open mind

Open Mind
1-9-03

Sometimes I don't know just who I am
Or who I want to be
Experimenting with that county music
With barbeque ribs instead of ham
And a whole new world unfolds
As new and mysterious colons now I can see
And I walk like I just bought a new pair of boots
As I still bear that open mind
Of banjoes, saxophones and flutes
and today at least seven times I said to myself
That I know not who I am becoming
As I taste in my coffee the base picking
And a new way of strumming
And I'm humbled by an idle word that slipped out
And I need get on with this and proceed
With cheer under the pressure of the current of a rushing stream
That once would only run on doubt
But today I was filled by a new hope
After reeling in from a deeper water hole that prize trout...





Hunger, The Evidence
1-8-03

Looking around to see if I can reach out
As I equip the protein from the carp and trout
And now that I thought of such an image
Such hunger is evidence that I'm still living
And appetite will cover all traces of doubt
And it's a Thursday night activity that starts at about nine
As on the first playing of the record
I could almost smell the wine
But I don't need to go there now that I hold in my heart all I need
And so you sow that seed when you see a need
And reap a harvest later
And find this fruit is all you'll need....





The Name I Need Not Mention
1-9-03

In a strange dream I was given a name
One today I need not mention
As I literally flew through these corridors
To get out of the last class of the day
Even detention
But this is downright absurd
Because I graduated some ten years ago
And so my imagination was working overtime
As a dire need to get out was all I'd know
And I can't seem to find the right bus that would drop me off
Close to where I live
And I would reflect on the ways things operate
Back in the day and the many mistakes I need to forgive
And there are things I must forget
Out at the same time
I need preserve these memorials
And it's a nightmare where I don't feel the fear nor fret
As I fly away from a swarm of bees
By nostalgic sweet smelling seas.....