Poison Without a Name

Lyrics:

Mother, Mother, Mother.
Lay me down and I will sprout
A willow tree.

So I can weep for eternity.

Cause it's spreading. It's spreading. It's spreading!
This poison, this poison without a name.

Mother, Mother, Mother.

I want to cry

All the damn time.

I don't know why.
But I'll smile when I look at you.

You're the moon and the stars,

the forests in between.

You're everything.

You're everything to me.

But it's spreading. It's spreading. It's spreading!

This poison, this poison without a name.

It's got me questioning everything.

Mother, Mother, Mother.
Lay me down and I will sprout
A willow tree.

I'll Always Love You in the Fall

Lyrics:

My love for you the phases of the moon.

So full of light when it's full.

But I've come anew and it's time for you to go, go, go, go.

But I'll always love you in the fall. (x4)

Let's not shed any tears tonight.

We've put up quite the fight.

She has other plans for me,

I know you can see.

But I'll always love you in the fall. (x4)

So we'll go, go, go

to the beat of our fallen love. (x3)

Titanic Tragedies

You used to be so tender;
the summer misting rain;
gentle, slowing washing
away my pain.

Tonight I sit distant,
questioning what I have to do
to feel that closeness
I once felt with you.

I’m chipping at this iceberg
with a bamboo spoon,
wondering how long till
I’m near enough.

But you’re floating away now
and there’s nothing I can do.

There’s nothing I can do.

I’ve opened myself
like the ugly flower in bloom.
I have yet to see
more than a glimpse of you
.

Here I am alone, naked
in front of you.

You have nothing to say.

You have nothing to say.

Feels like…

I’m chipping at this iceberg
with a bamboo spoon,
wondering how long till
I’m near enough.

But you’re floating away now.
There’s nothing I can do.

There’s nothing I can do.

You have nothing to say and
there’s nothing I can do.
There’s nothing I can do.

Kamacchanda

There is a knot tying. Each pull
and tighten burns, releasing

Nothing.

It holds it in;
Ties it down.

It.
It…

A desire to stand

                                still.

This life leaves no room.
There is no time

to gander,
to wonder,
seek, discover.

Only to-do lists, followed by
still haven’t done lists, followed
by endless tiredness.

Revive me.

Fill me with the rains
like empty pots.

Brush away the cobs, the dust
that fills my airways,

for I cannot breathe.

Let me live.

Live.

Mother,

show me how to live.

I have been deceived, only knowing
money, greed; only knowing

how to separate from you

though I know only you

                                                are
                                                                life.

The Ocean in the Sky

The swirls swell deep in my soul.

                                I feel

                them press at my palms,
attempting to breathe,

flow back into the universe.

                                I am

                that space, this universe,
Earth, world, cosmos and all.

It all flows within me.

                                I will be

                peace for all humanity.

E

It’s found in silence,
in the slow fall of snowflakes,
the wind brushing between beings,
blowing leaves, whistling.

It’s found in the strum of strings,
the deep chords that bellow
from the throat.

It’s found in the green
of trees, their whispers to me.

It’s found in everything.