Land of the Pioneers

This sacred land
Of snow and forest
Green hills and valleys
And mists that cling
Still the echoes sound
Ancestors’ voices
Painting their new lives
With the land as canvas
Handing down stories
Carving out traditions
Creating their memories
Weaving their journey

Hope

Why is it hidden
Something beyond the barriers
Feelings swollen with pregnant faith
It knows no boundaries
Disregards imperfections
Shadows of doubt
Darken the truth
Keep the arrows of indecision
Locked away in time
Distant light on the horizon
It’s a new day
With new consequences
Murmurs of the past finding strength
What you know now
Bound up in these tangled webs
The waves of discussion
An ocean so wide
We’ll make it across
A droplet of hope lies in wait
Asleep til the time is right
Wake up
Its time to go

Promise

I dream of answers
I dream of ideas
I seek a promise
I seek the truth

A forgotten key
A remembered smile
The forgotten search
The remembered dreams

Promise of an answer
The idea of truth
Search for dreams
Forget to remember

Greed

Destroying ourselves every day
Counting down the hours
Til the end is in sight
What makes this alright?

Is there any hope out there?
Is everyone consumed?
Preoccupied with greed
Taking everything we need

It makes me sick
Power playing games one-sided
We seek through revolution
Knowing there is no one solution

The Wall

Careless creatures casting their lines

Hooking up their profits
Greedy smiles on their faces
Not knowing they will fail one day
The wall comes crashing down
When they least expect it
Keep buffering it up with some mud and straw
It’ll hold til the next puff of wind
A trickle of oily rain
No chance the wall will hold up
Coming down fast like a ton of bricks
Time to build a new one
Something built to be made anew each time
One that doesn’t need to hold up
A roof over a shattered society
The cause and effect of it all
Wheel of time and cycle of seasons
Brush the cobwebs from the ruins
This wall stands the test of time

Fame

Knowledge of the truth be denied
What goes around, comes around
You’ll get your just desserts
Hanging on the edge of your seat
Waiting for your turn
Carousel spinning out of control
The musicians play on
Tinker tailor soldier sailor
Heart breaker, movie-maker
Selling your soul for the silver screen
Up on the billboard for all to see
Your time has come
Don’t be a fool
Fall into the trap
Mess up your life
‘til darkness is all you can see
And it swallows you whole

The Garden

Alone and still, a starlit sky 
sprinkled with feathered milk 
the silence is huge 
I wait for the brilliance 

Once the moon appears, awake! 
the garden is again enchanted 
illumination beyond the shade 
I wrap this moment in foil 

The vastness of the black open sky 
beckons me to fly up there 
but I'll stay with my garden 
in radiance and denial 

Until the time is right 
forging new beginnings 
suspended animation 
waiting for a sign

The Fool

Hope dies on its own 

Towards the land’s end 
Standing at the edge 
Fears circling above 

Choosing direction 
Blissfully unaware 
Answers to be given 
Along this journey of fools 

Step off into the unknown 
Freefalling feeling 
It’s a long way to go 
And no one ever knows 

Go to hell and back 
Cleanse away the pain 
What a sacrifice to make 

To find what you seek

Masterpiece

Painting these words 
The colours bleed into one 
Distorting the sight 
Running off the page 
Eclipsed by the vacant heart 
Shadows play in half-light 
Mourning the loss 
Broken shapes making no sense 
Move to the crowded room 
Waiting for a masterpiece 
Unveiling some form of truth 
Contemplative pause 
Reflections in their eyes 
A thousand words slipping 
Soaking in the rain 
Inspiration will return 
What is there to lose

Warning signs

Beyond laws and images of man
Concepts of time and despair
Fires burning in the suburban sprawl
There is a thickness in the air

I want to reach forth
Into the bloodbath of the future
Soothe the wounds of hate
Heed the warnings of our culture

Join forces into the underground
Increasing and eliminating by turn
Devoid of the facts
The truth we all can learn

Signs pointing to the distance
Invisible to those still asleep
Awareness awakening those who dare
To dream of secrets we can’t keep

Secrets given to those who are willing
To leave this world of taking
And take part in leaving
Our sorrows behind in the making

What are we fighting for
What makes us alive
What brings our minds alight
And keeps our souls awake

A sorrow, a song, a sigh
Fleeting feeling of freedom
Thought taste touched tomorrow
Reasoning right from wrong

Resolutely designed for ourselves
Culminating in initiation
Into the spheres of the mind
Bubbles blown to the wind

Invisible walls of the kingdom
Resting on our laurels
Will not change anything
In apathy we lose ourselves

Creative sparks need to fly!
Fire up their passion inside
Search the tree of knowledge
Sending messages to the stars