Thursday, February 24, 2011

Perfectly Flawed

Little bird with sweetest song
The notes you hit
Are never wrong
I don't recall
you ever stumbling
or forgetting the words
You're never mumbling
You don't follow notes
Or a sweaty instructor
The dawn is your cue
And the sun your conductor
There's no applause
No awards, no cheer
Yet every day
Without fail you appear
I try my best
To echo your song
But no one is listening
or singing along
They only react
When they pick up a flaw
But to your perfect pitch
No response at all!

The Lie


My smile it lies
You think I care
The fatter you are
The better we fare
As long as the yellow
As long as the red
Are counting their pennies
We'll all be well fed
'Try this stuff
It's been our best seller'
We'll say anything
To a desperate fella

My smile it lies
You think I care
The older you are
The better we fare
As long as the ugly
As long as the grey
Are paying for potions
That rub time away
'Try this stuff
It's highly effective'
We'll say anything
To reach our objective

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Reclamation

Curse you numbers!
Look what you've done
You've killed my pretty words
1 by 1

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Be Gone

She's convinced
That time will shine
A telling light
On the murky corners
of her mind
So she must run, run far away
To preserve her truths
and keep you well at bay
To make you love her
To make you laugh
She must only reveal
Her better half
And if, Lord forbid
You start to catch on
The time will come
For her to be gone

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Chasing It

Ghost gums bend with the lonely wind
Seeking my company on this weed-strewn road
Where I walk
On a grey, summer morning
Collecting gravel in my rubber tread
And leaving nothing of me behind
Not even the scent of my damp back
Beneath my flapping tee
From where I stand
I can see your TV
Your sillouette
And this house
And this street
And the pebbles in your driveway
Are like misplaced notes from a fragmented melody
Recalled by a wafer of my gluttonous memory

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Dreamer

Dreamer
She lies beside you
But she's never there
To catch her
You've got to let her go
Drifter
She walks beside you
But with the shadow of her heart
To keep her
You've got to walk faster