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The Dreaming Pool

The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.

Carl Jung

Memories of Oregon - Painting by Trish Noble

Song Lyrics

These song lyrics are built largely on prose already created. I wanted to reform some to lyrics, and see what kind of music could be made of them. Link to music if any available.

To an Old Car, Lost in a Photo

To an Old Car, Lost in a Photo

To an Old Car, Lost in a Photo

Then the rust set in, and it went a bit mad, kept the spiders company, They were the only friends it had.

Dec 26, 20252 min read

Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope

I’m a kaleidoscope in your hands, Turn me once—I don’t align. Turn me twice—I almost fit, you want answers, I want why.

Dec 13, 20252 min read

Lost in a Puddle (Only Partly Here)

Lost in a Puddle (Only Partly Here)

Lost in a Puddle (Only Partly Here)

And I am only partly here, half in, half disappeared.

Nov 30, 20252 min read

Blood & Fire

Blood & Fire

Blood & Fire

Your tattoos hold experience skin etched with blood and fire.

Nov 19, 20251 min read

My Valentine (Lyrics)

My Valentine (Lyrics)

My Valentine (Lyrics)

Gold in the laughter, silver in the scars, woven in the tapestry of who we are.

Nov 15, 20251 min read

Winter Violins

Winter Violins

Winter Violins

Song Lyric, reworked from poem: Farewell to Winter

Oct 31, 20251 min read

Regrets (dream killer)

Regrets (dream killer)

Regrets (dream killer)

That’s the dream killer, the scene stealer,The thing that snuffs your spark,The voice that whispers nothing,And drags you back into the dark.

Oct 28, 20251 min read

Turning Silk

Turning Silk

Turning Silk

You are silk that turns in circles round your form, around your soul. The fabric moves, a secret rhythm, a song to make me whole.

Oct 26, 20251 min read

Color of a Summer Breeze

Color of a Summer Breeze

Color of a Summer Breeze

You travel in a maze around my heart, Down paths I’ll never find.

Oct 26, 20251 min read

A Biography (Lyrics)

A Biography (Lyrics)

A Biography (Lyrics)

I am superfluous in every way, Talking in overtones of color and decay.

Oct 26, 20251 min read

For Your Dream

For Your Dream

For Your Dream

You’d quote Bukowski by the bottle, Talk of love and crucifixion,

Oct 26, 20251 min read

No One Will Know

No One Will Know

No One Will Know

You leave your marks where shadows hide, I wear them quiet, side by side.

Oct 26, 20251 min read

Afterglow

Afterglow

Afterglow

Dance with me, in the afterglow, Where the thunder hums and the dark things grow.

Oct 26, 20251 min read

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