A Moment in Time

I pulled a bottle from the sea
In hopes it was a time capsule
Or maybe some lost treasure
A way to look at life anew
Through someone else’s deja vu
For just a moment in time

I saw a wedding and a vow
A two hand toss into the waves
To a future beyond measure
A time to hold this life as new
To start a love that would be true
For just a moment in time

Or was it thrown by one betrayed
A dark attempt to seek some vengeance
And in that toss to find some pleasure
A sinking splash into the blue
A love no longer felt as true
In a moment of time

But it held nothing more than sand
Some would say it held a promise
Or a loss of opportunity
What I see is glass in glass
Worn through all the ages
A moment in time

I found a picture in a frame
Two women walking arm in arm
They seemed to talk a tender care
The way they leaned, a fiery touch
Or am I reading far too much
In this moment of time

They could be lovers or just friends
Maybe sisters on a stroll
A tete a tete, a secret shared
Or a new romantic crush
Or am I looking for too much
In this moment of time

It was an image cast away
Tossed into a trunk with many others
Was it calling out to me
For what I see is heart in heart
Warm through all the ages
A moment in time

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Carry Me Home

Dark the night, the new moon rising
Far away from the light of day
As I set sail for distant shores
The dazzling stars will light my way
But if clouds roll in and mask the north star
And I am adrift upon the seas
My inner compass is what I have
To get me to my better me
My better me

So many times i’ve rolled these waves
A pilgrim on my pilgrim’s quest
To find the heart of all that holds me
And carry light within my breast
But sails will tear and masts will break
And I’ll be lost upon the blue
But if I can hold my rudder strong
I’ll ride the roll, my path is true
My path is true

Carry Me
Hold me steadfast on my journey
Loose the voice that it will carry
Carry Me Home

Secure the ropes and hold the bow
I’m coming in for just a spell
To walk the earth a steady gait
And break the solid from the swell
But soon enough the new moon rises
Far away from the light of day
As I set sail for one more round
Your dazzling heart will light my way

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Riverbank

There’s a warm wind whistling through the pine boughs
There’s a red sun setting ‘neath the clouds
And as the day turns softly into evening
I want to sing my love to you out loud

Chorus:
So if you follow me to the riverbank
We can float on out to the sea
And if you promise to travel the world with me
I will promise you love eternally

There’s the silver of moon upon the slipstream
There’s the shimmer of stars across the sky
As the heavens turn from indigo to velvet
I want to sing my love out as a cry

Chorus

Ooh, ooh ooh we’ll glide upon the water
Ooh, ooh, ooh we’ll skate when winter calls
Ooh, ooh, As long as we’re together
Summer winter spring and fall

There’s the salty spray of summer oceans
And the peppered sleet against the pane
As the seasons dissolve one to other
I want to sing my love for you again

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Foolish or Foolhearted

He made a figure eight knit scarf
To keep me warm in winter
Gray as the color in my hair
I wore it on those icy days
Those cold December nights
Now I can’t find it anywhere

It was made with so much love
The finest woolen yarn
With tender, articulated care
I was delighted to be given
A gift from his crafting hands
Now I can’t find it anywhere

Doesn’t mean it didn’t mean that much to me
Doesn’t mean I’m foolish or foolhearted
I was sitting in Atlanta waiting for my plane
I dashed away and I guess i forgot it

She found the perfect heart shaped stone
A promise of our love
Gray as the color in my hair
I kept it in my pocket
To remind me of her trust
Now I can’t find it anywhere

Doesn’t mean it didn’t mean that much to me
Doesn’t mean I’m foolish or foolhearted
I was leaving New York City, checking out of my hotel
I dashed away and I guess i forgot it

Still I know that it’s unsettling
To lose an object of affection
But it’s not a loss of loving or of care
What matters most of all
Is the thought and all the feeling
And that’s something that I always find here

It was a queen of hearts star cup
To keep my coffee warm
Gray as the color in my hair
Something I could travel with
To remind me to come home
Now I can’t find it anywhere

Doesn’t mean it didn’t mean that much to me
Doesn’t mean I’m foolish or foolhearted
It was sitting on the roof as I was packing up the car
And I drove away and I guess i forgot it

At least I didn’t lose my heart, it’s with you here

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Slipper Mood

Well my dog don’t bark but my dogs sure do
Especially when they’re in uncomfortable shoes
I’m on them all morning night and afternoon
I’m bruised and blistered and I’m lickin’ my wounds
I can’t wait to get home and slip into
A soft, sleepy slipper mood

Well my pup’s asleep but my puppies are whining
I”m standing all day and then I have to remind myself
To sit right down and take a load off my feet
When I put them up, you know it feels so sweet
I can’t wait to get home and slip into
A soft, sleepy slipper mood

Slipper mood, slipper mood
I’m warm inside and comfy too
Safe and sound in my bedroom groove
A soft, sleepy slipper mood

The kittens are purring but this cat’s uptight
My toes are tender, my sole’s not right
I forget how to stop, to put my business to rest
I’m far too busy, my mind’s a mess
I can’t wait to get home and slip into
A soft, sleepy slipper mood

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Worry Stones

On my chest a worry stone
Meant to rub away my woes
Much too often as I fret
I don’t take time or I forget
I get too rushed to even breathe
Then fall away in restless sleep

In my pocket a treasured piece
Tucked away and meant to ease
My fragile soul, my mending heart
It holds together my torn apart
I try to stop and look to see
Then fall away in restless sleep

Stones to heal and stones to soothe
To silence fear, to turn a mood
But how can they accomplish this
When the heart is where we find our bliss

These amulets, these treasured gifts
I’m pulled in or set adrift
I wish they had the power to
Make me bold and solid through
But all that I can hope to be
Is tossing in my restless sleep

Stones to heal and stones to soothe
To silence fear, to turn a mood
But how much can they really say
When the heart is how we find our way

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