Where’d  I go

Where’s the show

How’d I know

Wasn’t even there

Behind the stare

Now I can’t even speak

Unless one is in need

I wish it wasn’t this many that had more and more to say

No one listens anyway

Where’d I go

Where’s the show

How’d I know

They come beggin’ more and more

To see if I can settle their score

They don’t know what they’re askin’

With all this taskin’

They don’t the cost

If I told them, they’d be lost

Where’d I go

Where’s the show

How’d I know

Never asked for this

This kind of gift

No one should do what I do and know what I know

It takes the magic away

Turns it into majick in every word you say

In every word you say

Where’s I go

Where’s the show

How’d I know

In the dark I found my light

It was deep within hidden from sight

Around it flickered a small flame

A love that burned for no particular name

It lacked passion to fuel the fire

It lacked desire

In passion lies madness

Soaring joy and plummeting sadness

Rage that burns for a name

Passion is never tame

From passions flame the art of my life has sprung

No matter how it has left me undone

When one fuels your inner fire

When one brings forth desire

A choice is made by two

One and one each with their own view

Dive into the madness and take the ride

Or never be side by side

Let one and one die in the flames

As one love burns for two names

Let their fire

Their desire

Blaze a trail for all to see

As one and one become three

When one and one become we

The flame is all any can see

Ride the madness

Through the joy, rage and sadness

Let the adventure once begun

Be worthy for a song to be sung

Never looking back

As they roll down any set of tracks

Before one and one can take this ride

Each must find their light inside

Learn to let their own love burn even without a name

Learn to keep one tame

Until one who can handle the fire

One who can ride the desire

One and one fueling each others flame

Burning love in each others name

That’s worth a trip through the dark to find ones light

To make sure one and one get it right

And the lines disappeared from view

It was there keeping one as two

When the walls come down and one and one meet

That is where we find life’s treat

Not in solitude all alone

In connection showing that we’ve grown

While solitude serves a purpose and is good for self reflection

You can’t be alone and build connection

Take the time to sort one out

Then take one out and about

Make eye contact and speak with kindness

Don’t allow yourself to develop solitude blindness

When alone we are blind

To all who would be kind

We take ourselves away

At times we need the break from the fray

Our true strength is in synergy

Nothing can top that energy

Two working as one

Whether it’s for work or for fun

It takes more than one to build any given thing

If no one hears it why even sing

If no one reads

Why let it bleed

If no one hears what is being said

One might as well be dead

A ghost never seen

That sounds kind of mean

Yes one should be whole in and of oneself

That does not mean we put all others on the shelf

It means one makes one whole to be better partner in the moment

When one and one share a comment

Let the comment grow into conversation

Who knows it could lead to elation

Nowhere is an idea that never existed but as a fable

I found it somewhere in the back of the front of my mind

It was right in between here and there that I found everywhere is somewhere

When I saw that nowhere could never exist

I found somewhere I liked the view

If you ever go in search of nowhere you will never find it

If you think you are nowhere

Look around and see that over there

Nowhere is an idea for escaping reality

Instead of going nowhere we always find ourselves somewhere

It’s a funny idea this nowhere

No matter how much you search for it you can only ever never find it

Take a trip with me

To a somewhere neither of us has seen

Let me see through your eyes and you through mine

So that even if one of us has been there before

Its a brand new view to explore

Let’s find nowhere to be

And see where that takes us

It’s a journey of the mind

That any two can take at any time

It’s the endless conversation about life the universe and most things

Exploring the view from over there

Letting another explore the view from over here

Compare but never compete

Relate and let it form intimacy

A bond of trust

Built on space shared

Built on experience shared

Built on repeated space shared

Built on repeated experience shared

Built by two in synergy

Built by three

The you the me and the we

Built by sharing space

Built by sharing experience

Built by sharing

Built

We look to find nowhere

When we feel like we have nowhere to go

We look to find nowhere

When we don’t like our view

If nowhere exists

It’s inside of me and you

It is the void that has no end

If you are there then it must be somewhere

And the idea of nowhere never existed but as a fable in the mind

Looking to escape from time to time

Flippin’ through faces of the past

Those who have long since said good bye

Those who will come around someday

Those who always seem to be around even when they’re gone

A name I might not always find

I remember every face every time

I remember what was going on

I remember words said

I remember how it felt that day or was it night

I’m bad with names, but faces and space shared are never forgotten

It was that one time

You know at that place

Every detail there to recall

Only your name escapes the reel

It’s your face that starts the film

That reminds me why I’m smiling

The movie of the minds eye

That reminds me why I’m giving you a big ol’ hug

As separate ways are gone

My film for you has gotten longer

Some of your faces

I need to see in different places

Away from where we keep meeting

In a place where we can be one on one

To see what synergy there might be

Where do the views match up

Where do they go in different directions

Show me more of those flawless flaws

Let see more of who is behind the mask

Drop the game

And let me know you deeper than your name

Don’t see me as a player in your game

See me as I see you

Stop running away

You know I won’t chase

Though I’m always looking for your face

There are those who number few

Whose names I could never forget

It’s the ones I either give it all to or try to ignore

Some are family made in space shared

Some are family in bonds that will never break

Some are family in the name of family alone

Some come and then go

Some show here and there

Some always seem to be around even when they’re gone

I ran and ran

I never could out run it

It caught up to me

It wasn’t my past

It was myself

Who I was always afraid to be

A me that always made me feel guilty

I ran and I ran

I couldn’t run far enough

I couldn’t hide

I caught myself and not by surprise

Finding myself in the depth of their eyes

Always peering though to the core

Seeing the connection that was always there

The one we are just now discovering

Everywhere I turn I see my reflection

Always in perfect imperfection

I ran and ran

I thought I was running from them

I was only running from myself and who I was afraid to be

I ran and ran

Then I surrendered to my own flow

