Tethered

Sailing, drifting, wandering
Between the streetlights
Pavement cloaked in the moonlight
And my feet are bare
Mind is put out there
Singing nothing to no one
Stars don’t raise up their brows at me
Cause they don’t care
Oh no no they don’t care
Like some do

Taking a walk
April’s breath is good to me
It is good for me
Taking a walk
For the first time in a long time
I am feeling free
I am acting freely

Sailing, drifting, wandering
Through rows of buildings
Every single one built to be
A twin to mine
And that is more than fine
Counting backwards and forwards
Trees don’t know of anxiety
But I’m no tree
Oh no no I’m no tree
I’m waiting

Taking a walk
April’s breath is good to me
It is good for me
Taking a walk
For the first time in a long time
I am feeling free
I am thinking freely

Tethered to you
Tethered to them
Tethered to him and to her
Restless
Headed anywhere
At any time
For any reason
There is no more gravity
Forgive me for my apathy
You can keep your arguments
And keep your firmament
Of shouting minds
At one another
Be unkind
To one another
Who needs to unwind,
Mother?

Taking a walk
April’s breath is good to me
It is good for me
Taking a walk
For the first time in a long time
I am feeling free
But I am not quite free

Sailing, drifting, wandering
I’m tethered
Tethered
I’m tethered
Tethered
I’m tethered
Tethered

In Studio

Sweeping lines
Hazy daylight
A small voice
Temporary courage
Acceptance
Soft chatter
Detail lines
Waning light
Done for today
Walking together
Electric buzz
Love?

All is for Naught

Introspection
Introversion
Find myself
Inside myself
Why am I looking?
What am I looking for?
What am I looking at?
Purpose?
Direction?
Chasing misconceptions
Through misconceptions
This is a waste of time
Nothing is a waste of time
Everything is a waste of time
Where's the merit behind
Innovation?
Indecision
Divergent thought
Uniform realization

West Pole Inspiration

A common theme binds one to one
Tears limbs from limbs
There it is again
It wouldn't be a day complete
Without rain and shine
It's only a matter of time
If such a monster truly deeply breathes
Until the windows fall opaque
And gravity beckons the body
To follow the mind

Ode to Sam Gilbert

My ode to you, Sam Gilbert.

Oh Sam Gilbert!
Hi Sam Gilbert!
Woah Sam Gilbert!
Bye Sam Gilbert!
Hey hey!
Oh Sam Gilbert!
Hi Sam Gilbert!
Woah Sam Gilbert!
Bye Sam Gilbert!
Hey hey!

Sam Gilbert is one damn hot topic
She's so philanthropic
If a bit myopic
She's got tons of friends!
Hey hey!
Sam Gilbert is most surely not Irish
Though her hair is fire-ish
So don't call her Irish!
Or she'll probbly get all pissed again!

Sam Gilbert leaves no margin for error
In her reign of terror
But there's nobody fairer
Than the girl up front!
Hey hey!
Sam Gilbert can write beastly essays
She can fill out surveys
And responds well to praise
As long as you don't call her a cunt!

Oh Sam Gilbert!
Hi Sam Gilbert!
Woah Sam Gilbert!
Bye Sam Gilbert!
Hey hey!

Sam Gilbert makes the guys go crazy
Makes the girls go crazy
And the world goes crazy
She is so on the ball!
Hey hey!
Sam Gilbert will not do what you ask her
Cause nobody's her master
And she'll think me a bastard
When I post this on her facebook wall!

Oh Sam Gilbert!
Hi Sam Gilbert!
Woah Sam Gilbert!
Bye Sam Gilbert!
Hey hey!

And she's driving me insane
But she's not your average Jane
Yes she's anything but plain

Oh Sam Gilbert!
Hi Sam Gilbert!
Woah Sam Gilbert!
Bye Sam Gilbert!
Hey hey!
Oh Sam Gilbert!
Hi Sam Gilbert!
Woah Sam Gilbert!
Bye Sam Gilbert!
Hey hey!

Suspension

Sighing as the dim sunset casts a thick shadow
I am reduced to inhaling and exhaling
And inhaling and exhaling
No good is born of my pregnant yet exanimate mind
Ensnared in the pinched neck of a cruel hourglass
Bobbing in the violent, inconstant surf
The hostile sea of yes, no, maybe
Swallow me up and spit me out
Tear down progress, replace with uncertainty
And ultimately leave me bereft of substance
Buoyancy, gravity - everything is null
Until once again the radiant sun fills the mourning sky
And all discontentment is quieted away
On the zephyr of deliberate yet indiscriminate love

For Closure

Closure-seeker in a darkened room
Stares at a blank page
Willing it full
Wishing like nothing else to open the box
And himself understand
Hoping that words will somehow find him
Without them, he is shapeless
The push to close this door for good
The pull to keep it open forever
Still no words
There is no order where nothing is certain
There is no certainty where no order lies
Why do these artifacts clutter this room?
They mean nothing
They mean everything
Where is the sense in wondering?
Time will tell all
Time's lips are sealed
Still no words
Closure-seeker in a darkened room
One page is filled
Nothing's been said