all your unanswered
memories
for tomorrow
say yes today

day in gray - july eighteenth ‘26

what did you see when you came to wake
what colors will you wear today
an endless spectrum of the light
to capture all your colors when you rise

I heard about the sound of music
lost amoung the mountain tunes and
neverending endings lost and found

with the sunlight in your eyes now
is that a furrowed brow you show to me
or is it you focusing
trying with all the effort
to share what you see

what colors will you capture when you rise
to wash away the dark and gray of night
what colors will you care to share and show
if the days gone gray will you still shine
in all the faded afterglow

what did you see when you came to wake
neverending endings lost and found

we could’ve had it all - apr eleventh ‘26

it all made sense too soon
I guess that’s what we get
when everything seemsl ike the truth
the planets were all aligning
you said you’re not the kid
to get too excited
but there we were

a whisper told me I’m invited
what was it that I ignited
a song sung so true and blue
of all the colours
I’m left all marooned

actions taken
days orchestrated
mornings end like nights begin
entwined endless nakedness

but what began
had an ending you tried to find
too soon so I denied it
and what followed was pursuit
or was it obligation for you
so take me back to the start
you said you were having fun
but woh’s left laughing
when the silence
speaks for it’s own

I wonder
if you’ll wonder
like I do
were you the one that got away
will I be that one for you

normal

you say you are
but I’m listening closely
you say you want
and I’ll give carefully
I think I found you out
we were dancing in the clouds
if this is our normal
what’s a song so ordinary

tell me
you’re a once future queen
I’ll come closwer
you came for me once before
will you come for me again

is this what you call drama
I call it discoveryshow me what’s left to explore
all the treasures you’ve stored away
a conquest of our fates
tehre’s nothing here
that I cannot find
with the lightness of your eyes
guiding me close to your
normal life

tell me
you’re a once and future queen
I’ll come closwer
you came for me once before
will you come for me again
if touch is torture
I’ll spill all my secrets
will you keep them
my once and future
extraordinary queen

sweet little light

whispers in the night - apr seventh ‘26

could you be
ever so sweet
enchanting
reacting
so effortlessly

would you be
ever so soft
grasping
calling
so commanding

what was it you said
so demanding
what was it you wanted
slowly receiving

could you be
a whisper
would you be
a whisper
what was it you said
a whisper
what was it you wanted
a whisper

from your lips
to mine
to yours
in the night

we’re the vibe

it started with some tracks to follow
along the way there were things to discover
in the clouds
underground

you came around
I carried you down
mixed some spice to swallow

we dressed up
we went up
waltzed away a meal
intentions revealed

we took some time
took a ride
centralized a met
with art and facts

more flavor after walks
golden walls
light up roof tops

a touch of hands
fingertips
tendered lips
weighted hips
warmth embraced

a fast broken
a market open
and meal prepped
side by sidea place to take
the city supplies
we occupy
we provide
we’re the vibe

the storm and the sea - apr second ‘26

a square inch of her skin
could guide my way home in a storm
and all the drops that fall as rain
could soak all the salt in the sea
but if the falling sun
and the rising moon
swept away the tides
what beaches would be left beneath

bury your treasures
like your head on my chest
the trains in tunnels
dim dark lights at night
are all just maps across
hearts marked with ferried lips

the wind that washes surf
can’t seize the warmth
of a lover’s rise
or what falls from clouds
won’t shake the ground
under currents that bore
us boh assured

a winter’s wind

to catch us all aloft
would be too much to bare
a season of cold and frozen paleness

is it calmer where we stand
or at the heights to be seen
looking down upon the lightsour perspective magnified by night

I could venture tehre
with your voice by my side
taking your offering
my hand in yours
and seek to hold onto
a tendering warmth