I ran and ran

I found myself in a familiar place looking at a familiar face

I let go and let it flow

I stood around and sometimes sat

As each reflection showed the fool I’d been

And how far I’d come

As it flows is where it goes

Here I am

The man I’ve always been

Now I’m walking and running no more

I surrendered to myself

I surrendered to what the mirror showed

I surrendered to the flow

Now as they say it’s time to get on with the show

The stage is set

The players in their place

Follow the prompts

Let go

Let it unfold as if the story has already been told

As it flows is where it goes

It’s the music that helps me hold it together every day

It’s the songs that keep me from throwing it all away

No matter the living hell

Every song a savior spell

It was in the song

I found what it meant to be strong

Even below the bottom floor

Every song opened the door

A journey out of this hell

To remember how to live well

How was it those good times were had

What was it that made them go bad

In a song you can find a movie

One that’s tragic or really groovy

Your memories show you the story

As the lyrics take you through old times of glory

Step out of the past and into the present

Using what you saw to make this now a present

A gift you give to yourself for learning the lesson

A gift you keep giving as the pain starts to lessen

Now get up off the floor

And get on out the door

Your life is waiting

For you to quit hesitating

Today is the one your living in

Regardless of any past sin

Let go of what holds you back

To ride life down a new track

Find a song

That helps you feel strong

Carry that strength deep inside you

See it there from the inner view

It was there all along

You just needed a reminder from the song

Music is what helps me hold it together any given day

It’s the reminder lessons I use to guide my own way

It’s why even though it’s uncommon

I’m The Rock N Roll Shaman

When I hear it screamin’ it nearly has me creamin’

When it’s played right it makes the soul sing all night

When it’s in the hands of an artist it ain’t even a contest

It is an endless mystery to even those who have achieved mastery

It will bring you to your knees and never has to say please

The string soul stealer know as the guitar has made many a star

It takes your soul to play it right on any given day or night

It owns your life and haunts your dreams waiting for you to once again make it scream

With it in your hands you can make many fans

Short for fanatic the ones you get frantic

Waiting for the next song to bring them alive as you and the soul stealer to dive

Dive deep within to bring them something new again

Acoustic or electric it’s all the same kind of majick

Majick of the soul that makes them feel whole

Gives the something to fill that empty space, something for them to embrace

Or does it take all they have left and give to those with the gift

Whose soul is this thing stealin’ that leaves so many reelin’

Weak in the knees willing to do anything to please

If you do it right they’ll bend to your will every night

You’ll get them off easy enough but you gotta bring your best stuff

Hold back even a little bit and they will tell you that you should just quit

If you don’t leave it all on the stage they will give you rage

If you give it all you got they give it back and give it back hot

Playing the six string soul stealer can make you a bit of a drug dealer

The fans always wanting more and more, maybe this soul stealer has made you a whore

It’s the majick and it ain’t no trick

So pick that thing up and give it all you got and live as if every day is your only shot

The six sting soul stealer known as the guitar asks for nothing less to make you a Rockstar

Who’s next
Who’s left
Step up and take your shot

They keep coming one by one
When will this be done

It never ends
I’ll never bend

Who’s next
Who’s left
Step up and take your shot

One day this fight will end
Til then I make my stand

I’m not going to pretend
I really don’t want this to ever end

I live for the fight
Crave it day and night

Who’s next
Who’s left
Step up and take your shot

It’s the thrill of the fight
That makes me feel alive

It’s the battle won
That keeps me going on

Step up and take your shot

In second sight
I found inner light

With the mirror turned inward
I found the steps to go forward

A voice from deep within
That knows nothing of sin

Home is your art
Your heart is your art

Let it travel and soar
In living art there is no score

How do you best show off just being you
The best of you from many a different view

That part of you that is afraid to be
Yet it’s more of this inner you they need to see

Never sellin’ it
Just livin’ it

That’s the art you are
That’s your inner star

The light the world needs to see
Coming from you and coming from me

Letting who we are as we live
Show the love we give

Not through conformity and labels
Through pro human love just because we are able

Let go
Into your flow

Let who you are
Be your own kind of star

Remember as life goes
So it flows

A hopeless romantic without a partner by my side
Makes it nearly unbearable the is life ride

Even though one is whole
To be joined is one’s only goal

Side by side souls mated
By choice alone are we fated

It’s torture not to feel her touch her warm embrace
It’s endless suffering not to be face to face

I feel so weak when it comes to you
The only one who can hurt me it is true

You stole my heart in one glance
In your arms I became a slave to your trance

I look for every way
To make this pain go away

Yet I know it will only end
In your arms again

What will it take to to get you to see
What your absence is doing to me

You consume my heart and my every thought
This is why I fought

I have never felt so lonely
Wanting you as my only

I feel as though I have gone insane
A man possessed in your name

You have stolen my heart
You are my art

The only thing that brings out my creative side
In this darkness waiting for the shifting side

I want to forget how to behave
I want to rant and rave

So much work I put into taming me
All undone by thee

I want to grab you and pull you to me to find sweet bliss
By shoring with you our first kiss

It’s the love of romance of this you can trust
Unconditional love mixed with lust

I want to worship at the temple of my Goddess
I want to give you my gentle caress

I want to ravage you all night long
It’s to you my lust belongs

I am a man who wants only one by my side
One to live out the rest of this life’s ride

It’s you I want as the Queen of my Universe
You living Goddess of this verse

Please end my pain
And take me into your arms again

I feel so crazy and insane
Loving you like this is no game

Passions Flame
Burning hotter than ever
Consuming me whole
Fueled by the fire in your eyes
As you touch my skin
I know now
What angels breath feels like
It’s as if you can touch my soul
With your gentle caress

I had one come after me
Wanted to bind and own me

Getting lost
Has no cost

At the end of the silver line there is a woods for those out of the game
A place that has no name

A place to find serenity
A place that lives in eternity

The silver mirror reflects true that which is deep inside of you.
It’s not pure gold but it’s pure and true.

