invitation

(for Eli)

it's like
leaving your heart on a shelf

so the mind can wander free
here and there

like stepping off the path

getting lost in random tracks

leading nowhere

who'll paint the picture that can heal

like you can

place this flower in your vase

and watch its petals fall

as many faces as grains of sand

who'll be fool to try and count them

as many puzzles to unravel

places left to travel

as the child demands

all leading back to none

possession begins and ends
at one

words are not the real

who'll tell the tale invites the mystery

like you do

©2007 michael james prue

links

Visit my other new blogs, most with

lyrics in the specified musical genre at

http://rocknrollnboogie.blogspot.com/

http://covenspell.blogspot.com/ (gothic)

http://newclassicpopballads.blogspot.com/

http://pulp-dreams.blogspot.com/

http://shadesuvblue.blogspot.com/

http://countrynfolk.blogspot.com/

http://musikalcomedy.blogspot.com/

http://prosebriefs.blogspot.com/

http://booksyoudread.blogspot.com/

http://musicatrivia.blogspot.com/ 

and http://poemsbym.blogspot.com/

Or for a different spit into the same headwind
try these babies on for size
http://mikejammes.wordpress.com/

and

http://shadowshift.wordpress.com

THANKS!

white crosses

(for George and Dick)

its...

all of these holes

these and

those hundreds (is it thousands?) of white crosses

lined up in lovely rows on the beach

i saw them again sunday

you could count them, all those crosses if you had enough time

i began to, but there were so many, and

by the time they finish planting 'em at one end

it's time to pull 'em out at the other. why

bother? (it's gettin hard to find good help these days)

way too many crosses
lovely plain white government crosses

who'll ever pay the bill?

well i tell myself maybe this time, I mean next time

there'll be no more no more white crosses

but i think there will

how many white crosses

will it take to fill

these holes?

you and i Together

let's plant a tree

start it from seed

and see

if we can give it what it needs to be

a friend which will one day grow a big tent of leaves

cool shade you and i may never see

but our children will

let's plant a tree

just you and me

let's plant a kiss

on these lips

and see

if we can do it like we did once in a dream

and hold it for as long as it takes to seem like heaven

a heaven you and i can know right now

let's hope our children will

let's plant a kiss

just you and me

let's plant a dream

in a world turning round

and see

if we can bring a ray of hope, like the sun

and let it shine on those who need the most

love you and i together make

so our children's children will

let's plant a dream

just you and me

and see....