Choose

I step out of the alleyway
To face the world outside
Calling out to a passer-by
Please can you spare some change?
I need a brand new skin
I need to fill this empty hole
I need new shoes to walk in
I sure could use some change
Some way to get out of this rut
Stuck in a cycle of repression
Finding every doorway shut
What is it you want to change?

Tune in

Does it turn you sour
Take it or leave it
Ignore the warning signs
Choose to receive it
An artificial vision
A sickness in the air
Feeding poisoned minds
The ones who don’t care
We’re over the peak
Tumbling down the other side
Find another way down
It will be a bumpy ride

Freedom

Fading out in the stillness
A faint cry to the believers
Desperate and deserted
The broken-hearted achievers
Time to be set free
Turned loose on the streets
This is a dangerous game
Played out with no repeats

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience."

Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Alive

The hunger is too much
Eat this piece
Just a little morsel
Tear it off
A strange taste
But fulfilling
Not sure who it was
Their time was up
And now they feed
These hungry souls

High Tide

At their promenade stalls 
Stand the merchants of time 
They'll sell you an hour or so 
It won't cost more than a dime 

But what will you do 
With those extra grains of sand 
Is it better to live in the now? 
To move on with the day at hand? 

The tide is coming in 
It's time for them to go 
The merchants pack their wares 
They follow the ebb and flow 

As the restless waves wash over 
Counting endless days of never 
Slowly the time merchants leave 
Effortlessly blending into forever

Aotea Beach, North Island, New Zealand

Astronomy

Thousands upon thousands
Spread out above
Twinkling and laughing
Messages sent from eons ago

Spheres of gaseous existence
Sprinkling the sky
Guides for the ancients
Burning up the night

Following their patterns
Created creatures cast away
Legends of battles and lost loves
Stories turned into myths

Following a half-moon
A mourning star rises
The night is over
Invisible suns shine on

Awakener

Iron out these wrinkles in time
Stolen away from the past
Can you keep a secret?
A story in your pocket
These ancient ways once ruled
And chaos paved the way
Taking chances every day
A choice for the future
Did you pay attention?
The implosions distract from sense
Once awoken we don’t look back

You can’t stop us now

What am I?

I am subconscious
I am feeling
I am real
I am like mortar
And like water
I can slip right through
Your fingers
I am ageless
I am me

More

Read the news its all fake
Swallow this info
Does it fulfil you?
As you go about your day
And at the end you need more
What will make you whole?
Do you feel it?
Wrap it around
Choke on it
Breathe into another life
To see, to strive, to touch
Just to keep yourself alive