The Muse strikes in the day and the night

She strikes beyond sight

She strikes at the core

She opens the creativity door

In the darkest part of your soul and being

Bringing to life something new worth seeing

Maybe a new twist on an old time

Maybe something new with and old twist in mind

When she strikes with love

It’s twice she strikes of this you can be sure of

Once that has you falling

Finding new poetic ways of calling

Then as the gypsy heart the muse she is gone

And the poetry is spewed forth and cried through until dawn

Broken hearts

Create great art

Fools whose hearts sing

Can be ever creating

It’s in the loss

You find the cost

The one you hoped not to pay

As you fell for the muse anyway

Each and every muse had me when our eyes met

Something I’ll never regret

Let what awaken with each one

Never come undone

Let these muses be free

To inspire all of thee

If you be loved by one you be loved by all

Let yourself ever fall

My best advice

Because it’s never the same trip twice

It doesn’t take perfection

To win my affection

Is doesn’t take direction

To get my attention

Just be who you are

Show me that inner star

Show me the love you live

And I will give give give

To put a smile on your face

In every sacred space

The space we share

If you dare

Could become and embrace driven by lust

However it is never a must

Share with me your presence

To give me presents

Give me your attention

Even if you can’t give me your affection

I will never give direction

As you are already perfection

If you ask my advice

I will always think twice

I never want to be the one and it ain’t no joke

That left your heart broke

I love hard and with all I got

Now matter the spot

I keep my hands to myself

Until you pull me off the shelf

I work for your trust

Not your lust

I will take it if given

And I’ll take you to heaven

A trip for two

No one else gets to view

Your presence is the gift to my soul

But I don’t need you to make me whole

If you get me to break and make the first move

Hold on for one hell of a groove

Patience is a virtue

Yes it’s true

The longer you wait to give in

The better the sin

Righteous debauchery when soul and flesh combine

I am going enjoy taking my time

Make it last

To give you a reason to look at the past

I am no whore

Just want to make sure you’ll want more

Even if it never gets that far

I love you for your inner star

I always want you presence

I don’t need any presents

Be your own version of perfection

And you will always get my attention

In the darkest part of the dark
Is where you light the spark

The light that grows
As it flows

Love can take any form between any two of us

Live in love and romance is semantics

Live in love and always find the form you need as you need

Live in love and find a soul to swap pieces with because emotion flows like a stream not an ocean of endless swells of highs and lows

