Hunger No More

Sweet child of this world
You’ve known only pain
You starve for attention
This world’s greatest shame
Sad eyed innocent
Skin over bone
Dying in a world
Of riches unknown

Does nobody wonder
What you’re dying for
Just close your brown eyes
And hunger no more

Senators, businessmen
Come join the feast
Stuff yourselves silly
Don’t look to the east
With mansions of glory
And nice things to wear
Don’t spend your time thinking
Of others out there

Does nobody wonder
What they’re dying for
Close your eyes and pretend
They will hunger no more

Brothers and Sisters
Who make up the whole
Union of souls
Accept your own role
Stand up and be heard
Let them know that you care
With the wealth we’ve been given
We must surely all share

The children are dying
They are mine and they’re yours
Is it only a dream
That they’ll hunger no more

The Truth

The truth reveals itself at times

And isn’t always kind

So, we lock those feelings deep inside

Afraid of what we’ll find

Because everyone’s a sinner

And everyone’s a saint

And everyone’s an artist

With the portraits that they paint

A picture filled with hope and dreams

A piece of captured youth

That ages with the painted lines

Revealed by time and truth

But the child survives inside each soul

No matter how we try

To lock away the pain of truth

We forget how to cry

And lose that childlike innocence

The joyfulness of youth

And all the burdens life can bring

Obscure all that is truth

Autumn

The days are getting shorter
The nights are getting cold
Stifled by my memories
And fears of growing old
The leaves are changing colors
The weather’s changing me
The pain is getting stronger
And it’s easier to see
The end is drawing nearer
But I am unafraid
To linger any longer
Isn’t worth what must be paid
The soul sees many changes
As the seasons roll on by
So, you stop in search of reasons
Why you’re willing to still try
For winter will soon be here
And your story will be told
When the warmth inside you passes
Giving way to dark and cold

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Gospel Truth

I can’t bring back the dead

Or give sight to the blind

The only truth that I know

Is “you’ve got to be kind”

I won’t hang from your cross

And my blood is not wine

       No sweet sacrament       

No fruit of the vine

I don’t walk on water

For the river is dry

So Father, forgive me

And Mother, don’t cry

Sweet sisters and brothers

Why are you looking above

When hidden inside you

Is the secret to love

It’s not in your scriptures

Or the stories you’ve told

Not stored in some vault

With your treasures of gold

Put all your commandments

Away on some shelf

Try loving your neighbor

As much as yourself

Note to Self

In times like these I need someone

Who sees all that I see

So in my darkest hours

I always turn to me

The only things I find are real

Are from my point of view

The universe inside me

Is really nothing new

It has lived for generations

And seen the pain of war

Yet still I am a dreamer

Who hopes for so much more

I have my friends and family

But the truth is plain to see

When I search for truth and meaning

I always turn to me

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A Dream for Humanity

A bit more understanding

A lot less hate and greed

A little more attention

To those who are in need

The end of needless hunger

For those who do without

A world where we all live as one

Is what I dream about

Where every weapon is put down

And wars forever cease

Where foes embrace their enemies

And build a lasting peace

I dream of faith that lies within

Its truth found in the soul

Of every pilgrim searching

For their own place or role

Unfettered by religion

Or by some rules of state

Where how we live our daily lives

Determines our own fate

For what we do is who we are

And in the starlight’s gleam

We are children in this garden

Who try to live the dream

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Lost

I’ve been listening for your footsteps

I’ve been waiting for your call

I’ve spent far too many mornings

Sitting staring at this wall

The one I built between us

That cannot be torn down

So, I walk these empty hallways

But you’re nowhere to be found

There are shadows in each doorway

There are echoes in my head

And the memories of someone

Or something long since dead

I’ve been chasing endless rainbows

Looking for that pot of gold

But I always find them empty

I’m alone, so lost and cold

I’ve been playing all those sad songs

I’ve been longing for a friend

Not that far from where I started

So much closer to the end

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Bruises and Lumps

Life is a series

Of bruises and lumps

A long, winding road

Filled with wrong turns and bumps

The maps are outdated

Left behind by the last

Who traveled before us

With clues from the past

Following footsteps

Of pilgrims before

In search of their Mecca

On some foreign shore

Searching for freedom

They bravely set sail

Knights on some mission

In a quest for their grail

We stand on a bridge

But nobody jumps

Wounded and bleeding

From the bruises and lumps

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Morning Funk

My heart is filled with sadness
My eyes are filled with tears
From witnessing the madness
I seen through all these years
I’m hardened by the coldness
The human heart can hold
Sickened by their boldness
And quickly growing old
Compassion is a dying art
And no one seems to care
The world has somehow lost its heart
And no one wants to share
So, my heart is slowly breaking
From these thoughts inside my head
It’s a feeling I’m not shaking
I may just give up instead

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Mama

You gave to me the gift of life
The first that you would give
You taught me how to read and write
And showed me how to live
I learned from your example
What we were meant to be
Your strength and loving kindness
Were passed along to me
We’ve stood beside each other
In the sunshine and the rain
Through every tribulation
We shared the joy and pain
The best friend my entire life
You’re all that I could want
My steadfast, strong foundation
My lifelong confidant
And every time I turn to you
I always seem to see
Deep inside your loving heart
That you still carry me

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Battlefield

As it was in the beginning

And is until this day

There’s always been a battle

It’s just the human’s way

Brother against brother

Drowning in the flood

Dying isn’t noble

Wine is turned to blood

Chorus

It’s just another battlefield

Another killing ground

The days are filled with darkness

With dying all around

The nights go on forever

Just waiting on the sun

A new day, a new battle

A fight that can’t be won

Freedom isn’t free they say

The gain is worth the cost

That depends on who is counting

And what they may have lost

A candle in the window

A ribbon in the yard

A single flag-draped coffin

The loss hits home so hard

Chorus

It’s just another battlefield

Another killing ground

The days are filled with darkness

With dying all around

The nights go on forever

Just waiting on the sun

A new day, a new battle

A fight that can’t be won

We heard all of their reasons

We listened to their lies

We measured all their actions

And cut them down to size

The truth has always been here

As plain as it can be

Killing never leads to peace

As any fool can see

Chorus

It’s just another battlefield

Another killing ground

The days are filled with darkness

With dying all around

The nights go on forever

Just waiting on the sun

A new day, a new battle

A fight that can’t be won

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Jigsaw

Who you are is what you are

And how you are is why

When you care is where you are

Whatever way you try

If you use a thousand buts

Or look for easy outs

Everywhere you hide you’ll be

Revealed by all your doubts

Anyone you turn to

Can just simply turn away

Leaving you alone again

With nothing left to say

All the time regretting

All the sometimes you forgot

Everything important

In the end you find is not

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