Of the RAINBOW

 Of the Rainbow

The light and the darkness

The opposite ends 

Of the Rainbow

I never knew the darkness

Until I met you 

You drew me in

So happily. 

I didn’t know it

Was a hollow trap 

Until I saw it was the void

Snap slap wake up 

You’re sleeping on this 

What’s wrong is right

You didn’t know

No one ever does 

The good and bad 

Equal sides of disparity. 

The light and the darkness

The opposite ends 

Of the Rainbow

Your stories were colorful. 

Now it’s black and white

I was played then

You ran away 

I sat so alone 

Just call it a wrap 

There’s nothing here without some love 

Blink blink focus 

What do you see now

In this parade 

So what is right

Do you know the lie 

Or truth who says

Left to right only it shows it 

The light and the darkness

The opposite ends 

Of the Rainbow

MR. F

 MR. F

I take another cigarette 

A swig of cheap wine

And remember the boy

That I used to be 

I’m not him 

I don’t want him to be me

If there was a time machine

I’d sit down and tell him these missteps 

Mitchell.  Always err to caution. 

Sometimes risks aren’t worth taking

Rodney.  Don’t be so distracted 

Shiny things aren’t always pure 

Frye.   Attention. Please just focus 

Learn from it 

Don’t become it

Be better than it

Don’t repeat it 

I’ve spent this cancer stick and now

I am out of wine

Who could have been the man

Destiny gave me 

I just wish

I can be better than that

I’d tell myself and better

Than the tales about myself right now 

Mitchell.  Always err to caution. 

Sometimes risks aren’t worth taking

Rodney.  Don’t be so distracted 

Shiny things aren’t always pure 

Frye.   Attention. Please just focus

You’re better than your mistakes

We all make them

We’ve all been there 

Shine baby boy, shine 

Mitchell.  Always err to caution. 

Sometimes risks aren’t worth taking

Rodney.  Don’t be so distracted 

Shiny things aren’t always pure 

Frye.   Attention. Please just focus

I was Dreaming

 I was Dreaming

You don’t know what it’s like

To be a prisoner in your own mind

But dreaming, I was dreaming 

I’ll die and it will all end. 

That’s okay

I want to be empty

Free of myself

And my memories

But that won’t happen

We are stuck in ourselves 

All I can do is hide

Those darker parts of me

I want to cry

I want to die

It’s too hard to try

And escape my life

You don’t know what it’s like

To be a prisoner in your own mind

But dreaming, I was dreaming 

I’ll die and it will all end. 

Let it be

I want to feel nothing

Instead of this

Constant dread I feel 

That has singed soul 

We are bound to our path

No matter the bright end 

Darkness is behind me

Oh how I try

And question why

In the by and by 

Why is there this strife 

You don’t know what it’s like

To be a prisoner in your own mind

But dreaming, I was dreaming 

I’ll die and it will all end. 

So goodbye. 

I wake up and I cry

Surely that was just

A nightmare but I

Remember the past

My retched past

Let me dream and die 

It’s less painful than this. 

You don’t know what it’s like

To be a prisoner in your own mind

But dreaming, I was dreaming 

I’ll die and it will all end. 

So will I 

Paradigm

 Paradigm 

We were solid

Stoic in our way 

But here we are now 

In a new paradigm 

Don’t lie

Don’t try

Don’t cry

I never tried

To be the one

Who every one loved

And it shows

I’m not sane

And it’s okay

I see it now

It’s a new day

We were solid

Stoic in our way 

But here we are now 

In a new paradigm 

I was okay 

And the you came 

Like a thief my life

No one knows 

I’m not good 

And This so called 

Narrative is

Toxic and true

We were solid

Stoic in our way 

But here we are now 

In a new paradigm 

Fragmenting various points

Your option is like the light 

That is fractured

A multifaceted break up 

This isn’t 

Me or my lies 

This is the real tale 

So who are we?

We were solid

Stoic in our way 

But here we are now 

In a new paradigm 

Don’t lie

Don’t try

Don’t cry

Summerland

The Scimatar moon and the desert palm

Remind me of home

Although it’s far away

And no one can say 

When I’ll return again. 

How I long to be barely in the light

Dancing in the shadow of the moon

Just with a crescent of hope to guide my way. 

Summerland

Far from winter snow

A place you wouldn’t know

Unless you’re homesick for it. 

Summerland

Somewhere I should go

With or without you so

Unless you’re looking for it. 

The fields of indigo and empty space 

Take me back to when

Everything was okay 

Yet here today 

It’s all a lying dream

How I long to be a stance in a trance 

Lost in a moment of blue florals

Looking for landmarks I know can lead me home 

Summerland

Far from winter snow

A place you wouldn’t know

Unless you’re homesick for it. 

Summerland

Somewhere I should go

With or without you so

Unless you’re looking for it. 

Unless you know you don’t

The way the sun rides the ridge 

And the sights it gives 

Despite you

Despite love and hate

And truth and lies 

Thats where it is

The sunsets

In summerland. 

Summerland

Far from winter snow

A place you wouldn’t know

Unless you’re homesick for it. 

Summerland

Somewhere I should go

With or without you so

Unless you’re looking for it. 

Back At The Start

 Sometimes we find ourselves 

Back at the start 

I tried so long 

To escape you

Your snowy haze

Your crystal lies

I tried and tried

To be anything other than this

But I’m back on track

With the worst of me

Yet here I am

And I’m here with you 

Unexpectedly 

Sometimes we find ourselves 

Back at the start

Was I so wrong

Running from you

Your wicked ways 

Illicit tries

It’s you and me

Cursed with a very mistaken kiss 

I’m over my head 

Falling in a trap 

And here I am 

But I’m here with you

Inexplicably 

Sometimes we find ourselves 

Back at the start

The calendar changes

But do we

We hate each other

Exclusively 

But here we are

Just how we find ourselves 

Sometimes we find ourselves 

Back at the start