The Room

The Room

by | Nov 24, 2018 | Poems, Poetry

The Room The room is a body and the body a room. And a name is a place, a word a home. I open the door and the room opens. Small animals push through the brush beside a creek at night. Their songs send thin ropes out toward the stars. Darkness slants in through the...

Thankful

by | Nov 21, 2018 | Songs

Thankful i’m thankful i was lonely ‘cause it taught me how to love thankful i was hungry to learn what was enough i’m thankful that sometimes i suffered defeat ‘cause it taught me how to get back on my feet i’m thankful for the fear that made me want to live thankful...

Higher Ground

by | Nov 17, 2018 | Songs, Sunset Blues

Higher Ground I don’t know what I’m gonna do about youdo about you tomorrowI don’t know what I’m gonna do about youI know it’s gonna bring me sorrowbut every time that sun goes downI find myself back in your home townand every time I turn aroundyou’re standing...