brilliant electricity meeting darkness
a foggy static settles in my mind
i go on about my life
like a tiny breeze current
growing more numb to the storm that engulfs me
if i should rain
will anything collect me
so that with joy
a splash can be made
in me?
—
“what comes is better…”
by JTW
©2011 JTW “jtwhitaker.com” All rights reserved.
there’s a definite reason god gave man two legs & feet. life looks different standing upright, forward motion.
through small towns, on little stone sidewalks, i’m at home in west virginia. i will never stray from these ancient mountains and crystal waters for long.
–
i think i might have a project or two
something i need to write for me
and maybe for you
took a long time to get me here
had some ups & downs
two steps forward
now it’s near
getting clear
i’ve done some things that i can’t change
they happened long ago
lifetimes ago
built something i’d come to despise
down the road
but i came back again
to write some of that wrong
with love & with song
i might not undo all the damage
it’ll take a lot of work
but brick by brick
we’ll tear it all down
until we hit dirt
and that’s where the seed will be cast
—
“with our forgotten names…”
by JTW
©2011 JTW “jtwhitaker.com” All rights reserved.
sometimes there are no answers but the ones forced in contrivitions
and what do we do do with them
suffer and cry
delete old numbers
throw away old love letters
would we destroy what we’ve built
in the tempest of change
or will we enjoy all the beauty
of the leaves that turn
–
nights spent in old rhymes
considering past times
regurgitating lines
to make some sense out of life
how fast the time flies
and everything that tries eventually dies
but we shook off a little dust from the sky
and made believe our love could soar
linear looked to us like an equation
no regrets without expectations
signed in advance of a known destination
carried on without hesitation
to what beginnings
and what endings
around & around
don’t let me stop
i cannot stop
love me
where it is
and only there
—
“we’re one, but we’re not the same…”
by JTW
©2011 JTW “jtwhitaker.com” All rights reserved.
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