Let me in, darling Don’t lock me out I lost my spare key Took you for granted Let me in, darling A second chance Dark wolves encircle You are my safety

“Resurrection Fern” I settle back for some good finger-pickin’ guitar, a gentle beat in the background. Is this old-time steel pedal guitar Jim loved so much? Already I am slipping down a memory lane I have neither visited nor recall. We will live like a…

Hour 6 You held the golden keys of eternity, I didn’t beg you not to go. Instead I said to use those keys. You held the golden keys of eternity, and I wondered why you picked them up. They glistened in your hands, and I…

We were stuck, all of us In a repeating loop of the unsaid And I can’t wrap my mind around it Now, even after you’re gone We should be free- But tapes run their course then start all over again If no one thinks to…

Leaves fall, as do Empires, in the fullness of time. They say she wasn’t built in a day, but Rome took generations to fall. Will we? In the fading dusk of democracy, we are driven to panic by demagogues. An empire, a lifestyle, built on…

Hour 5 Fiery sunset, piercing the sky A Roman prince, a demigod just waiting for my arrival. I knew it was you, Inciting the fires within. Smoldering flames, A fiery love.  

Singing along with the car radio, It seems like every song’s about you. CeeLo forgot you (at least on the radio), Carrie slashed your tires, Taylor’s never getting back with you, Gloria’s surviving, Kelly can finally breathe, Beyonce assures you’re replaceable, Gotye and Kimbra were…

Oh crazy mind Only you know What you think Showing dreams In day and night Pouring down Like rain drops Blocking my eyes Filling my eyes Closing my eyes Covering my eyes How can I walk ? Can’t see these unknown paths Oh I hear…

Hour 4 – butterfly Step two into the garden barefoot feet upon the stone missing you amongst the phlox — a quick stop — a butterfly in the path a kiss from above a gentle hello from between the words a kiss from the wings…

Like underwater birds, we used our wings to skim the surface of the pond and then to dive deep into its depths. The dark waters enveloped us, protected us, freeing us from the weight of everyday legs. Above us, owls hooted from oak trees below…