Thursday, October 28, 2010

Voicemail

We have two voices
One for the message
The other hidden under our breath

Don't let the ghost escape
To haunt the machine
Like a distant shadow on a dying reel

Please wait for the tone
It's not over till it beeps.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Modern Pharisee

I do the right things
I hate the right people
Go to the right church
If you want to know your place
Look at you then look at me
I am a modern Pharisee

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Reason

Nothing but the hunger
No answer from within
When every door seems to be closing
Do I kick one in?

Looking for direction on a one way street
When there's no one to ask
And reason is on the last bus
Leaving us standing at the corner

Why did I think it time to leave?
There was a promise of an end
But when it makes no sense
Life beyond reason is the place to be.

Monday, October 4, 2010

I'm No Abraham

It's all gone to hell
The promise hanging by a thread
I'm packing up and going home
Did Abraham flinch at the road ahead?

What's that you say - it's in my head?
It's hard to hear when I look around
Trampled like an empty box on the ground
But Abraham trusted the blessed sound

I thought there was a plan?
Places to be - things to do man
Hitch-hiking down an endless line
Abraham waited way past time

I want to help - I really do
Saving for a rainy day
Just need a little for myself
Abraham ready to give it all away.