Category: Penman Lounge

  • Downhill

    People taking chances without any rhythm or reason I can’t help from wondering if every day is a big story Living gets harder by the moment when you’re going downhill It takes all I have not to lose myself in worry I’ve been up and down round and round And when I believe to understand…

  • Dream Within A Dream

    It was nearing sunset Somewhere in a dream within a dream As I stood facing the end of day I felt love whisper in my ear Within every single moment Within every whimsical stage I heard the leaves whirl and wind whistle I am still dreaming When you come to know and realize love This…

  • Bleary-eyed

    I’m openly confused and bleary-eyed I’m waiting for something bigger than myself Diving for pearls and searching for freedom Let me drown in the ocean of love Evolve and awaken me from on High Merge me with You keep love close Give me a key to unlock closed doors Let my soul forever soar Stand…

  • Everybody is saying

    Everybody is saying That there’s something wrong with me But everybody is running And they never move at all Everyone is happy Behind a veil of illusion But someday from the fence they will fall Everybody is saying Without truly doing Everybody is dreaming Pointing fingers in blame Just because I won’t play their game…

  • Salute to Burning

    When sirens part the gasoline trees Salute to burning Be selfish with your breath & thirst For pigeon-like companionship Observing silent the secret weapons holstered by our nametag-disease. Hello motherhood & detention. How are you crystal man & married eyes? Your igloo box and plastic spork bags will be lonely someday no volunteer to rescue…

  • An Arsonist’s Remorse

    I know what breaks a Greek plate And the intent of a ceramic artist The uncertainty of a kiln And variables of responsibility Within accidents going places To happen and the ones we preserve In jars for an occasion to spill And break and slip like the coaxing sparkle Of a drying marble floor Masters…

  • Coming Back (Part Two)

    My record’s bad, my love is sad I long for you, I’m coming back Coming back, coming back Don’t you cry babe, I’m coming back They locked me up for getting mad So don’t you cry girl, I’m coming back Coming back, coming back Don’t you cry babe, I’m coming back Girl, I’ll never lie…

  • Too Close

    I saw you holding him too close, too close You had me believing you almost, almost I’m not looking back on the shadows of the past But sometimes, I’ll think of you and the love that was too last Step back, won’t you please your too close You were my first love and now your…

  • Sunday Driver (Part Two)

    It doesn’t matter if the forecast is blue Especially if his wheels are stuck in voodoo Spinning around until he’s out of fuel Never seems like the sun will ever shine While he drives down the passing lane Leaving it all beyond the beyond Mentally stuck in the turn lane May never turn back home…

  • Meth

    Sometimes you just can’t be still and freeze the endless movement of your body parts. Especially your mouth that’s been running amok for six hours consecutively without a break. I know people are watching me at work, in public and even family when I get a chance to pull away to visit. The sadness in…