Do you remember the year?

Well John and Mitchy were getting kind of itchy, cause it was kind of a drag to not be groovin’ on a Sunday afternoon. So I said we’re going to San Francisco and I don’t care how much money I gotta spend, so we can fly. Here, the hometown looks the same but, you’re gonna meet some gentle people there and the rows of houses are all the same and nobody seems to care. Nothing is real and there’s nothing to get hung about. So there’s not a trace of doubt in my mind that when logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead, you can either stand in the pouring rain or hide behind rainbow’s wall.

Now, it was on the third of June, another sleepy, dusty delta day you asked me if there’ll come a time that we’ll go riding along on a carousel. I thought you looked too good to be true. You told me, “I aint never loved a man.”

But baby, I need your lovin’ and I know what you want…baby, I got it.

So let’s spend the night together and don’t worry ‘bout tomorrow. Then, all over the world you can hear the sound of lovers in love.

That’s when we skipped the light fandango because we both knew that all you need is Love.

Surface

“You don’t know what lies in wait beneath the surface of the water but if you want to swim in the lake, you have to jump in.”

Take the chance, because the reward is worth the risk. Whatever your dreams may be, quit just reading about it and do it.

Second Best

Woman, when it came to loving me

You know I was always second best

But can you tell me why you had to

Always leave my heart in such a mess

You kept me hidden in your darkness

Placed me on your shelf with all the rest

Until you needed a heart to break

Then you would tell me you loved me best

You would show me off to all your friends

Fill me up with all your hopes and lies

Seems you got your kicks from hurting me

Just like pulling the wings off of flies

I’ve tried so hard to stand up to you

Oh, How I have prayed to God above

To please reach into this heart of mine

And carry away all of my love

Still I hope someday you’ll settle down

And find the love you’ve always suppressed

Then you might ask for my company

And know I was never second best

Rest

‘Rest is a good thing but boredom is its evil brother”

Rest; we all need it. A good night’s sleep can fill up our energy tanks and send us off to face a brave new world all bubbly and inspired. (Or is that coffee?)

But boredom is something quite different. It can make people drink too much, start extra-marital affairs, rob gas stations, deface property and even make us fat. Where rest gives us energy, boredom sucks it away. The root of all evil is not money, but boredom.

So keep your mind occupied: read a book, go for a walk, call a friend or learn how to play the guitar. Or as my son says, “become the pharaoh of the world.” Whatever it is, set a goal and keep working toward it.

Love and Peace

The Backyard Poet

Taking the Backroads

My youthful dreams walked

A thousand miles

Through your summer dust

Your jagged face pressed

Against my calloused feet

Your solitude, a reservoir

For so many unwritten thoughts

I cried the day

They covered you in black

And carried away my innocents

On the back of their empty promises