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Day Dreamers Call

On this night
If given the chance
I’d be driving through the bright city streets of New York
Surpassing the speed limit
In my yellow convertible
Jaguar.

My hair flying high above the state of worry
The music hard, loud, seductive 
Blissful amnesia my state of mind
The broken promises, all forgiven
And long ago forgotten.

The wind, an infinite array of scents
Forming a bouquet
Around my disenchantment
And healing the wounds that once ran deep.

Me.
A singular traveler,
Setting forth an adventure
For parts far away
And unfamiliar.

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Brother Farewell

You’re free now, baby
No more restraints
No ominous darkness behind each day 
All the fears have gone their way
The aching bones
The lonely heart 
They've left you now
You can start your time anew 
Without suspicion 
Or worry 
Or lingering despair 
You’re free now, baby
So go your way
Your path is bright 
Your heart unchained
Time for reality, no more delusion 
The way of the soul invites no confusion. 
Your truth is unfettered 
And puts rest all illusion.
God Speed, my brother
I’ll see you soon, 
In the place where the light shines
Bright as the moon.

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Insomnia

I love to drink coffee 
And smoke cigarettes. 
Deep into the night 
Without fear or regret
I'll sip and I'll puff 
And I'll try to forget 
All those times I felt guilty for hours I spent 
Drinking my java and smoking the rent. 
'Course I'm not condoning a life 
Lived like mine 
Ignoring all instincts, enjoying all wine 
But I'll go down fighting before I will say
That nights are for sleeping 
And coffee's for day
And I know tobacco's a curse, aint it true? 
But it’s my health I'm wrecking,
It’s me 
It aint you.

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Transformation

I would love it
If you didn't want
To take the risk
Of ending us.
Or if you valued the joy of 
What we once and can again possess.

Should the worst occur
and Forever
ends abruptly,
The ensuing pain
Will be worth
Its turbulent change

For I have learned an infinite truth;
Where once was only mythical
Within me,
Now stands knowledge strong, unyielding.
Unafraid of loss or pain
It battles freely without shame
The wounded Ego's last refrain.

Taking now a warriors stance
Shouting out again and back:

YES !! 
I can.
I have,
and will continue
to brazenly
and unabashedly
LOVE
another human being
with every inch of my 
Existence

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Hope

Though darkness now itself abounds
Many dreams can still be found
For every moment spent in sorrow
Possibilities ring full tomorrow
I may be a human being
Who also soars on golden wing
In a heart once filled with song
Fear can never last too long.

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Happy Destiny

You can live your life 
without regret
find your heart
and pay the rent 
dream and hope without restraint
and leave perfection to the saints.
Know an endless Peace of Mind
Be master of your fate and time. 
Just be careful now...
and take a breath.
Because in fact,
The One
who's watching from its cage 
will soon demand a crust of bread.
Although it seems like nothing 
it will surely turn your head 
and soon you'll be treading 
down that dark path again.
Be careful,
just be careful 
Cuz' its a short ride to mayhem 
when you're shackled to the beast.

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A Rebels Stance

A Rebels Stance
As we stand talking face to face
Upholding the laws of social grace
You may see me timidly holding my stance
Chained to the bond of my circumstance.

But under charades of fancied beguile
Merrily skips a loose denial
And tearing the ropes encircling me
Is a mind that goes running, running free.

You look at me now and see an acceptance
Of all that’s been told despite an objection
But I am no prisoner of all that conforms
You’re looking at posturing tuned with the norm.

Deep inside this material prison
Defiance dances in passionate rhythm 
Ignoring the shackles binding me
Is a mind that goes running, running free.

Within this mysterious essence 
Disguised in such typical form
Are fields that wildly span the horizon,
And a voice singing on in a storm.

When the land of the self is examined
Its truth is a beauty to see
Neath the dust of its blanketing body
Lies treasure you cannot perceive.

Ignoring the choke that silences my voice
Dances a body with powerful choice
Unmindful of myths you've heard about me
Is a mind that goes running, running free.

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The Conmans Maiden

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I knew when you came here
The truth would reveal
A thousand misgivings, a million appeals
Your words a disguise now
For actions concealed
And I left to wonder
Are you false?
Are you real?

Your warmth and conviction
When telling your lies
Shanghaied my logic
Bedazzled my eyes
A dozen maneuvers
Outsmarted my questions
A game long since honed
Via force and deception.

I could not be strong
When under your spell
I knew what the truth was
But I wouldn't tell.
And as you continue
Your seductive denial
I can’t help but wonder
At your own heart beguiled
Into a dream
Of no longer knowing
Which is reality and where is the scheme

But I cannot judge you
Nor seek to condemn
For I was held captive
By more than you knew.
What drew me and kept me
Was more than a con
But a hope for your truth
To finally shine through.

You are for the most part
A man in disguise
Yearning to impress
Fearing reprise
The light is within you
And its you who's not free
You can’t let me love you
You're unable to see
There’s nothing to fear here
It’s real
I’m me.

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Texas

You didn't really want me, 
You wanted Donna Reed. 
You couldn't see the forest,
You only saw the trees.

I wanted you to listen, 
You turned and walked away.
I begged you to remember 
You said I couldn't stay. 

Was a time you won’t acknowledge
When you took from me as well 
Money from the cookie jar 
More betrayals than you'll tell 

Your fear is all consuming, 
And now it’s taken you. 
You’re lying in your dungeon 
And calling me the fool 

Well it’s a good thing that we ended, 
I’m glad that’s what you did .
For I was never free with you 
With you, I always hid.