Guess who?

frost traced every vein
as she lay on the ground
her dress that was once amber
has now faded to brown

she used to be secure
and dance at slightest whim
now frozen and muddied
she's following the wind

others who will take her place
are waiting now in line
they have the youth and beauty
she lost in such short time

her parting gift - to nourish
as she dries to dusty lace
with frost tracing her veins
she lived, and leaves with grace



It's about a leaf silly! an old dead leaf I saw on the ground when I went for a walk this morning... but it was all pretty and frosted over. actually lots of them were.

And now: LIVE! Ripped directly from a paper table cloth at open mic night. (after I wrote it of course, while listening to many inspiring performers)

let me in
take me out
speak before knowing
give voice to my doubt
It's always beginning
& may never end
You want more than is needed
but some rules can bend

What do you need in THIS moment?
I can tell that you're starting to smile
the pigeons are driving me crazy
but I haven't seen you for a while

why can't you tell me the real things
what your heart really said last night
I've already heard this old story
about how it's wrong to be right


I have no idea what it means... honestly. It just sort of spewed. And frankly I'm just so excited that anything even resembling creativity is coming out of me, I don't really care! It's nice to have lots of raw stuff to come back to later and see if it will polish up into anything pretty.

Open mics rock my world. I haven't performed at one for quite a while now. I don't think I've ever seen anyone SOOO awful bad that I would leave, and like Tim was saying - even the people who aren't really ready for performance have something to give, and you always come away with something from the evening, often unexpected. Matt totally would have let me perform last night. I could have used his guitar or something, but yeah.... like I told him, I haven't really touched my guitar in over a month. Well, I've touched it, but not long enough to have something worthy of performing. Open mic tomorrow at Morning Star too. If I even had one mini-set I wouldn't care about doing it at both... I totally want to re-do Matt's poster. It so doesn't grab attention.... I wonder if he would be offended... I might do it anyway. You should be able to see it from across the room! for reals!