Live in love and heal thyself to inspire healing in others

Live and give in love to reap occasional bliss when sowers sow alike

Live in love to teach love in living

Live in love to love life

Live in love to live

Live in love

Live

A world within but unknown

Making sure you reap as you have sown

Some try to cheat existence

Trying to tip the balance

A secret game being played

Even though it is fully displayed

Guardians walk among you

Who have the over head view

They see every move made

Even the ones not displayed

A secret world exists within but unknown

Those who walk both sides know not what it means to be alone

Always aware 

Of what is always there

The ignorance you have is bliss

Be quite certain of this

The other side has many dangers for sure

For the unknowing adventurer

Drop the veil for a peek

Of that which I speak

Be warned that what you see

Has already been watching thee

Waiting for the moment to show you

What it has seen from its view

The first few are always a fun ride

Just to make you think it’s safe on the other side

The next few trips

Will include some slips

To make you question

The messengers intention

That mystic thing you can’t see

That has always been watching thee

It will always lie 

It will with what it shows your eyes

It will always be true from some view

What is laid out before you

When the Demon sucks you in

It looks like an Angel to begin

Promises of glory

And a really good story

Soon you find

The Demon left you behind

No longer can you see it’s face

Yet you feel the laughter from the forbidden place

The place it led you to

To fuck endlessly with your view

There’s a reason for the lock on the door

It’s so the other side you can ignore

When you walk both worlds you long for that door to someday close

The one you were born with open to you, not one you chose

It’s simply tragic

That we have forgotten the Majick

Of the Gods that never were and have always been

The ones here until it ends that were here to watch it begin

The ones who answer prayers given in no gods name

They answer wishes and wants the same

They are what you resist

That will always persist

The nameless force

That seems to take your life off course and on course

What could it be 

These gods we can not see

Is it Angels and Demons under control

Of God and the Devil each living a role

To keep it all going and in balance

Do they work together by chance

Who keeps them in check for the job they do

Managing existence for me and you

Of the Gods that never were and have always been

The ones here until it ends that were here to watch it begin

I found me today

I was right here where I stay

No more reflection

Only a projection

No more mask

For any given task

Only letting go

Only letting it flow

Who knows what path lay ahead

Walking through the walking dead

Swimming in a sea of lies

Time standing still as it flies

It’s called now

That’s how

A moment of frozen motion

Powered by emotion

Truth is beauty

Love is duty

It is the beauty

That drives the duty

In the war of art we have only just begun to fight

You haven’t seen the brightest of our light

You haven’t met the darkest part of us that will always exist

The more you resist the more we persist

It’s our passion that burns our fire bright

It’s our love that will win this fight

You call it marketing and branding because everything needs to sell

I call it the Devil’s tools for creating an earthly hell

Who else would make it a need

To feed the greed

Who else would use your emotions against you to get you to buy in

Who else would convince you not going along is the sin

If not the Devil than who

Would use marketing and branding to get control over you

To convince you that you need that worthless thing

Who else would try to sell you everything

Who would give you tips and guides

On how to make it on the cool kids only ride

Playing on your fear of being alone

Tapping your fear of being totally unknown

Of being forgotten or lost

If you don’t go along with it, well that’s the cost

Got do it their way

If you think you are going to play

Art is an expression of love

That leaps blindly and never needs a shove

Unconditional love is as black as the Pit

It’s why only true artists use every bit of it

Whether it be light or dark

Anything lights our spark

Get’s the juices flowing

Get’s us up and going

On to the next creation with obsessive desire

That is the artists fire

Our flame never dies

Our art never lies

We don’t create to sell

We don’t live in that hell

It’s the heavenly view we see

Where we are already free

Free to be you and me

Free from conformity

It’s the artist war to fight

All of the day and all of the night

Art has already won

The lies falling apart and coming undone

This what the artist calls fun as they rage on

It’s what their art is built upon

A rage fueled by loves fire

Not some selfish desire

The artist is done reflecting

Now it’s time for some projecting

Come together over love

No need to shove

Let it come from within

For the feeling to begin

It’s love it’s true

That is inside of me and you

When we forget the past and embrace the flow

That love will grow

As we give it amplifies

To make sure that this love never dies

Never let your light dim day or night

Don’t let them tempt you into a fight

Beam your love every where you go

To increase the world flow

It’s the cure for societal ills

That can’t be cured with pills

It’s the notion 

Of the language of emotion

Speak with love and yes it’s true

You’ll find majick hiding inside of you

Let love be your guide

And wisdom flows from inside

Let love flow

And it will grow

Put it to the test

To bring out your best

The Skull and the Rose

Is the reason for this prose

One for Death’s mask

One for Life’s task

If you look behind mask

You find the task

It’s not to come and claim you at the end

That is the task of my friend

Life has to wear a scary mask

On occasion for a given task

To scare you

Into a different view

That leads to making a choice

A different way to use your voice

To bring into your flower

Something of true power

In Life’s task

Life dawns Death’s mask

The skull to scare you of the end

The rose to remind you embrace the beauty around you my friend

In each of us is a flower

A Soul Flower

It can bloom in infinite ways

Depending on what you feed it throughout the days

When we get hurt its true

We can grow thorns that prick you

The Skull and the Rose

Often inspire prose

How much have you read

Out of fear of becoming dead

What you feed you mind

Comes through the bloom in time

Feed it with the beauty of life and love

And give Death’s mask a shove

See what lie within

It is Life there with a grin

I say fear the Reaper never more

Let him come knock at the door

A teacher and a guide

No matter the ride

Something we all have in common

Even if you’re a Rock ‘N’ Roll Shaman

Though it’s true when loved ones get that final healing

It can leave us reeling

Just remember this

They now live in sweet bliss

Touch the bliss with in you

To see it from their view

It will dry the tears

And chase away the fears

You will see

The endless beauty

Life and Death the endless dance

Life and Death the endless romance

The Skull and the Rose

Might not be the only reason for this rose

When it came time 

To let my light shine

I was afraid, yes it’s true

And I dove into the Pit out of view

I feared myself to be

A false light that would mislead thee

In the Pit was where I thought I belonged

Though to be in the Light was what my heart longed

I put on a Silver mask

For my next task

To see from every view

That my light was true

I took off my mask

For my next task

To be in the light

Day and night

Never to deceive

No matter the spell I weave

I’ll never really forget

What I saw in the Pit

It showed me how to be

A better light for thee

A better teacher

Never a preacher

A better guide

To help you reveal what is inside

Yes it’s true, the light in me is the light in you

Shine for me and I’ll shine for you

It days gone by

The Shaman has yet to die

A figure that endures the test of time

Sometimes a gift passed down family lines

Walker of both worlds and a healing guide

Never really taking a side

When you walk with the spirits and can see their plan

You understand why a Shaman would choose to take a stand

So much of the other side is there to tempt you

To lead you away from the inner view

To seduce into thinking there are ways to cheat and jump ahead

Ways that too often leave you dead

Dead inside because you gave it all away

To that you thought would save the day

Only you can do you the favor

Of being your own savior

If you make the choice that leads to self destruction

That’s avoiding the inner instruction

All the Shaman can do is plant the seed in one

The work to make it grow is your deed to be done

If you need a guide to figure out an issue

A Shaman can help you adjust your view

The soul is what a Shaman helps you heal

Your inner knowing a Shaman helps you reveal

A teacher and guide

No matter the ride

Using metaphor

Sometimes myth and lore

A story teller whose stories have a point

Though they might be shared over a joint

When the student is ready the teacher will appear

And when the teacher arrives often the student fills with fear

Not knowing what lessons are left

Knowing it will always be a test

It’s always better to ask questions than to argue

It’s the only way to understand another view

Learn as you go

You will always grow

Fight the mirror in front of you

Be bound by your chosen view

Only you can set you free

It’s how you live that turns the key

Walking what you have spoken

Even if you thought you were only jokin’

Connected by a thread

Alive or dead

Found in every form that can be taken

Eternally dancing and making

In a flow

That just says go

And it runs on its own

From what we have sown

Letting it unfold

Though it has been foretold

Not even a day in advance

Before the beginning of this dance

A conversation with no ending

Neither one ever pretending

The night I had is still going

Though I am finally slowing

I haven’t slept at all

However I am beginning to stall

Connected by a thread

No matter where each lay their head

It just flows

As it goes

It brings forth my light

Be it day or night

When I looked at the stars last night

Poetry spewed forth about the dark and the light

As I watched the sunrise

It was with new eyes

Seeing every bit of beauty to be found

As I took a drive all around

I know where home is now

I leave it to the Big U on the how

Follow the signs

As we move through time

Being who we are 

Shining bright from the inner star

Two lights will collide

And it will be a sweet ride

Connected by a thread and not by chance

Always meant to do this dance

Now that I have seen day turn to night

And night to day before my waking sight

I go off to find the sweetest dreams you wished for me

I hope you found them for thee

I feel your pain
Without even knowing your name

What you thought you were hiding
Is now within me residing.

