This old Carpenter
Built a barn around the moon
when the moon lurked low
give birth to some kids
with fire like the sun
come running
with a smile I call home
(heart)
A Dugs or Dugsart Joint. This is a candid look at something I might put in one of my many sketchbooks and hide. Its a cathartic jot down of thoughts. Lyric, poem, art ideas, or stepping stones to the birth of a piece. Nodes to pivot from. Building a network of paths one stone at a time. I get lost in here, and I love it.
Built a barn around the moon
when the moon lurked low
give birth to some kids
with fire like the sun
come running
with a smile I call home
(heart)
When I think about your old old song
did you capture the sentiment
or did you create it
somewhere in between our line was created
old telephone
call that kid, and tell him
theres a pouring light
through a roaring night
and all that was
is all that might
hey momma
i know ive put up some walls
but if you could tell me somethin
what would you say?
well I don't know
but i bet its about love
to feel what is rumbling
to see whats above
to open to the streets
and push when were shoved
the roar is all yours
the roar is all yours
Ive been aching these feet
watching these episodes
its an endless journey
and arrogant for me to think that i will be somewhere in 200 years
but i will
filling that dark room with light
Lay down
I will wrap you in blankets, and cut the lights
Fully in, swimming, silent, soon to dream, eyes still open
follow me once.
slide the vernier scale to the graduation
align the scope to the stake
drop a string from the tangent
and make a mark.
I started this project before knowing exactly why
Process is my elixer
most of the time.
Align the nights events with this allegory
Parlayed through wretched morning
I laid this old pickup truck to rest deep in a forest
and the first tree found its home
through the rust
the same way purpose marries itself to our rib cage
the way ice cream finds its way to the smile
We didn't wait for the music this time
We opened our ears to a quiet winter forest
We Invited them
after the party.
I went through one of the greatest creative periods of my life
the last few years.
However the last 2 years have been dry.
Frozen, my hands, my heart.
Before...
I was in love.
Reconcile all of my loose ends
mend, weld, melt
and let me
She is the silence in the crowd
Pale Blue dress, against red clouds
We explode from the gate
come running with the heaviest foot falls
pounding earth quaking
rain
down our cheeks
to find a tiny square of land
on a sphere placed by the hand
tucked in warm amongst the heavens
riddled in sure before these stars
right here where we are.
2 blankets 1 music
1 bottle of wine
and a few things on our mind.
Take this blue ember with you
There is a time coming
when this little painting will be all that i love
when Everything else is lowered,
I walk waist level with the tops of the grain
drag my hands over the apexes of birds highest ascents
hold my hand shoulder level to block out the little sun balls glare
hold the watercolor high for vision
and let the pigment pour over me
Vanagons, Octagons, and Grand Canyon echo
Atlas maps, back door traps, White cloth perseco
Yeah my friends take me there.
my friends take me where
my heart feels warm
honeybees swarm
and ants come to candy
wet feet stick sandy
and the ice pulls the hand that cradles the drink
that cools your core.
a fence post leans, just enough to release the connection
and the wind comes
a pebble pings, just so to break the integument
and the rust comes
an aspersion pelts, dialed so to bring the ire
and the hate comes
who brought the thing
to make this thus?
who roars the the rhetoric
that makes this us?
Rot turns the log eventually
my mind is here essentially
compromising my existence
rusting through my mind
No one else wants to say it
So I have to
You can't contain meI am the containerBring guitars in your houseAnd we'll entertain yaComin at ya with a new songYou haven't heardBut somehow you know the wordsFly from your feetSparkle from the insideYou can hold the stringsOf this kite,And kill the lightsThis quiet glow is gonna shine all night