It’s That Kinda Introspective Day…
… where song lyrics say it all.
“For Goodness Sake”
By Chuck Ragan
Simple backbeats seem to soothe me.
If I could hold them, I would. Let’s say,
take some rest, as if not wicked.
And walk around enjoying silence.
A world away, elders gather,
Speak thier tongue and hardly falter.
With words of bond, joy and grievance,
Simple songs, work and penance.
To drown hate [...]
Transferrable Home….
We sat in a silence that comforted.
The sounds of paper touched,
falling silently…
My fingers dance,
across the only means at my disposal.
Beats float to my ears,
while wine floats to our heads.
There’s a happiness here
that’s absent from “home”.
Our kids sleep, as peace floats in.
Try as we may.
What we return to,
sometimes isn’t enough.
Sometimes home, even in its brevity…
is someplace [...]
Waiting…
We sat in darkness.
Our lungs lying damp.
Squeezed like lemons…
Waiting to fill again.
Like your light…
Can fill the room.
I stared at hands…
That weren’t my own.
Holding my wrist.
Holding my attention.
Shackled by the seconds
That can fill a lifetime…
If only you’d let them.
Your smile pacifies…
My selfish notions.
Shattering the microcosm…
That sometimes contains me
For those brief moments.
I want to get to my [...]
A Virtue…
I awoke submerged
as we all did back then.
In a water balloon
contained in walls of flesh.
Flowing with thoughts, surrounded
by blood and hope
20 digits functional
and no sheets to tie.
We all dreamed of escape.
Or did we?
No, we did…
we most certainly did.
Fed by oxygen
that didn’t belong me; parasitic.
Fueled by seconds
and inevitability.
Yes, it’s dark sometimes…
but it can be warm as [...]
Thanksgiving…
It’s tough.
Tough like nails
Hammered…
Into our thoughts…
our hearts… at every turn.
Both literal and metaphor
Words flood our ears and eyes.
Death, disease, famine, murder…
But from what?
Glowing boxes that tell you how to live.
Complete strangers with perfect hair.
Messages from the air
Riding invisible rails with direct flights,
right into our homes.
Exploiting comfort and calm.
Wasting quiet minutes
burning time and breath
with video of [...]