I take it as my own
So you will not feel alone

My gift is my curse
That I describe with this verse

As each day passes
I reach out and feel the masses

When I go out alone
I get buried under things unshown

It’s hard not to let in
All these things you hide within

I may not know you
But I’ll always feel you

I don’t try to shield
I simply yield

I take it for a while
So I can see you smile

You never have to ask
My being is this task

I’ve done it my entire life
Holding everybody’s strife

I ask for nothing in return
But I do yearn

To have one by my side
To help me take it all in stride

I’m a teacher and a guide
In the war I no longer reside

Teaching others to inspire
To reach from need and not desire

Guiding others to a new path
One absent of destructive wrath

From my hearts bottomless well
Comes the infinite healing swell

My love for all is never ending
In this I am never pretending

I am Empath born with a gift
I am Empath we heal the rift

The one between the heart and the mind
Your true self I help you find

Come to me without fear
So you can see things clear

Share your pain with me
As you do we are a we

Two souls synched as one
Have no fear it can be undone

I can read your soul
I can help you be whole

I know you behind the mask
This is this beings task

To see passed your life
To see what is under the strife

What you thought was lost
I can give back at no cost

Just come and take my hand
Together let us stand

Take my strength as yours
Let me heal those soul sores

There may be scars left behind
They are there to remind

Things you should not do
Now that I have restored you

When you find your way to me
It’s your soul I always see

I feel you at any distance
I have since first glance

This is my gift
It acts quite swift

I do it because I care
It’s my gift to share

Refuse it don’t you dare
Don’t let it give you a scare

If you run from me
I will not chase thee

I will let you be
As you walk away from me

It breaks my heart every time
They turn and leave me behind

It’s a gift and a curse
Some days are better and some worse

Depends on what you think you are hiding
That now is within me residing

In a glance

Knowing it’s not random chance

In the the longer look

Seeing the beginning of a new chapter in life’s book

What will be written as the flow goes on

Remains hidden and can feel more like a song

A gentle rhythm and words so sweet

It moves through you and puts you on your feet

As the confusion sets in

It’s time for the dance to begin

Let yourself go

Let the music of life flow

Feel the love from head to toe

Feel yourself lost in the flow

Don’t stop to think

That’s how you sink

As you go through your day

Let the music of inner love move you on your way

As the story unfolds in words and actions

Refining projections during inner reflections

It causes a ripple felt far and wide

What you bring from the inside

To connect in the moment shared

Even if you might be a little scared

To let down your guard

Sometimes can be hard

However it is  must

If anything is to ever be built on trust

If a story worth sharing is be written

Fear must be shed and forgotten

Let go

Let it flow

Trust your inner voice

To guide you through every choice

And the chapter fills itself in

With tales of glory and sin

The journey with no true end

Simply a transformation for another chapter to begin

In this new chapter my life writes

I look forward to taking in the sights

Losing myself in the musical flow

Knowing none of it is a show

It’s a tell

The result of life’s spell

Woven with words an emotion

Carrying me across the ocean

The sea of souls fed by rivers of streams

Ever moving with hopes and dreams

It’s never random chance

That I stop and take a glance

In the depth of my view

I found me in you

These eyes of mine

See the other side of the line

Into the dark places we wish we could forget

The things we may still regret

They see the fullness of the light

That you are for others sight

They see you perfectly flawed

It’s your imperfections that leaves me in awe

Sometimes that’s impressive

Sometimes it’s depressive

Does it bring a smile when you show your ass

Does it bring out wrath

Whether it be silly ass or smart ass

Dumb ass, jack ass or wise ass

Some asses get smacked and others kissed

It all depends on what was hit and who got missed

When I see the show

That comes from the inner glow

It’s pleasure to stand back and see

What these eyes of mine find before me

When it comes from the core

Are the shows that make me want more, more, more

I see behind the mask 

Of your given task

When you bring it true

I see me in you

Seeing the soul within

That is where we all begin

The eternal connection

Of infinite reflection

There is an endless dance

It has nothing to do with romance

It’s beat starts in the heart

The beginning of all living art

The birth of the inner fire

That is desire

Desire to touch and hold

Desire to break every mold

Desire to be

Desire to see

Desire to hear and be heard

Desire to stand out from the herd

Desire to live 

Desire to give

Desire that creates the life that has us afraid

Of the day it’s in the ground we are laid

The music of all life around

Regardless of the nature of the sound

Ever wonder why

How will I die

Does knowing it will some day end

Add value to the time as you spend

The finite numbers of days that is your life

Or does it cause you strife

Life and Death are two sides of the same coin it is true

One can not exist without the other no matter your chosen view

I say pick your death and live accordingly

And Death can be quite the guide acting quite supportingly

Death is nothing more than a transformation

To something that is quite beyond imagination

Life as we know it just another form

To ride the emotional love storm

That is the endless dance

That sometimes involves romance

Otherwise what’s the point

Of taking on flesh and living down here in this joint

Enjoy the dance

Treasure each romance

Live to die some day

It’s going to happen anyway

Pick your Death and let that choice guide your turns

As your guided to what makes your soul burn

Come alive from inside

To make it a kick ass ride

Giving yourself quite the highlight reel in the rear view

When you got the time to hang out with you

I am off to dance to the music I live

It’s my gift to me to give

Find your flow

And dancing through life you will go

In the light do we not dance with our darkness still

Is it not simply a matter of will

No matter how hot the fire

It’s still a choice when dealing with desire

Do you let the tiger out of the cage

Do you let the animal take the stage

Whether in darkness or in light

It’s an inner fight

No matter how hot the fire

Of the burning desire

Not every night

Is meant for that kind of delight

A patient mind they say reaps a great reward

Sounds like a good reason to sheath thy sword

I’m The Rock ‘N’ Roll Shaman and not a monk or a priest

Some things can’t go unnoticed by the inner beast

Though it stays in its cage

It does so with a hint of rage

It wanted to come out and play

In no particular way

It was halted from within

Before anything could even begin

Is this a test

Like all the rest

Another lesson to remind

Of another time

Not handling it the same

Not giving into the game

Character refining moments are often spent alone

Deciding what to do about what was shown

It’s in these times in between examining all the pieces to paint a better picture stepping back

That we often see from the detached view things are all on track

Nothing out of place and everything where it belongs

Regardless of whether or not we’re face to face listening to the same songs

Things come together over course of many journey’s had  by wanderers and bards 

Similar souls who often first meet outside of bars

It is a tribe of souls who reflect each other true

Each having their own cinematic view

Bringing stories together to share the stage

It’s in making the art of living the performance art that’s becoming all the rage

