so carefully beaten

i flap my golden worn out wings
my halo bent and wandering
trailing off behind me sings
the sparkling light of everything

spiraling softly out of control
my thoughts and yours are cleverly wove
into this air i finally float in
on golden wings so carefully beaten

derek

dreaming birds

two birds
sleeping in a tree
one was dreaming of flying
the other one
worms

derek

my rowboat

but my rowboat
a place of freedom
an oasis
in an ocean of energies
both subtle and strong
a place to watch the light dance
and to dance lightly
i touch my fingertip to the water
and send ripples of joy to your shore

derek

this amazing moment

my spirit runs free on the wind
my soul sits quietly
my body twitches
cause my mind is hyper
my senses fade
and my ego laughs out loud
from deep down in it’s belly
all my beings come together
at once and do this dance
here before you
to share this amazing
moment

derek

thirty dollars of chocolate

so here i go
with my starlight afro
curly locks
for blocks and blocks
strolling down fifth avenue
buzz me in please
i have expensive chocolate to buy
me in my t-shirt
you in your tuxedo
and chocolate for
twenty seven dollars a pound
in the subway i stand mesmerized
a girl with a drum pounding to the rhythm
and the stream of people
oblivious of this gift
and me
with thirty dollars of chocolate
melting in my hand

derek

wake up

again
the warriors are weary
and the cry for freedom moot
even the fight for peace
seems so old world
doesn’t it
my head is filled with visions
people are waking up
from this sleepy gooey
sticky
smelly
clump
that’s just how it seems to me
there’s fresh new avenues
if you can take your fixated eyes
off the white line
hey wake up dude
your driving
shit
like bubbles and sparks
these faces and dreams
they swirl in my head
from childhood scenes
i never quite touch it
it stays in the seams
and comforts my soul
you know what i mean

derek

recycles

on waves of dreams
and ocean streams
on beams of light
and effortless flight
my soul does journey
from this fleshy home
to worlds of realities
just pick one
in between these solid places
when leaping in and out of spaces
the weightlessness and friendly faces
the end of all those silly races
but then i find myself again
leaping back and jumping in
forgetting everything that has been
to learn it all again…….again

derek

me

my spirit is spread thin
to the wind
my soul is scattered
like the dust of stars
my data disseminated
throughout cyberland
i am still brought back
to me

derek

magic fills my air

my body is tired
worn out from pushing
my boat was cast too far inland
and dragging was out of the question

i rode a wave
ten thousand feet tall
no match for the mountain
whose pink walls rise from my imagined eyes

my time at sea is over
i return to my journey inside human kindness
a flood of people into my world
i snap and sketch
and pinch myself
can this be real
only dreams a moment ago

magic fills my air

derek

quite lightning

quiet lightning
a distant storm
the city noise drowns out
what thunder there is
all i hear is the train
yards away
thundering by
and flashes so bright
even the city lights
can’t blind them out
this street reminds me of Philly
he said
red bricks
weeds
and a cheesy mural
painted on the big garage door
of the piano warehouse
where we rehearse
his one man show
captivating and inspired
but out the window
and the corner of my eye
quite lightning
the rumble of the city
a storm passes by

derek

thisis how ithink

once inside this box
i’m free to move around
i know just how far to reach
i can feel it
with my finger tips
seventy five plus two
i don’t hav to feel it
seventy five
plus
two
seventyfive plustwo
i don’t have to solv
itseventy
i can feel it
once inside
my box
seventy five plus
with my finger tips
this boxi can feel it

i don’t have to solve it

thisis how ithink

derek