Little wheels creak and rattle like old bones
rusted bolts poke out from their casing and grin
little wheels sieze suddenly, jerking left or right
tugging strugle to get back on course
little wheels worn and wheezing, tired and dying
winter’s salted roads has robbed them of their oil-slicked youth of smooth travels
no swift elegance left.
The fullness lasts so briefly the leaves are already falling
it’s only august, the august of my unfolding.
this early fall calls me to gather the harvest
of all this year’s cultivating
the ripe red fruit of resolution is pilling up at my door
to keep me warm for winter i’m gonna put it all in store
life is seducing all [...]
wild cat you’re not tame as you seem
golden and resting right next to me
you lick the fresh milk from my fingers at dawn
stretched like a yogi then gone
tame man you’re not wild as you seem
you sit in your realms hand stretched out to me
I’ll lick the sweet milk but I’m made to be swift
I’ll not [...]
perfection wears this moment
so comfortably i barely noticed
slipping into it
now you’ve mentioned it
i was thinking
you’re the perfect company
for this moment
all our moments
i don’t know where we’re going
i didn’t ask, i just got in
now the road is singing
underneath us as we ride
you beside me
chasing the fleeting sun
there’s not much of it left to see
the excuse is [...]
Words by Erin and Barbara Lowery
sleep eludes
my heart wont still
thoughts unbidden
i hope you two are together
drenched in your new
summer passion
my blessing’s through
and come the sun
i’ll recall
the singing moon
hanging low
easter sky
crescent-shaped and laughing lovely
will remind
your hearts entwined
and serenaded by
the singing moon
An imposter is here
spreading low-grade dread, he knows just what we fear
seeing through all of our masks
and leaving no answers
so don’t even ask
my pocket is full
of vanity and pride
i hope if i leave him the crumbs
he’ll let me hide
don’t even try
(he lifts your veil everytime)
at first he seemed safe
at least i preferred the pretending
then the [...]
if you untie it
i would be bare
that is why the knot is there
nestled at the nape
of my neck
so you’re not having fun anymore
i am getting the idea
you only want
company as long as it’s comfortable
and doesn’t rock your boat at all
well, i’m a boat rocker
and i’ll tip you right over
if you’re so concerned about gettign wet
get off my boat.
i am just asking for you to mean what you say
your empty language
makes the hair
on [...]
Something about how i sit says it’s okay to touch
she winds her finger around my hair
strangers find their ways to say the things lovers would
in moments like this
we are spread from wing to wing
The sun lies to me
calling me into a too-cool breeze
a game lovers play he knows i’ll forgive
no heat could warm my [...]
i am not quite blue
not quite green
the color of exotic water
i harmonize with purple
i flirt with red
i make love to brown
and tease the colors just to my left
and just to my right
i am the color of depth
lying next door to shallow
i am vibrant
and soft
and not quite either
i am timid
not only bold
i am in between
and both.