It takes an independent view

That allows me to be me and you to be you

It takes a shared view of understanding and love

It’s a view that leaps without a shove

You can feel who shares it before you ever meet

You feel it with each and every heart beat

Masters of projecting and inner reflecting

Finding the mirrors of themselves are now intersecting

What they project 

When they connect

It all gets amplified

And felt world wide

Forming a chain and bonds felt in the soul

Even though each of us is whole

Getting linked to form the chain of love and kindness

However not out of ignorance or blindness

It’s been shown again and again

That it’s time for this show to really begin

I know this band of bards I call my friends

When they read this I hope they realize once we begin it never really ends

Go ahead and laugh and get it out

Remember there is no need to ever again doubt

And to the other 2 with whom I share an unbreakable knot

This is something for us 3 to never let be forgot

It’s a bond deeper than most and made by choice

Each of us accepting with our own voice

Once upon time I had no choice in who to trust

And now it’s whatever we 3 are doing or bust

For those of you who are wondering

Keep letting your mind go wandering

It is quite tragic

That so few understand true Majick

Magic is for amateurs who need the show

Majick is for those who found the flow

One is full of trappings and cages

One is how fools become sages

One has rules and steps to follow

It can often leave you feeling hollow

One says every word is your never ending spell

Each conversation and invocation of show and tell

We put on the mask 

For our given task

Let the words flow though

That will always be true

If your desire

Comes from a inner fire

That brings out  your best

No matter the test

If it calls upon the worst in you

Might wanna change your view

Speak well

Live well

That is is the simplicity of Majick

Versus the trappings and cages of magic

It’s based in one simple Karmic Law that is ever providing our direction

We reap what we sow in our every thought, word and action

Change the story that is on a repeat 

By changing what you say to the people you meet

Let them see your inner light shining true

More people will want to be around you

Those who can’t handle it

Are usually the ones full of shit

It’s no loss

To let them kindly fuck off

If you can’t be truly you

Who could ever be true to you

It’s tragic

How few embrace their true Majick

Death is a friend

Death is a healer

Death isn’t the end

It’s the great revealer

A change in form

Nothing to fear

Death is the norm

It’s always near

Like the caterpillar

In its cocoon

A butterfly interstellar

You’ll become soon

Death is friend with another side

Life is the name

From it so many hide

Or treat like a game

Only surviving from day to day

Playing by the rules and keeping scores

What death sees along that way

A long line of pimps and whores

If its life you want to live

Its the love you must give

If you don’t get it right

Have no fear my friend

Your death just might

Allow you to try again

Have you been to the dark side of the moon
Have you seen there is no spoon

Did you take the quest
Did you pass the test

Have you been insane
Have you played the game

Some say insanity is a bad thing
Some like the repeating

If you don’t like what keeps popping up
Try drinking from a different cup

If you like the things that happen on a repeat
Keep performing those feats

There is an insanity that is so ever sweet
When it’s based in love with those you meet

You find yourself in the same dance
Knowing it’s never by chance

Though the partners change from time to time
You really don’t mind

If gives a chance to always enjoy more views
To reveal more of what is inside of you

If they don’t notice what’s beaming from within
In moving on there is no sin

The only sin is the insanity of hell
That you weave with your own spell

The lessons you never learn
That lead to that repeated burn

Not the one of your hearts true desire
The one that leaves you feeling as though it’s time to retire

If it feels good do it is what some say
Not caring about the sway

Forgetting for some of the highs there is a mighty low
That has you feeling as though you took a mighty blow

A shot to the head and the heart
That you had warnings of from the start

Now never fear
I’ll make it quite clear

If want to change the story
Stop searching for glory

Do what feels right and true
Glory will simply follow you

Making a bunch of noise
Is for girls and boys

As for women and men
Let your voice soften

Be sincere with your words and let them always be true
It will have a dramatic effect on yours and their view

It takes an inner desire to change what you’re projecting
With follow through to change what all is reflecting

It’s the Law of Reflection and the Cinematic View
That say to change your story it all starts within you

You can’t fake it or put on a show
It’s the Big U that you cannot snow

They may not know any one detail behind the mask
They feel the deception of your task

