Extend Both Arms
When you can
almost reach out
and touch
the feeling
You should stop
and extend
both arms
in the wind
Embracing
what’s coming
releasing
what’s going
In tune with
the moment
alive
— from within
**
Never Meant
Searching for
the missing link
Looking for
that missing piece
I was never meant
to be silent
And never meant
— to be alone
**
Genre Hides
How does greatness
reveal itself
let me ask you true ...
When not one label
can be affixed
is that the proof on view
Ray Charles singing
in every style
his magic to transcend
What genre hides
in bias cries
— and devils will portend
**
Hello / Goodbye
Waiting for tomorrow
leaving yesterday
My spirit in transition
too far along to stay
With every new endearment
from those who’ve marked my path
Hello / Goodbye I say at once
— keeping first things last
**
Dear Miles
It took me a while
to get comfortable
with Jazz
Or maybe myself
reinvented
and clad
The middle
extending
past beginning and end
To hold me
its captive
— each note to befriend
**
Heads Or Tails
Love and Hate
two sides of a coin
Flipped in the air
the devil may care
Flipped in the air
the devil may care
Betting on fate
— free will to purloin
**
Sating Time
To find
your fill
in fasting
Frees
the worried
mind
And feeds
all moods
inclement
To sate
the pangs
— of time
**
Embedded
All men
should ever
for a just cause
bleed
As brothers
from the mother
of all
conceived
Embedded
in pursuit
of a righteous
behest
Together
they foray
in nobility’s
— quest
**
In Sync
I have a
great deal
of company
when nobody calls
In sync
with myself
whose essence
— befalls
**
Tears Pass Me By
I’ve never found
a suitor
that trumps
being alone
And never found
a question
whose answer
unknown
I’ve never found
the reason
why tears
pass me by
And never found
comfort
in wondering
— why
**
Joy Self-Fulfilling
Virtue unorphaned
with neighbors
rebounds
To live where
a joyous
collective surrounds
One good deed
adopted
rechristened by ten
Its joy
self-fulfilling
— when captive within
**
Between Whom And Whomever
What sort of space
separates one
from the other
Is it measured
in inches
or mood swings of time
What is the distance
between whom
and whomever
Creating
new spaces
— with names to define
**
Your Oracle Waits
Follow your genius
wherever it leads
It’s sleeping internal
eternally free
Commune with yourself
let all sleeping dogs lie
Your oracle waits
— deep within you inscribed
**
Extend Both Arms
When you can
almost reach out
and touch
the feeling
You should stop
and extend
both arms
in the wind
Embracing
what’s coming
releasing
what’s going
In tune with
the moment
alive
— from within
**
Never Meant
Searching for
the missing link
Looking for
that missing piece
I was never meant
to be silent
And never meant
— to be alone
**
Genre Hides
How does greatness
reveal itself
let me ask you true ...
When not one label
can be affixed
is that the proof on view
Ray Charles singing
in every style
his magic to transcend
What genre hides
in bias cries
— and devils will portend
**
Hello / Goodbye
Waiting for tomorrow
leaving yesterday
My spirit in transition
too far along to stay
With every new endearment
from those who’ve marked my path
Hello / Goodbye I say at once
— keeping first things last
**
Dear Miles
It took me a while
to get comfortable
with Jazz
Or maybe myself
reinvented
and clad
The middle
extending
past beginning and end
To hold me
its captive
— each note to befriend
**
Heads Or Tails
Love and Hate
two sides of a coin
Flipped in the air
the devil may care
Flipped in the air
the devil may care
Betting on fate
— free will to purloin
**
Sating Time
To find
your fill
in fasting
Frees
the worried
mind
And feeds
all moods
inclement
To sate
the pangs
— of time
**
Embedded
All men
should ever
for a just cause
bleed
As brothers
from the mother
of all
conceived
Embedded
in pursuit
of a righteous
behest
Together
they foray
in nobility’s
— quest
**
In Sync
I have a
great deal
of company
when nobody calls
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