“I need some feeling of some sort - hey, we're all alive at the same time, at once, you know?!” - Joe Strummer

Feast on the Now

Get up and let the light in
or what little is left at least.
Feast on life as it passes by
for I wouldn't expect it
to return anytime soon.

What we have is now
and now is gone
as quickly as you read
this word.

So, feast on the now.
Feast on life as it passes by
for it won't be
returning soon.

**Inspired by a random thought that I should, "maybe get up and open the shades a little." lol.**

Meditate Upon a Memory

For Dad

Dont hide away
Don't make it like it all didn't matter
Memories make people who they are to us
Eventually memories are all we'll have

So take a minute to listen
Take a minute to pause
to meditate upon a cause
Known only unto you
Meditate upon a memory, if you will
Think about the good times
That you said can last forever

Always the optimist
despite a desolate situation
but don't hide it all away
and make it like it all didn't matter
Meditate upon a memory, if you will
think about the good times
Eventually memories are all we have

Monsters

*written to the instrumental for Atmosphere's "Vampires"*

I do believe in monsters
they live internally
infernally burning
they're yearing
to take their turn on me
So I learned to see
past the glamour and glare
and keep my manner fair
as long as stamina's there
but a man is impaired
by that which does define him
it blinds him
yet in his own mind reminds him
of what he strives to be until lies impeded
but truth is subjective
we reply to needs
some rely on greed to achieve
their petty dreams
and conjour petty schemes
not readily seen
yet still they steadily stream
and leak into society
prying it open
got you crying and hoping
while slowly dying from doping
on societies potion
your eyes need to open
and look inside for the token
best to keep it tight
or else it might just get broken
through the sight and the spoken
the monsters are provoken
and awoken inner demons
means the scheme is set in motion.

So how did today go? It's like my halo is day-glo

"I'll tell you in another lifetime....when we are both cats." -Vanilla Sky

Little Thoughts make Big Impressions

"Don't you just love a coy girl ;)" -Tara Marinara

In the Cards

*written for someone known in many a lifetime past*

A single source of energy powers this planet
and connects us both in the interwoven mesh.
Though old souls, we strive on within.
Still jaded by the ways of without
and forever longing for what we can't have.
We've found each other,
perhaps as in other lifetimes past,
drawn together by the force of fate
as the message is spelled out
in the cards.

Grenade Free Zone

****written with random quotes from MTV's "Jersey Shore" and associated commercials between approximately 10:30 p.m. and 10:50 p.m. on 8/5/10.****

I loved you too much
that was my downfall
(This is all gonna burn.)

I was in a really bad mood
and I felt like feeling some pain.
It's like going into surgery, right?
'Cause that all hurt so damn much.
We'll never be the same
But you don't care.
Neither do I.

We'll have an all new Hard Times
come Monday at 10.
There's more to Date Night now
But we knew that coming in
I just needed to get rid of
all the stress

The Marksman (I Call it Aim)

Dedicated to Tara
Based on Anna Weber's "The Flood"

The Sugar and Spice they speak of
She embodies the batter
A girl with a recipe for destruction
and a coy smile, shot with precision,
suggesting every bad decision you could make
She can eat you alive
or squeeze you to death
Either way, she's pleased
Chance is, you are, too,
as she shoots that coy smile,
flashes a glimmer of a wink
and turns back to her drink

Some people might call it a hustle
She'd just call it a game
But I call it a different name
I call it aim

She shoots to kill
She's deadly on her draw
like in a Western
She's the quick, you're the dead
She can eat you alive
with a suggestive coy smile

Some might call it a hustle
She'd just call it a game
But I call it a different name
I call it aim

If People are Strange

*Inspired by The Doors "If People are Strange"*

If people are strange,
then consider us part of the herd
on a wild stampede through life.
Full speed, head first,
straight into the unknown
without a care as to how close
they come to the edge,
without a fear as to how far
they might someday plummit,
without a reason to stop in between,
they move steadily forward
on a while stampede through life.
If people are strange,
consider us part of the herd

Fine

For Tara

Excuse me miss, but once again I must insist
that you stop resisting and let me kiss those lips
let me put those hands on your hips
let me show you what a real man really is
I hope you understand I'm relentless
that's why I present this
part of my heart
it's just a start
just an entrance
and this is just another instance
or my persistence
Hope you like it like I like you
because I meant this
and you inspired it
kow that I'm admiring
more than just those eyes and lips
because what comes out your mouth
shows that you have charm and wit
it's so attractive, my brain goes hyper-active
the fact is I'm done talking
can we get to macking?
Hand holding, lip smacking?
Man, I'd show you sick action
You know the man I am
go get at him.

Cry as Stars Fall

For Mike Starr (April 4, 1966 - March 8, 2011) RIP
Another wounded soldier fell today
All alone in the trenches
Braving the storm of the frontline

Once a bright and shining Star
it's amazing how they fall so far
and devestating when they hit the ground.
Such an impact shakes us all
and leaves a hole to catch the rain
that flows like tears from the heavens.
...the gods cry as stars fall

Tonight I cried for a fallen rockstar
and burned a candle in his name.
I burned a candle to the gods
and asked them that it rain
Rain when I die
Cry when stars fall

My Attempt to Mentor

Afraid be the junkie
Depraved be his soul
Haunted be his dreams
full of piercing screams
and quick pinches of the skin

Sedated, play the role
Elated, take it slow
Things take time to develop
Things take time
to take their tole
But some within an instant
will reach out and steal your soul

But, when it's said and done,
don't say you weren't told
to watch your back
and guard your bases
running races to nowhere
will get you there in no time fast
sinking deeper, you won't last
Turn back

Dream With Me

for Tara

Such a feeling I could cry
as we meet face to face
as we lock eye to eye
exchange a smile, share a sigh
lying low between the sheets
you and I, still so alive
feeling as though we'd never die
Or when I'm with you so it seems
we spell out the stuff of dreams
Dream with me
come see all there is to see with me
Be with me
come see what you really mean to me
Breathe with me
come be free with me
as we hold each other fast asleep
Breathe with me
Dream with me

Color Scheme

It's all the red in me, this intensity
and you're as pure as purple
as cool and calm as sky blue
and as naturally green as my envy
for the other Navy Blues
...and as it fades to black
I'm reborn in a burst of yellow
full of vibrant pink life
yet still lost in the bowl of oranges
blinded by white light

Who Could Have Known (Bonnaroo 2006)

We stood, staring there
at the sky as it morphesized
and we were mesmerized
by the size of the earth
and the fire in our eyes.
We prophesized on lies
and unknown truths.
We had our conviction
but all we lacked was the proof.
But as always in youth,
we looked towards the future,
and no sense of the past.
We lived for it now.
But did we live it too fast?
Who could know at times like these?