It’s why it’s all about being true
And letting it shine that which is in you

To hide it or play it small
Will guarantee no ride but a constant fall

You can test it if you will
I’ve had enough of that poison pill

It’s why I write this poetic verse
So that you may avoid your own curse

Do you ride the wave

Do you create waves for others to ride

Is the wave you’re riding

A changing of the tide

In the ocean of emotion

That we all swim through every day in every way

It’s the waves we make 

That shape our fate

If all we do is enjoy the ride

We are a slave to the tide

If we own our choices

And raise our voices

It’s a changing of the tide

To change the nature of the ride

Do you ride the wave alone

Feeling like a island made of earth and stone

Do you ride with others

Sisters and brothers

Do you let yourself be a part of other waters

The tide created by sons and daughters

A wave created by children

Is more aligned with being as one

Seeing how easy it is for ones to form a sum

We tell children to do this or that

Then become the living hypocrite

We tell them to share

Then hoard for ourselves our of selfish care

Telling ourselves it’s OK

To keep it all for ourselves this way

Finding reasons and excuses

To be so exclusive

It’s all here for all to share

It starts from within in the way we care

It will still be here after we are gone

No matter the strength of our song

The steady chorus of emotions sweet tide

That lays out before us the nature of our ride

We reap as we have sown

Once the seeds have grown

For it to be for the sum

It’s our desire for ourselves alone that must come undone

It’s the mastering of our projection 

That changes the outer reflection

Be the change you wish to see

In the movement of the great sea

Ride the waves and create the ride

That will be the changing of the tide

The one that allows all to ride

No matter who they are inside

Letting the honesty of your flow

Be what it is you sow

Bringing your flow from deep within

Connected to the flow that has no beginning or end

It’s the connection to all that awaits

It’s deep within us all under all the hate

Forget the hate and heal the pain

And never again flow in vain

Creating a wave for all to ride

Creating a changing of the tide

On each side 

Is a different kind of ride

The carnival of dark souls

Looks to give you a roll

The circus of lights

To take away the fright

In the dance of the night

It is the circus that is the sight

That brings out the stars

From near and far

To show off who they think they are

Outside of the dark carnivals of souls bar

When they come out into the night

To be seen in the light

To tell tales of the times had

Both good and bad

To remember when 

They engaged in that favorite sin

The one of pride

That starts the ride

Whether the spirals go up or down

Each and every one their own kind of clown

In the Circus of Lights

Outside every night

Every time the performers take to the street to get someone to see

That tonight is the night of the ever growing we

The clowns and the dancers

The seers and romancers

All come down for the show

That has it’s own kind of flow

Down into the dark carnival they go

Returning the circus to remember their own flow

Living works art each and every one

Art forever forming and coming undone

To be reshaped and molded a new

As it is with the ever changing view

It’s a shared stage

Never a cage

The movies of us all colliding

With no need of fighting

Makes for a grander design

A reason for the big line

In this stage we have all taken

It’s that kind of thing that we’ve forsaken

A dance of love

That needs no shove

Friends and brothers and sisters all around

Listen to the sweet sound

Of the circus and the clowns 

Never tearing each other down

In the circus of lights

There are no fights

Only bright souls shining bright

Each and every night

Existing for a moment

Or for all eternity

One in the same

Outside of reality

Inside the dream

Is there a difference

Bring them together

Find the answer within

Choose your path

Take every turn

Find that place

Between night and day

When all is still

The world bends to your will

Find the power within

To make your life your own

Or you have not lived life

It has lived you

The nameless man that walks alone

Where he goes

Not even he knows

His search

Is his life

He searches for her

The one that will bring him peace

Heal his soul

He knows not 

Where she can be found

Only that he needs her touch

Her love

He travels on

Searching

Aching

Wanting

The nameless man that walks alone

Staring into the night
Seeking my hearts only delight

Opportunity to learn and grow
Reaping well from what I sow

So with love and bliss
Reaping wisdoms kiss

Understanding passing through my lips
As I build new relationships

Letting go of those who would take me off my true direction
Making changes to my projection

Letting go of thoughts of fear and rejection
Letting wisdom guide my selection

Wisdom guided by love
Never needs a shove

Perhaps a gentle reminder
To be a little kinder

To soften the blow
As they reap what they sow

What we sow in each other
Is what we reap be it from sister or brother

One earth family yes it’s true
That makes a sister and brother of all of you

I forget her shape

I forget her size

I am too lost in her eyes

Sure the flesh is nice to look at

Sure it’s fun to hold

Were it not for what I found in her eyes

I would dare not be this bold

Any can throw on some make up and a fake smile

Looking into her eyes I see for miles

The miles of life led

The miles still left ahead

I forget her shape

I forget her size

I always get lost in her eyes

This mythical form that is She

That is always all around me

In every shape

In every size

All with imaginable depth behind their eyes

Some try to hide

Others shine with pride

No matter the shape

No matter the size

It all shines through their eyes

In the Theater
Not the movie theater

The one that’s lasted as long as we have been performing for each other

The Theater

The one that will never go away no matter how much technology we bring to telling the story

The Theater

The one where dialog is so masterfully crafted and delivered we can’t believe it’s a show

You never cry harder than you do in The Theater

You never feel the punch to the chest more then when you’re in The Theater

Whether it be outside or in
The pleasure is never a sin

The show on the stage before you
Sometimes can inspire a change in view

To be able to bring it from within
Over and over again

And have each performance
Be its own kind of romance

It’s one private seduction
With each and every production

No matter how many shows are in the run
Bringing in from within until the last one is done

The performing art that we forget
As if it’s some sort of dirty secret

The Theater is all around you
Simply change your view

And watch the performances and the players
See what lay within the layers

You never know who is going to be watching you
To see if you live your words true

The ones who bring it from within
Do it again and again

It looks different and sure some things change
The more something changes the more it stays the same

I forget who first used that verse
Google it if you want but please give me no curse

Go enjoy The Theater you never knew
The one always in front of you

You call it the razor’s edge
You only see it as a ledge

If you’re not careful you could fall
Tends to make you stall

Not seeing it’s not an edge but a line
And nothing is written for all time

The line is as wide as you need
Only if you walk it without greed

In times of introspection
Use it to refine your projecting reflection

Speak well
Live well

Speak sincere
And there will be no fear

Find the inner voice
That helps you make a better choice

That makes the results you like to see
A life that feels easy

Take the time to get it out
Take the time to remove your doubt

Find the faith that comes from within
Built on the experience whether glory or sin

The lessons learned
The times we got burned

Times we can never forget
That never holds an ounce of regret

Lessons we learn
To find that joyful burn

To feel the difference between pleasure and pain
Is the routine exercise in being beautifully insane

Each has lessons to teach
What they are can be different for each

It’s the same lesson through and through
I’ll be me and you be you

Let that be enough
To set aside the stupid stuff

And take it in
What each is beaming out from within

It’s only at night
That you can find the circus of light

During the day
The performers hide away

Perfecting their living art
Refining their part

Each has a part to play
On any given stage any given day

At times fading to the background
Not making even one sound

When you live without regret
There are too many moments you never want to forget

When you set the purest intent from within
Is when you start to see the real majick begin

Never forgetting during life’s test
That each and every one of us is blessed

By the light of the moon the brightest light can’t be seen
And I feel as though I’ve fallen into your dream

In the darkest hour of the day
Your light shows me the way

It’s the things you cast your light upon
That has me feeling drawn

Not by desire
It’s not that kind of fire

This burning within
Has nothing to do with any kind of sin

It’s not romance
It’s not the kind of dance

It’s the inspiration of a muse
To an artist feeling confused

Looking for direction
After careful introspection

As in days of old
A muse can neither be bought or sold

Whether she be goddess or queen
Her inspiration never obscene

She is not one
She is not won

She has many faces and each inspire
The artist to burn with that inner fire

To let it come forth from within
To never let it be about any kind of sin

It’s not his heart that drives this fire
It’s his mind that she inspires

She has no name
She plays no game

She is the moon on any given night
She that I could never fight

It’s all of thee
That could be she

As it is always been she
That is all of thee

That has brought out my best any given day
Inspiring me to bring it from within in every way

