Poetry, Prose and Lyrics

Ark La Tex

I was born in the Unholy Trinity

Of Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas

I learned about Sin in Sunday School

Some lessons I learned the hard way

Sometimes it’s not enough to seek forgiveness

Sometimes it’s not enough to pray

I don’t know where I’m going….

But I do know where I'm from……

Black Bayous

Black Magic

And……………… Miracle…………… Whip

Of Red Dirt

White Trash

Grey Spanish Moss

Gothic

Hidden Secrets

In Ancient Lakes

From Tall Pine Trees

Evergreen

In Thick Woods

Virgin Soil

Untouched by man or woman

Like a forest astronaut

Far Away Here

I see the air

I feel the light

I touch the sky

With you tonight

I walk on water

I breathe your skin

I dance on cliffs

Beginning to end

I hold you close

In a distant way

Like an orbiting planet

Or

A castaway

A quiet despair

A knowing fear

To let love in

Then disappear

I invent conversations

To feed my delusions

I dream of words

With no translations

I wish for love

On moonless nights

Dark is the color

Of my soul in flight

Warm is the thought

Of you tonight