Free As A Bird

You tell me I am free Free to say when the fire dies Free to leave when the door blows open Winter’s cold and heartless wind beckoning I am free to fly like a crow after a meal Belly full of rotting carrion If I am free to go, I am also free to stay…

You Can’t Free Me

You tell me it’s great to be free Sing songs about this land of liberty But you don’t have the power to break my chains My freedom rests in my own two hands Gender, orientation, and abortion You say we should have the right to choose But you try to force dreams inside my head…

Joy Abounding

I’ll sing god’s praise through all my days For he has given me good life He has set me free from my enemies And delivered me from strife When faith abounds his words do sound Bringing healing from my prayers He has washed my stains and broken my chains He’s brought peace to all my…

Perfect Day

Have you ever had a perfect day? Where all the chips fall in just the right way? The sun shines bright and the birds do sing You come home and eat your favorite ice cream Your girl looks pretty and you know why You’ve got this happy gleam in your eye Because all the road…

Keep Moving

Without being pruned the bush will not grow Without first being torn apart, muscles cannot sew themselves stronger Without confronting our fears and insecurities, we can never move forward Look fear in the face, and tremble But keep moving Wretch at your insecurities But stay the course Through the cloud of fear lies freedom For…

The Eyes of God

We lay in the dark, looking up at the ageless wonders. Our backs resting on the ancient earth. Our warm presence is fleeting and soon we will join the soil beneath us. But in our fleshy bodies something eternal looks out. More ancient than the dirt and more ageless than the stars. The soul that…

Real People

Maybe it’s a little late for a “year in review” post, but here it is. This year was an amazing year, let me tell you why. This year was amazing because I had a terrible depressive episode for the first time in 2 years that involved me planning a detailed suicide attempt. This year was…

Little Bird

Oh little bird, flying so free I would be so happy if you’d sit next to me Tweet to me stories of all that you’ve seen Of strange places and people from meanderings Oh warm summer wind whisper your tales Of old broken mountains and men tough as nails Of typhoons and hurricanes and Midwestern…

Dire Straits of Longing

My bones ache as I stare down the dire straits Lochs and fjords cold and quiet Watery maws slack jawed and gaping Deep and black and hungry as death Insatiable as the longing in my heart That fickle desire to be wild and free Flying away like a sea bird o’er the firth My feet…

The Death of America’s Culture

America’s culture is dying. It’s beginning to breath it’s ragged, final breaths even as I type these words. Our culture’s death has many tell tale signs; our voracious appetite for cultural appropriation, our high valuation of randomness and spontaneity, our return to simple lives, and our general dissatisfaction with life. This cultural lust comes from…

Pinocchio

You can call me Geppetto For I love to pull the strings On all the wooden marionettes That do live their lives by me These foolish little wooden men Are so malleable and soft I can shape them with a knife My signature emboss I can grab their wooden crosses That pull the silky threads…

Break Every Chain

The world is becoming a safer place The wilderness is tamed The raging beasts are caged When I hear the wild tales of old My heart yearns to burn and rage They say all good things are wild and free But so many chains lay on my heavy heart I fear I’ll never be