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Visions and Dreams
03:58
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I have gotten in between—
the recollection of
old visions and new dreams
the cloak of age vs.
the dagger of youth
looking wane and drawn
and gone long in the truth
but when i wander
amongst the poor,
your light flickers
through an opening door
there’s that beauty
where least is most—
gifts are freely given
and no man can boast
this is it! this is it!
this is what i’m talking about!
this is it, this is it
what i dream...
i seek patience in your time
a new jiving to your
rhythm and rhyme
a new day, a new man
a thousand million chances
because you can
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Trees in Israel
04:28
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I cross the sky I cross the sky
went away to find you
stare from this shore
of mediterranean blue
you’re over there somewhere
this atmosphere—
my odd frontier
i appeal
sun like a sore,
blood on horizon
silhouette of playground
and barbed wire
these men still fight
with sticks and stones
blood on their foreheads
and shirtfronts
i walk the hills,
dust on my shoes
never thought there’d
be trees in Israel
where do i go, what can i say
ink, words, and vowels
in search of you
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Funny Hat
04:54
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We were young
when we first met
two coy flowers on the wall
you were wearing a funny hat
i played boy blue at my best friend’s ball
that’s when I knew
I really love you
that’s when I hid you
in my heart
you are brown eyes
and brown skin
you are glowing radiance
love of this light let me in-
to your undulating rays of joy
that’s when i know
i really love you
that’s when i know
i’ve found the one
that’s when i know
i really love you
smile grander than the sun
now to touch your fingertips
sit in the grass
and enjoy the sky
lovely whispers from your lips
what we have now God has sanctified
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4. |
Little Girl Crying
04:11
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Well, I know it’s true—
i can see myself- little girl,
that you’ve been crying
and i shed a private tear of my own every time i think about your innocence dying
but you know little girl you’ll be ok— you’re growing up
in many ways
you’ve got to take a breath,
slow down, look around, and keep praying for a better day
i can’t catch the sunshine,
i can’t keep away the tears
but you can take my hand forever as the moonlight disappears
well you know this world
is bruised and abused—
there’s no denying
and every time i turn around there’s another rich clown cheat, hussling, lying
the dogs of war may beat down your door, and shake your faith to the core
but when you feel the blues from your soul to your shoes—
turn it into a song
i don’t have a reason why it’s going down this way
but you can take my heart inside your coat and walk out into this cold, bright day
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5. |
September
02:47
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September september
i breathe her in september
she, my sweet tomato and basil
in september
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4 months ago i felt your kisses
as we smiled
and dried the dishes
what crazy wish
wound us together
what hopeless bounds
keep us apart
all my letters from delphine
are falling to the ground
soft days of sunlight
held in books
night glistening raindrops
on the window
our two whole pages
wet with life
and so I read and hold
with all my might
all my letters from delphine are falling to the ground
6 months ago I felt your kisses
sunday morning
as we dried the dishes
8 months ago I felt your kisses
now pulling light
from dying wishes
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7. |
Yohannes (Each Day)
02:59
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When you sleep,
you let it all go
when you wake
it’s like fresh driven snow
each day
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Hidden Light Safety
03:52
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Hidden light safety
mind images, the foregone past
what have we done
what have we done
in the name of innocent fun
ringed red eyes,
ringed red eyes
tongue tastes the salty sky
her face a half moon smile
wing-tipped hair that strokes her cheeks in points
strident noise and the
petshop goys
all around my broken toys
strident noise, strident noise
all around the petshop goys
flailing arms and sunken floor
numb, confused, i ask for more
i left smiling an empty stare
helpless feeling nothing there but
flowering hate
and flowering love
what to say, push to shove
i must go i must go
feelings waver to and fro
our daily airs—
cotton candy affairs
my soul slouches in a chair
and loosens tie
the ties that bind
the ties that bind
search for love in humankind
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Rest Your Eyes Now
04:05
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Close your eyes now—
it’s time for bed
take these billowed clouds
for your head
we’ll ride horses
across the hills
laugh and skip and fly
from window sills
close the closet— yes, i know
one more whispered “love you”
and off you go
we’ll go waltzing
in golden shoes
jumping with the porpoises and the penguins too
laura, laura— i don’t know
what this world will bring you
what this world will bring you
but rest your eyes now,
see you soon
next time when we meet—
time for school, yeah
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Look at me
simple pigeon’s friend
rag of grey
flapping in the wind
and i will rise—
reaching for your hand
i want to be named
look at me
bread crumbs in my beard
smooth me like a sleeping child, having you near
and i will rise—
reaching for your hand
i want to be named
the man with the pigeons
slowly turns around
blackened, soggy shoes
step above the ground
and he will rise—
reaching for your hand
he wants to be named
he wants to be named
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11. |
Rain NM
04:52
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The rain falls in new mexico
in finite blue curtains
grey clings to red
rain fills my head
the wounds left by beauty
allay all absurdity—
bathe and atone—
the wet smell of home
wide space will enter you
displays all your emptiness
i’m calling out to you
i’m praying out to you
don’t let me forget
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Wake up in darkness to run
towards where the sun
comes from
in grandma’s hogan
feet commencement
steady pounding drums
as cold air cools my lungs
all things poised
and turning eastward
sage, juniper, canyons
hardened path contains
my motion
towards the rising sun
a seed will stir, a tiny ember
a silent explosion
wings unfurl
like fingers upward
melting horizon
bead of blood,
light-roaring ocean
song that the spirit’s sung
knees comply to sandy altar
in beauty i have run
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