Cruising at optimal speeds
On the ocean of
Uncertainty
Plucking my guitar strings
One by one
In a hope to find
What I have undone
In time
In the sun
Abaft and plucky
On the ocean
Run
Abaft and Plucky
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Author Archives: acupofsongwriting
Clever or Aloof
One or the other
Type of worries
We have
Underscore
The hopes that can be
Made
Or undone
Clever or aloof
Is the result
When one is focused
In on the
Path of a future
Decision
Punctured
The lightest of hopes
Punctured
Through the poles of
Life’s complicated
Choices and decisions
When it’s ruptured
It brings in the world
Of the lonely incision
That hopes must underlie all
Ambitions
From the plans we make
To the dreams we are
Wishing
Awake the Room
From the moment
I opened my eyes
I could see a world
Spiraling with
Lies
To deny
The truth
So we must awake the room
With acts of truth and good
For all of us to
Do
Rhetorical Waves
It started with a few words
Like a leaking faucet
On a dry day
As the hopes of many
Became united
In one discrete shade of
Grey
So they say
That the rhetorical waves
Had begun
From the drops into the ocean
It all was one
In that moment
I knew the sea change
Had already won
Wide-Eyed Ocean
The wide eyed ocean
Breeze
Filled with salty
Vibes and evenings
Long and cool
Into the night
I close my eyes
And feel those
Wide-Eyed Ocean
Life
My Straw North
The old county
Where I grew up
The straw north
Outside the state park
Where you could hear the rides
At night
Off the highway
That creaked in the evening
And cracked at dawn
The fields filled with
Corn and life
Back on
The other side
Valuable Kiss
The valuable kiss
Is a moment
From the lips
And forever in
The heart
From now on
The Premium Drip
It started with a drip
Of one liquid
Moment
Into the next
The premium
Drip of my life
Is behind me now
And I’m doing
Alright
My Tangled Languid
I twist and turn
On a hot summers afternoon
No inclination for movement
Or anything new
These tangled languid times
Are required to
Get back on my feet
To get back and compete
To be the best
Me
I can
Be
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