Portrait

There is a portrait 

On a wall

It's crooked 

The portrait, not the wall

And all along I 

Thought the world 

Was flying, really

I've been falling

There is no wonderland 

For there is no wander left

Once you've found that

Person in the portrait 

It is crooked 

The portrait, not the wall.

Bed Monster

There seems to be a monster
He lives beneath the bed
I'm told he is an aweful guy
And not just in my head

We haven't seen him in a while
I'd forgotten he was there
Until the night we let the light
Get dimmer than we dare

Beneath the bed, that is his home
Like a garden to a knomb
He isn't going to eat the shoes
He isn't going to watch the news

So what's his name, what's his game
And what's he want from me?
Nothing, not a single thing,
But keep us from feeling free.

Make A Choice

Because there is only so much unclaimed real estate within a person.
Like a VHS tape, will run out of space and need recorded over.
And sometimes the price for loving one is giving up loving another.
I commit to you, my breakfast mango, and will forgo the toast, today.

If only lunch could be so simple.

Smile

The only photos
I like of myself
Are the ones I
Distinctly remember
I was thinking of you
At the time.

Just Like A Goat

I would dance with your demons
To sit a wile with your soul
When the storm has passed
Like a goat leaves the shed
Where she hid from the rain
Just to follow the gray sky
Wondering why it had wandered away.

You & Me & Pizza In The Doorway

Flies start biting 'for the rain
Can't wash the sweat away
Dragons are fit for fighting
And the Wolf is here to stay
In a quiet voice you ask me
What's for dinner? and I say:
It's just a you, and me, and pizza
In the doorway kinda day

Carry on
You're plenty strong for one, my son
Carry on
It's not a race that can be won
Just a day that's nearly done
Carry on

I won't hide you from the winter
When you're ready for the snow
Know the wolf, it isn't friendly
You'll have dragons of your own
As I love you I will promise:
This will pass, and always know
It's just a you, and me, and pizza
In the doorway kinda of day

Carry on
You're plenty strong for one, my son
Carry on
It's not a race that can be won
Just a day that's nearly done
Carry on

When the wolf has had its fill
And all my dragons fly away
I will love you from a distance
That no living man can say
And of all our many moments
I will surely miss the most
All the you, and me, and pizza
In the doorway kinda days

Carry on
You're plenty strong for one, my son
Carry on
It's not a race that can be won
Just a day that's nearly done
Carry on

In Happiness

Why can't we live in happiness

I know we've earned the right

We've paid our dues to live life through

Without the endless fight

Why can't we live in happiness

So simple like a dream

I'd hold you like a valley holds

The stream that makes it green

Why can't we live in happiness

Just for an hour or two

What I would give to see you smile

The way you used to do

When Dragons Win

I would fight a dragon
To make my mate
My mate again
Although I'd surely loose

On my weakest day
I'm plenty strong for one
But still can't win
A war for two

Do Not Anger Irony

I dream of a life that hurts you
So I stay awake and write instead
A poem for every coffee I'm not allowed to bring
A song for every evening we sit in seperate swings

Of all the ships that pass in the night why did ours collide?
Do not anger irony
It's love that keeps me wanting you
It's love that made me leave

Because

I hope your bike don't hit no rock. 

Your sailboat always got a dock

I hope your car has the smoothest lane

And never gets caught up in rain 

Because I love you

I pray all day, and twice at night

That you can, but don't have to fight

For dreams that seem too far away

I'd make this world tilt your way

Because I love you

I hope she treats you like a king

If she intents to wear your ring

I hope she gives you what I would

And life for you is just so good

Because I love you

Wanting Whiskey

A flood needs rain
Like a deer needs lead

Its the ugly dreams 

That get you out of bed

A hundred boys

May catch my eye

I'll drink a hundred beers

But I'll still be dry

When I want whiskey 

I want you. 

Tin House Topia

Somewhere in a bottle
Is a place you'll never be
If your heart is made of copper
And your soul has got a key

Lost in your own envy
The smell of joy you learn
Till the sky begins to darken
And the weather takes a turn

It hides in Tin House Topia
The demon in the rain 

Save the bottle,
Let it sink
Loose a lover
In a blink

Peaches, sweetest ever baited
Never waited, ever ripe
Have a moment of surrender
Be at last a bird of flight

Streets are paved with prize and lies
Must not wander out of sight
A stranger growing ever stronger
With the fading of the light

It hides in Tin House Topia
The demon in the rain 

Save the bottle,
Let it sink
Loose a lover
In a blink

From a vessel to a boat
Made of paper, barely float
Hide the victim, hurt yourself
It robs the greatest kind of wealth

A patch will cut a deeper wound
A stitch will leave you on your own
Sit and listen to the rain
Cry, but that wont stop the pain.