Football is a metaphor For life that’s all around And every day we hike the ball To play another down Staring at our enemies And waiting to be sacked Remembering the victories That matter not, in fact For each day is a separate game With victors of its own And he who won just yesterday…
The turtle envies not the man Who hurries on his way But moves as slowly as he can To savor all the day Each step is taken with a care The man would never show Each breath is filled with sweeter air Than man will ever know His thoughts are of the ripest fruit And…
A thousand tears before we met A thousand since you went away A thousand I will soon regret And more with each new passing day A thousand pieces of my heart A thousand prayers made in fear A thousand sorrows I impart But find again each coming year And I have begged to reach the…
I ask for splendid summer nights And pray that I shall live To dine upon the brilliant sights That nature has to give Grant me time to taste the sky And nature’s casserole To sample heaven’s a la carte And satisfy my soul Pile daisies on my plate And sprinkle on some dew Perhaps a…
I’m asking Lord, to meet the sweetest girl That ever walked upon the sands of time I’m begging please, to find in all the world The one who sets my lonely heart to rhyme For I have seen her many times before Each time I lay my head upon the sand To shut my eyes…
Bound by curiosity To creatures great and small In vain superiority We live above them all High upon our pedestal Sitting tall and proud And deeming nature beautiful While tearing up the shroud A sin of greater potency Than ever we assume But hide behind our apathy Until we meet our tomb
I give to you a gift of red To place beside your sacred bed And touch your heart the whole night through With perfect sleep and dreams come true And when you wake to brilliant red Dancing slowly by your bed Know that I’m in Love with you And no one else will ever do…
The ebb and flow of mental tide And waters that subdue Have veiled the face I wear inside And torn my heart in two For secrets don ornate disguise When in the public view Yet bare themselves in naked eyes Where stories are but true
The time will come for everyone To finally see the sky The blanket warmth of yellow sun And breezes blowing by The gentle fade from dark to light The moonlight’s sad goodbye The way the stars adorn the night And greet the passerby The clouds that bring back memories When dreams were still in reach…
To find the greatness of a man Look in the eyes of those suppressed For power isn’t taken But given by the ones impressed And taken back with equal haste As if it never real For people rise above a man As often as they kneel