Remember you’re blessed
When life puts you to the test

It’s what turns things around
When you’re feeling down

Remember we’re all blessed
Each going through a different test

When you see someone down
Help them turn it around

Remind them it’s a test
And that they’re blessed

In the inner room 

There is joy and there is gloom

It’s the darkness inside us all

That refines the light that helps us stand tall

It can be a torture chamber of pain and fright

It can be a place of sheer delight

Somethings we seek within 

We feel as though it is a sin

Some things we find in the dark

Give us a bit of a spark

In the inner room of the mind

Is all the things we leave behind

All the things that would dim our lights shine

Set aside until a better time

Some things left alone

Waiting to reap from a seed that was sown

Some lessons learned worth repeating

Some things left alone as it feels like cheating

In the inner room where the walls are all black as night

Do you hide things that would give others a fright

Or is what you hide

What you let go of so you can enjoy the ride

If what you hold in the dark gives you fright

Let go and let it stay out of sight

Somethings you only show to one

The one with whom has you coming undone

That has you doing the wrong thing for the right reasons

The one that makes you notice the changing of the seasons

The one that makes you wish time did not exist

Then their presence would not be missed

In the inner room is where you go to find

The right reason to do the wrong thing from time to time

It’s where you go to refine your light

To remember why you don’t do those things that give you fright

If what you find brings the fire in your heart alive

Then enjoy the dive

If it brings feelings of guilt

Not the things in which life should be built

Only you can choose alone in the dark

The things that give that spark

The fires that become your light

When at peace without a fight

It doesn’t have to be gloom

To visit your inner room

It’s all in what you leave behind

That you go seeking to find

If you step up looking for a crown
I have to knock you down
The warrior teaches as he was taught
This is how I fought
Leaving all my foes slain
Challenge me again to bring the pain

I will bring it
You’ll see and feel it
Even the masters have hard time
Learning these lessons of mine
I take the time to reach
When I see one I might teach

The masters class that many fail before they begin
Too caught up in glory and sin
Bring your ego and I shred it
Come with too much pride and regret it
The teachers teacher and the guides guide
And I slay the slayers who won’t abide

To get in my door
No need to kiss the floor
Come and look me in the eye
None come to me but to die
Not the mortal death I bring
But to kill the ego with a sting

No matter the mask you wear
I see through it with my stare
For those who make it this far
Time to release your inner star

There is no getting by me
There is no escape
If you found me
This is your fate
It’s already too late

A true king serves the needs of all and is meek

He hides his power unless it’s needed

Feels like I’ve been down every road

Never seem to be able to lighten the load

I found what I was looking for

Waiting for the knock at the door

Since that day

I’ve been livin’ a new way

Takin’ in the sights

Avoiding the fights

Found a stage on the side of the street

Started singin’ and it felt sweet

Was the best part of the night

The rest was a fight

A fight to maintain and go slow

With the singing it was letting go and letting it flow

No players joined us

This trio creating lines around a chorus

There was no one there to watch as we sang away

We didn’t need ’em anyway

All the world is indeed a stage

If they gotta pay to get in you’re performing in a cage

A cage built by a view

A cage built by you

If the music is really inside

Playing indoors is another way to hide

I long for the days long since gone

Where a bard made a living through the evolution of the song

A captured moment of what is all around

Wrapping it in love to make a beautiful sound

The voice is all you need

To let your heart bleed

The tune can get them on their feet to dance

Put’s them in a trance

The words they may ignore

However the seed is still sown in their core

It takes a mix

To give ’em a fix

Let it flow

It will grow

Let the flow find the stage

Forget about the cage

Belt it out unrestrained

Leave ’em all forever changed

We need to fill out the band

Start performing everywhere we stand

Whether it be in the park or on the street

Let’s give a song to all we meet

Never thought I wanted to perform

Now it’s the never ending storm

A fire swirling all around me

Stripping away that which binds me

To sing it out loud

With or without a crowd

I am done with cages

Let’s explore some stages

Get on with the show

Let it flow

What is love?

Love is.

Love is kind in times of sorrow.

Love is courageous when faced with fear.

Love is fierce in defense and protection of the weak.

Love is truth.

Love is patient to understand all views before making a choice.

Love is wise.

Love is unconditional.

Love is family.

Love is humanity.

Love is the manifestation of dreams and of hope and faith in love.

It exists in actions and words that inspire greatness in others.

Love is understanding of the connectedness of all life and how to live harmoniously with that energy of life and love.

Love bows to none and serves all.

This is what love is.

It is the honest expression of all that brings all things to a life that is unified with mind body and spirit.

Unification is what love is.

This unification of self leads to a unification with all.

Love is.

Be love and never be lost again.

I say it and so do you
How do you mean it through and through?

I think of what it means to me
To let these words be aimed at thee

What do I thank you for?
Is it this moment or one before?

I look at my own life as it came to be
To share this moment you and me

I lived the pain of my life, sometimes twice
To be here with you in this life’s slice

A slice of my life I share with you
To give you my inner view

This time together won’t be missed
This is not just another thing to do on the list

Here I share my being
To all that are seeing

Here I bare my soul
To show what makes me whole

In the life you led
You bled and let tears be shed

It is the life you led that brought you here
So that I may expose myself without fear

When I say thank you
I think of your view

He we are sharing this moment as it flows
Knowing you are there inspires this prose

Thank you for the life you led
For all the tears you’ve shed

Thank you for the pain you took
Getting left on the hook

Thank you for the good times and the bad
For all the times you let yourself be sad

Thank you for caring
And for your own sharing

Thank you for being here
Conquering your fear

Thank you for baring your soul
Showing all what makes you whole

I hope you see
What the words “Thank you” mean to me

Thank you for being you for all to see
Thank you for accepting me

Every time these words come out
I mean it like this without a doubt

Do you play one?
Are you one?

Does the story unfold around you?
Do you fold in the story with a limited view?