Poetry, lyrics, other words and art…
If I write today
Will it resonate
With anyone at all
If I tell a tale
And toast with ale
Will you catch me if I fall
Will the moon still rise
And cross each night
Of a celestial starlit sea
Or will the ink run dry
As I lay here and die
With no one next to me
We find moments of reflection, sometimes
In the oddest of places
Riding in a car when an old song plays
Looking at a person you think you know, but don’t
Watching the gait of a stranger in front of you on a sidewalk
Hearing a sound or voice with just the right pitch and tone
Yes, we reflect upon the past
And we dream of the future
While we live in the here and now
And contemplate time…
I cast out the blue demons deep into the night
Yet their shadows continue to haunt me
How do I escape these unworldly specters
While even now they fall around me in silhouettes
How I pray for the light to chase the unseen away
How I beg in a guttural growl to be set free
Then, and only then, did I awake from this nightmare
What is it like to capture a dream
To hold it your hands
Like a beautiful scene
How do you keep it
And not let it go
But for a second it was yours
Like one flake of snow
Only to disappear to the past
A picture in the mind
That may never last
Yet, just for a moment
The dream did come true
It put a smile on my face
Has it happened to you
If I step out upon the grasses
In the memories of my life
Will I be filled with awed expressions
Or subdued by ills and strife
Will the corners of my lips be turned
Into an upward smile of grace
Or strangled on the bile of sadness
Knowing how I’ve wasted in this place
And when I wake up from this dream
Upon my knees I know I’ll fall
Because my God has blessed this soul
Beyond mere memories
Beyond the wall
So here and now I praise the works in me
That He did give so graciously
And thank Him each and every day
For teaching me the only way
Canvas towers of black paint the horizon
There is no way out
There is no way out
Turrets of stone in windswept hues
There is no way out
There is no way out
A blanket of stars, black as pitch
There is no way out
There is no way out
Suffocating inside this sarcophagus, frozen forever
There is no way out
There is no way out
I was dreaming
Yes, this is true
In places I cannot explain
No idea of where or who
Frustrated, I call out in the night
And wake myself supine
Trying to recapture
These crazy dreams of mine
The clouds on the horizon
They never do get near
A fleeting star shoots through the night
Out into the clear
Just beyond my reach again
Just beyond my heart
Maybe on the morrow
I can find a brand new start
If home is where the heart is
It’s where I want to be
Casting doubts and broken promises
Always a part of me
But I’ll keep on dreaming, yes
It’s what I always do
For one day on that horizon
I know that I’ll find you
An apricot lullaby
Mesmerizing and deep
Cleansing my mind
As I’m falling asleep
Wrapped in the arms
Of my mother’s sweet love
Drifting away
On the wings of a dove
Dreams of my father
So proud and strong
Walking the dogs
While singing a song
The morning sun rises
And to my weary eyes
I see a book on the chair
Filled with sweet lullaby’s
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At night I walk in sleepy wonder
Of what this world
May not be
In subtle dreams
I often wonder
If poison tastes
Like our disease
Be not still
Oh, flailing conscious
Tell a story
Of one’s regret
Lest we wake
Upon the morn
Lest we wake
And then forget
Kevin Parish 