And this post would have come a lot sooner if it weren't for me chasing waterfalls over the weekend on the sites wix.com and squarespace.com. I had this vision of a bright, new, shiny blog with cool graphics and layouts, but I found out that neither of those sites were very user friendly and after starting two new blogs, I came back home to the familiar ground of Wordpress. It may have more simple templates and graphics, but the usability of the site navigating from dashboard to page to post is phenomenal compared to those others. So, here I stay! For now...
Well, I have some exciting news! While still working on the sequel to my first book The Awful Truth of Loving I have been going through some of my old notebooks and journals from high school and college and I found that I have written a good number of poems. And a good number of them are actually good! So, I decided I am going to work on a book of poetry for my next release to be called Someday Songs. The reason for the title is that I have written a lot of my poetry as lyrics to songs. Unfortunately, since I am not a music composer in the least sense I have not been able to turn those poems into songs. Thus, Someday Songs!
Here is a sample of two poems that will be included in the collection. One old and one new!
Don’t
Fade On Me
I remember you so
clearly. The first one through the
door.
I return to find you
drifting so far away from my shore.
I remember feeling this
way, the losing without knowing.
You can fall asleep at
night while the wind outside is blowing.
Don’t fade. Don’t fade on me.
You made things so
different. You were the one to take me
in.
You were the one I counted
on above all. You were my friend.
I can’t believe the way
you treated me ‘cause it truly was a sin.
Stuck staring out the
window wonderin’ what we could have been.
Don’t fade. Don’t fade on me.
My clothes hang on a
wire. The sun is overhead.
But today I am so weary can’t
will myself from bed.
Was it your love that took
me under? Or did I know too much?
It was somethin’ I could picture,
but never could quite touch.
Don’t fade. Don’t fade.
Don’t you fade on me.
Last
Summer
Last summer, the terrible things
I went through.
Last summer, when things
you said weren’t true.
Last summer, decided to go
with someone new.
Last summer, when
everything ‘round me turned blue.
Last summer, you know when
you went away?
Last summer, you know the
games that you did play?
Last summer, you know when
you had nothing left to say?
Last summer when you felt my
disgust and had to turn away.
Last summer is when I saw
that lost look in your eye.
Last summer is when I
found out how much I could cry.
Last summer is when you
whispered your goodbye.
Last summer is when I had
to mend my wings and fly.
‘Cuz last summer is when
it all went down.
Last summer is when you
tore away my crown.
Last summer I
picked my heart up off the ground.
'Cuz last summer is when I was finally found.
