Songs – Page 2 – My Love is for the Birds

we’ve ridden beyond where we could safely touch down

I told you I needed you more and you wouldn’t even turn around. The hot cowboy sees me coming to the grocery store doors and moves over for me, “after you.” He’s been hard at work too, cowboy boots covered in mud and a twelve-pack. “Thank you.” I say smiling. He’s done for me moreContinue reading “we’ve ridden beyond where we could safely touch down”

land of the sky so blue

You’re in the kitchen when the dogs start barking at the front door. You know no one is here, or the cameras in the front of the property, the driveway or the front door would have gone off. But you trust your dogs so you go look out the window from the guest bedroom. YouContinue reading “land of the sky so blue”

In that tiny kinda scary house by the woods, by the woods, by the woods…

She never let on how insane it was in that tiny kinda scary house by the woods, by the woods, by the woods, by the woods. You don’t need a spaceship they don’t know you’ve already lived on the other side of the galaxy. ~T.Amos I have gotten no more real interest on my houseContinue reading “In that tiny kinda scary house by the woods, by the woods, by the woods…”

The Lower Fire

Honey, tell me how your love runs true and I can always count on you to be there when the bullets fly I’d run across the river just to hold you tonight You had eleven minutes to grab what’s most important in your life and get the fuck out, and as you hung out inContinue reading “The Lower Fire”

Bird’s Eye View

With the sun beating down so early the moon was still showing and with the faint smell of smoke from the Veterans Fire, the acrobats dangled from the Sundial Bridge. The Turkey Vultures, curious, hovered over them while the cliff swallows panicked. It is nesting season for them and their homes are under the bridge,Continue reading “Bird’s Eye View”

The Bears and Wolves

When you called I was sleeping. It confused me to hear your voice. It was 1:42, I was drunk asleep and dreaming when you called. My pain was raw and exposed. I railed you for treating me how you do, but you always have an excuse You were saved the by the Good Book, IContinue reading “The Bears and Wolves”