Freedom Lyric Poems

They start thick— 
not the polite kind you stir into tea
not the mild drizzle on breakfast toast
but the kind that runs hot
slow
dangerous 
coating your tongue...

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O youth of my land, gather up stones,  
Not for the mob, nor for bloodied thrones.  
But to build a revolt, one fierce...

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Each year Memorial Day causes much lament,
and today will be viewed as another life recap.
A day we honor heroes whose lives were spent,
who, for freedom,...

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To feel worthless and lost
can be the worst defeat;
don't wear that look of pretentiousness 
it takes away every joy and sweetness!

No, there's no deep affection...

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(Verse 1)
I remember the chill in the air,
When you said goodbye, like you didn’t care.
Your words cut deep, left me bare,
But I stayed silent, pretending...

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[Verse 1]
They built their fences high and wide,
White porches where their secrets hide.
Laughed in rooms where he’d never belong,
Called him Beast when he walked too...

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[Verse 1]
I’ve been searching for answers
In the silence of the night
Why’d you walk away from love
Without a word, without a fight?
It’s hard enough with just...

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[Verse 1]
Can you still remember
How we used to burn?
Every line we scribbled
Made the whole world turn
Crowds would fade around us
But your eyes held the room
We...

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May you remember the sail ship
white wake behind, seabirds about
When the bedrock begins to slip
When life's purpose is in doubt

May you remember every friend
When enemies...

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[Verse 1]
He wore the tie like a hand-me-down,
Swore he'd make it big in some glass-wall town.
But his mind kept drifting to that red clay bend,
Where...

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Nick was hurt one bright morn
Strokes hit his brain stem, connections were torn
They carried him off the rugby field
Horror began and an old world was...

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First Russia fell, a vast land,
Nine time zones, Stalin took command.
Millions of Russians died due to his rule
But Russians don't learn that fact in school.

FDR...

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The meteor was coming near
But little Robbie had no fear
His parents knew earth was DOA
But he tried to argue, to save the day.

He said, “Dear...

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Air-ball, foul, listen to the referee 
No free throw from the key 
Sit in this corner for time out
Check by your names and throw a...

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I'll be fine tomorrow—
a whispered promise to no one, to myself.
It's a nuisance, a pain in the
assiduous characters of my intellect,
unrelenting,
well-meaning, but delusional,
nothing truly unusual.

I'll...

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