Category Archives: imagine

Or Love

in the aftermath of a bloodbath there are two paths we can take more violence for its own sake or love

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Ala Moana

Looking down at the street below from this 14th floor hotel window I see the sidewalk where my family sleeps if God is real I hope it weeps for what society has become we don’t see our sister just another … Continue reading

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Real Eyes

My eyes are burning as I’m falling through space galaxies become stars I fall further from grace   and the race has no ending, I begin to realize that these signals they’re sending are just coded lies   and these … Continue reading

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Cover Cross

The years have flown by, the ink has long dried but I lost God somewhere in the sand this cross I still bear so my story I share and here on my own I now stand I am not bragging … Continue reading

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Tomorrow

Tomorrow, the war will end and the bombs will stop falling. They will send young men and young women back home to their families in big cities and farm towns where they’ll melt rifles down to make pickaxes which they’ll … Continue reading

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The Heart Of Babylon

You say we fight for freedom even though you know its a lie our duffel bags are packed and we’re heading to Iraq and theres a good chance that we’re going to die. We took off from Atlanta touched down in Germany after three days in Kuwait … Continue reading

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Alone

quicksand running through time out of line can’t seem to find reason or rhyme seasons behind adding up 32 summers wait and see here comes 33 Pacific breeze shaking leaves off these fruit trees and in the ocean I still … Continue reading

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Daily Memories

so, it’s Memorial Day sales again and I remember when Cub Scout packs would take up the back of the parade and families would struggle to find shade along Main Street in late May with temperatures rising we shuffled our … Continue reading

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Perpetual

sea to shining see stars crash cars tattoo over scars colonize Mars shut down bars get home after the rooster crows drain a cup of Joe sun rising later and later tis the season after season we’ll make up reasons … Continue reading

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LOVE (Like a Beatle)

All you need is L O V E and eventually we’ll figure it out scream and shout at the tops of our lungs doesn’t matter where you’re from who you’re with or what you do I love you like a … Continue reading

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