Poem

"Poem"

I have difficulty awakening from sleep

Because when I dream, you might be waiting for me

In the last one

I had a body of ice, my organs frozen solid

It was not a good thing

But one of those wierd melting away and dying things

And you had come to be with me

Even though it's fiction in real life

I can only speak to you in my dreams and in my rhymes

But it becomes clear, clear like pure ice

Out of these poetic dreams is where I'll make my road

And I don't want to walk all those miles alone.

Miss America

"Miss America"

Hello there

Miss

I swear you met me once before

We had a conversation in a diner

On the corner, during dinner

And our words fell to the floor

They were flat, without love

Without any reason to float above

They felt cold, could not hold

That conversation for very long

And I thought there was something else

Honey, there's gotta be something else

For you to say, because I'm tired

It's the end of the day

And it's difficult for me to formulate

Any words to charm you with

Who are you

Miss

I'm sure you have some kind of

Autobiography for me to read

With some lovers, you're a fighter

Battle scars fit for a soldier

And we talked, for hours

You said you lived a little life

In this little town with a big frown

They don't bring you up, only down

And I thought there was something else

Honey, there's gotta be something else

About one of the things you said

I don't know what happened then

At the end of your senior year

But I would've taken you there

To the prom

Miss

I'd have strength at the end of the day

To ask you out in a charming way

And you would've remembered it

But now you too easily forget.

To Settle

"To Settle"

It was

Friday night at home

Boy and girl sitting together alone

Lights out and dark in room

An excuse for curious hands to move

Something says no

Her eyes say yes

Already this far

Shirts taken off chests

In order to help ease the weight

That a heavy heart may resist

Then and done

This night gone

Perhaps the same time next week or in two

Because neither is going to find love anytime soon.

Lyrics Fill Rooms From Top To Bottom

"Lyrics Fill Rooms From Top To Bottom"

I sang a song and

Lyrics fill rooms from

Top to bottom through

The door they plan to make their escape

Destination includes warmer days

I built friendship out

Of fragments found on

An old backyard where

Their hearts never had a chance to bloom

Broken pieces recycle to new

And you could do the same too

I ran miles to

The town limits cause

Here's a place without

Any fear of crossing the outside

New thoughts easily enter my mind

I saw a note that

Spoke of love and so

I wrote a poem oh

One for anyone to read it read

"I like you, I like you, I like you"

And you could do the same too.

Fall Semester

"Fall Semester"

All these bags are filled with clothes
All these days are getting cold
I'm down to my last days here

...at home

I'll be the first one to leave
Don't forget about all our memories
Retell them before I go
Or we won't remember them anymore

All these words are left untold
All these thoughts are unresolved
And I left my dreams of you

...at home

I hope we can keep in touch
You say you'll see me when we both get back
But these things don't work out so much
Because of the distance spread out by months

And hey, I gotta go now
Everything's waiting in the car
You don't like saying goodbye
But I'll still think of you tonight
And hey, there's just this one last thing

Can you call me when you come back home?

Time Travel

"Time Travel"

What a way to know

I fell too easily in love

When I spent my time with you

It's an explanation, not an excuse

After a semester without sleep

I dreamed of going back

Where you would never find me

I'd hide behind all of Berkeley

I could not turn clocks

To when I wanted it to be

I might've done it again with you

If I had time to make an excuse.

The 1950s

"The 1950s"

She had a look of the 1950s

And I made conversation for her to speak to me

She said "why hello, how do you do?"

"Doll, I'm doing real good now that I've met you"

She had that look of the 1950s

So I asked her

"Have you ever listened to Elvis Presley?"

"I fell in love one summer in Memphis, Tennessee"

And she had a smile with some familiarity

From black and white memories

Cause I've seen that smile before

In the movies...