Roadside bouquets
a quick call to say I’m ok
And I’m on my way
and I’ll drive it home
this worlds lonely homie
I like my space
I crafted laced and stitched this all together
while the weather kept the storms at bay
and when it didn’t well I weathered them anyway
My heart was born heavy still i float like a feather weight
And I brought the rain with me
brain thrifty
Ive never been the type with taste so picky
give me the shirt that don’t fit me
give me the road and ill still see
the gardens abound
I found bouquets
while I looked at the ground
and give thanks
while say to myself
life found a way
to grow through grit and the rock and the shit
and we can too
endorse endure
eclipse enmesh en mass
enough and more
find and chart courses
divorce this malignant force
that we’re at war with
and absorb this
straight from the source
we’re all wild horses
There’s no such thing as a stable home
There are no demilitarized zones
and you will only find peace
when you can find it alone
enriched
water to roots like breath to lips
a gift
(CHORUS)
If time it dilates
It vibrates
flummoxed
as I rummage through the tonnage
from pit in my stomach
I’m thinking
Pity
Its nothing on all sides
But pittance from the prince of tides
still every little bit counts
And so I’m
Shoring up soil to make sure this little pit thrives
The cradle of life death fertilized
That’s why I try and be a fungi-
Know we’re all traumatized
Violence is the fruit of a tree well brutalized
And we’re living through some brutal times
Early morning drive
while the gloom’s looming planet wide
I’d
Plant wildflowers watch the streets come alive
roadside bouquets you’re calling muted
staying rooted as a matter of faith
see its a matter of taste
and my palette
is fucking disgusting
rusted, decrepit and crumbling
life in the stone
and the rose
thrown away once done with
a bouquet for me?
Pretty weeds from concrete
the signs are discrete
but me?
Never been accused of such subtlety
amused
but you get confused by the things I do publicly
you’ll never seem to see the pushed in the puddle me
what once was
but now smudged
those are the shapes that I love
because they’re honest
they never
do as they’re told or
as they’re supposed
or bundle it up
and im artist
honestly
I look for this stuff
there are a million different faces of love
but everyone
that ever spoke to me
did so
on the low
out their mouth sideways
while I vibrated in agonized guilt
because I watched all of those flowers killed
not only do people never get them while they’re still smelling
they don’t even notice that they’re there to begin with
(CHORUS)
and I’m
on my way
in my way
live life in excesses
obsessed thinking its blessed to be rich
but never thought of what a blessing is
or how a world might dress it
if your guess was grotesque
well then yes you guessed it
but could you really love the house when the floor is all busted?
could you really love your neighbor
when you’re hearing him cussing for hours about nothing
on end??
or for just acting like a fucking fiend
what do you really think compassion means
folks will say its dumb
until they atrophy
we all go backwards
You cant escape the causalities
imagine actually
thinking that its not that bad????
Fuck apathy
live affably try and laugh
but never act like its all amiable
damsel distressed not careful
get saved by a werewolf
beware savagery
reactive forces with no center of gravity
do not seek truth they seek comfortable
See being vulnerable is incredibly honorable
but hardly ever gets honored
and more often feels awful
we mistake quietly lined up
for responsible and so those left responsible
don’t have the sense to hold their own selves responsible
they are wrong,
you weren’t strong
watching yourself down trodden on
theres nothing wrong
about feeling despondent
sometimes we need to soften up
often
clay just dug ups too tough
and you cant mold it
my favorite bouquets are the ones left living despite the odds
That after all the sabotage to still be counted on
to show the very beauty of the sun they sprouted on