Here And There

I threw you my heart

as you looked away

i got love in my eyes

but it's missing in our kiss

hey

i think it's time to go

a girl's gotta worry

about the days and years that wear down her soul

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She was an old woman waiting for morning

fresh coffee and a worn red chair

years ago her husband died 

and she spent her days looking back instead of ahead

the sun pushed through old curtains and found an old woman

waiting for morning

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I've been cranky, he said

i knew what he meant

gotta find something that satisfies you, I told him

and it's not something from other people

it's gotta be you

Just A Way Finder

Does everybody cry

the way i do

when wind slaps dreams around

are they scared too

does everybody feel

emptiness like pain

cold as a stone at night

do they wish your name

With a toothbrush in my hand I watch Lily's ears perk toward a battered tennis ball. She'll attack it again when the shadows move.

Why do the words disappear when i want them most?

Waiting Forever For A word Or Two

I said I love you

but it blew away in the wind

i tried to reach for you

but the dream was too thin

you're an echo

an echo

a name i'll keep saying

as it blows away in the wind

We lost our radio connection at the bar. In a panic of silence i rummaged through the mop closet for CDs I had seen stashed a few years before. Finding just one, I have listened for days to Badlands,  a rendition of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska. Covers of his songs by other artists are haunting. The sorrow is beautiful as I stock beer bins and empty my wine glass.

My thoughts fly everywhere, but never break free from you. You tether me to something. Someday and somewhere.