The door in the Hallway
Pastel beige and pink
Exit sign
And garbage stink
We exit through
And to the city we go
The Eve Upon Us
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Monthly Archives: December 2015
Unravel the Gavel
Unravel the gavel
Here comes 2016
Parading down the avenue
On the corner of W 46th and 7th
Is where we will bring it in
Neon lights crazy
In an evening rather balmy
Than hazy
I’m sure it will be crazy
Bringing in the New Year
New Post
A new post
On the eve of a new year
Fear of what is to come
What lie ahead
Gathering the words in my head
Head out to the streets of New York
Celebrate the upcoming with
A bottle of bubbles to uncork
Troubles or success
Whatever the new year will bring
We will ring it in
In our new hometown
The only way we know how
To join the others on the streets
Join our voices when we stand
On our feet
Happy New Year
We shout
From the Streets
Atlantic and Pacific
I am no expert
I speak with no certification
Validation
Or Accreditation
This great nation
Built certainly through a process
Of migration
We must hold true
To life, liberty, and freedom
Now we contemplate
Such great
Changes
As 2016 is brought in
I hope the best in the year to come
For the nation that lies
Between the Atlantic and Pacific
And under the sun
Ripples to Grooves
It’s different this time around
Changes in the way I hear
The holiday sounds
All around
I am reminded of a new normal
Changing customs
Different yet warming
I have had 28 consistent years
So this was the year of more
Inconsistencies
Some deliberately
Changes made inadvertently
But in time I will see
The effects of small moves
Start as ripples
But shapes into grooves
My new life ahead
Changes inevitable
The lines I could have read
No matter what they said
Thee seasons were different this year
Missing loved ones
I wish were here
Glaze of Sheets
The glaze of icing on the streets
Ice skating in layered sheets
Less than 2 feet of snow
But back to the new cold
The first storm of the winter
Came in thick
With ice brittle
Thinner
I enjoy he cold but stay warm
When the snow is done
I undue my jacket
Relax
Winter is back
The Eager Mantle
Notes unclear
A year newly wed
To the laughs of
What the joker said
Uneasy decisions
Laying upon eager mantle
It was never my plan though
It was unclear
A year of reflection
Upon the drum of my ear
Pounds the light sound
Of changing throughout the year
The change would happen
Regardless of my decisions
Blurred my future visions
So on a day of reflection from 2015
Much is to be seen
In 2016
The Return of the Morning
The first ice of the year
Coldness I can almost bear
Stuck to every inch
Getting up slowly eyes flinch
To see the cold return
On the streets
Of the Indiana towns
All around
Just trying to stay warm
This morning
Last Minute Notes
The closing of the year
Is upon us
Ready for this
Changes ahead
I’ll take them all
Some I embrace
Some I dread
The closing notes
Will be written
And read
The Clocks Whirling Hands
It was strange
Instead of festive
Kind of plain
Unthrilled
Mundane
Clocks whirl there hands
In some grand scheme
Taking time away from us
Is what I mean
It’s seams so fatigued
Fettered
Christmas night with summer weather
All the better
I believe I am better
Not seeing the ones I love
It was a Christmas uneven
Lost rather than loved
It was a full moon on the 25th
The whole season was off
Distressed and put off
But as the moon set rest
So another sunrise could set
My life reset
And on I go
Into the January cold
A Cup of Songwriting 