Born with eyes that see only that shadow of Truth Our feet carry us toward our destiny Walking in the footsteps of those that came before We seek light in the dark of life To emerge on the otherside More than we were
Read more "Shadow of Truth"Blue and gray Are the eyes of the old man Colors colder than the notes he brings to the air The Rodney Dangerfield of the day Caresses the fret like the shoulder of an old friend Bending music into frightening angles The world does not know his name But we have his face A memory […]
Read more "Reflection"Give me some of that transcendent shit Bass with a bump And my voice saying I don’t give a fuck Struttin like I’m King Muffin Frank Zappa Cigarette Huffin Rhymes are for play Fun like summer sun Feelin fresher than spring Thats the vibe I bring I wanna hear a soul food cookin girl sing […]
Read more "PLANET CARL"Simple things are best Like love and rest I’d like to know whats best But I am only me And I can’t do what I can’t Clouds in the sky passing by Venturing their way to their next location Where someone will look up And admire their beauty New life falls from the sky Completing […]
Read more "Simple Things are Best"Hard Unforgiving to the human hand The light shines through Except in the darkest of depths Matter not the Tao of the stone Nor the height of the throne We are all flesh ‘n bone Atone is the sound when the table is round And the house is built on the mound Serpents crawl because […]
Read more "The Physics of the Stone"I’m not what you think I am Some poor excuse for a man I’m not what I want to be I am what I am I’m not some washed up burnout But I am living in poverty I’m not sure I can do what you ask Because I just might not be up to the […]
Read more "My Marquee"Ophidian dreams Winding through my mind What do they mean? I will find out in time Brown and swirling Biting and back up Into the desert doorway I do descend Reserving trust for nobody I learn along the way Time twists into two fangs Venom paranoia Innovated by another brother The serpent dances like ribbon […]
Read more "Ophidian Dreams"Made from the quantum plasma Silent in their plane Released from the form Into eternity born Life languishing Life scorned Soul sucker Trapped in the realm of continuity They swell with the bubble of nothingness Just a vapor of the vanquished And the spirit of the spirit Whispers a name That cannot be heard by […]
Read more "Vapors"To be iron Shaped as a feather To be the crucible In the shape of desire To be human The lowly thinkers of a rocky world To be the moon Looking on night after night Cooly smiling at the stars I’ve got life in my veins I’ve got a shine in my eyes I’ve got […]
Read more "Mortality"If I were to ever find out where the Klan meets I’d start a posse and kill them all Then we would listen to Metallica It would be a joyous day for all We would douse some crosses With water from Niagara Falls I would spit on their wasted flesh And humanity could begin afresh […]
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