Holiday

what became of everyone i used to know?where did our respectable convictions go?your words dont’ match teh story that your actions show, but what do i know?i’m sure you cn’t help but rememberingI thought that you’d be one not to forget,but remembering’s not helping you yet.say goodnight means goodbye.i know […]


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I’m A Loner Dottie, A Rebel

come tomorrow i’ll be on my way back homein the morning call from a roadside telephoneone night doesn’t mean the reast of my lifeif i go it’s not impossible but possible is probably wrongso, let go because i’m afraid to tryi’ll keep myhands by my sidei won’t come backi hope […]


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On With The Show

Frankie died just the other night Some say it was suicide But we know How the story goes With his six string knife And his street-wise pride The boy was a man before his time And she knew All their dreams would come true But ya see Frankie was fast […]


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Forgive And Forget

I think I’ve waited long enough. Our world was once forget-me-nots And now I wait another year. Now I wait another year. I need you here. I think I’ve heard this one before, But it’s not you walking through my door. And now I wait another year. Now I wait […]


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Grunge Pig

I didn’t take that blow to heart You couldn’t tear our home apart You anything you wanted everything I don’t have brusies I can show Scars from abuse without a blow You anything you wanted everything You don’t owe anything to me I didn’t take that blow to heart You […]


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Burned Bridges

I’ve met that point in my life. Want came to need. Burn these fields of corn, that surround. My harvest gone at the price of maturity. But these remains I’ve left to rot will be resurrected again and again by the next generation of children who want to change minds […]


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Impossible Outcomes

In the sky is the moon This large yellow circle finds her in the mood. In her eyes I can see it all. A short plaid skirt, a white short sleeve shirt. My dreams aren’t premonitions, because I’m dreaming of impossible outcomes. I’ve tried to understand but I just don’t […]


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No Love

if i gave everything would you still listen to me?it could be so much better than thisi don’t want you to love me anymore…than enoughi can’t be held accountable if you can’t make up your mindtonightas much as i would like toi can’t put my hands all over youif i […]


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I'll Catch You

can you sleep as the sound hits your ears one at a time?an unspokenbalance here, unabridged for so many yearsthat i sould stare atreceivers to receive her isn’t fairdon’t worry i’ll catch you don’t ever worryyour arms in mine, anytimei wouldn’t trade anythingyou’re still my everythingto my surprise, before my […]


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Mass Pike

I wonder when I wander home If I’ll be fit to drink alone. Sleep with my memories, Pictures, apologies. For every minute yesterday, Regret reminds me anyway. If I remember anything, I’ll make mistakes again. Last night on the Mass Pike, Thought I was losing you. Last night on the […]


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Second Place

It’s been proven, hundreds over since, the decision was the best that we could make. If I wasn’t clear enough before… that’s not what I said, and I bent over backwards just to speak. If you’ve got things straight in your head then you’ve got bigger problems than me. I’ll […]


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Ten Minutes

ten minutes to downtown is ten minutes too farwhen my friends all say i’m crazy,maybe i’m being selfishmaybe i’m just scareddon’t be gone when i get home… i need you there if i had to explain it i wouldn’t know were to startit’s like you’re falling in love, while i […]


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Better Half

i saw my better halfthe better half of a decadeslip through my hands inside her hands inside my pocketswhen she reached for her advatages i should have done somethingi saw my baby boy digging his own holekeeping alive family traditionswhen he lied about intentions i should have done somethingwelli blame […]


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One Year Later

Wandering the K-10 As anniversaries end, Pondering events that brought us here. If anyone remember when Around the world and back again Was a dream not quite so clear? Overwhelms Over the hills and away Was not a mistake. Did that straight and narrow, Nailed self-righteous arrow Get to be […]


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Regret

Maybe I’ve forgotten the name and the address of everyone I’ve ever known. It’s nothing I regret. Save it for another day. It’s the school exam and the kids have run away. I would like a place I could call my own, have a conversation on the telephone. Wake up […]


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