coffee shop melodies

In the city where I came into being
listening to a local artist sing alongside his daughter
melodies of a beautiful life and dreams
he sings to me
this city can trap you, but leave you breathless
wondering where time went
reminiscing on times when we woke with the rising sun
to watch power rangers save the world on the small screen
a time his daughter will never know
its' 2012 and the days speed past us
the end of another month
I ask myself where did it go?
live in the moment
because regrets of the past will haunt you
live in the moment
because yesterday soon will be forgotten and tomorrow isn't promised
so sing to me today in hopes I will never forget

morning rainsong

I woke up to the rain pounding the pavement
streaming out of the storm drains
ting, ting, plop, plop, ting, ting, plop, plop
I took it in in one breath
rolling over tucking my chin deep into my pink sheets
I should be like the rain
filling the world with mellifluous music
instead I take a peppermint bath
sinking deeper into the chorus of nature
what will become of the day
I do not know
but I will take it on with an innate since of calm

Tequila mockingbird

Long walks under the  moon when the lights turn out
empty rooms vacant where love was once found
Tequila mockingbird
Just for those deep emotions to be heard
hiding under the cover of strength
we all become naked under the laws of a fifth
He asked me what I'm sippin on
while I laid on his front lawn
a little taste
a little something for those tears to waste
too proud to say I miss you
 to proud to say it's not just you
independence can leave you lonely
a cold heart not concerned with what we should be
a family broken
two paths unkindly chosen
a ripple that effects things that can't be seen on this  night
thoughts that will reveal themselves once I take flight
my heart wasn't ready for this change
tequila mockingbird the adult way to mask this pain