You’ve Got It

You’re a summer breeze that blows through the air
  you’re an Angel’s Rose to which there is nothing to compare
You’ve got a kiss that nobody will ever know
  you’ve got a smile that my heart captures and makes me glow

You got a way of holding me so I can’t let go
  you got a touch so sweet that you make me explode
You put the color in red
  and without you, this man could be dead
You are the rays of sun
  shining on me, your only one

You’re a sweet melody that I could never write
  you are the words I look for in the middle of the night
You have a soft whisper, that brings out the best in me
  you’ve got tender eyes that opens my mind so I can see

You have a laugh so true, that any other one would never do
  you have a beauty I thank God for blessing you
You are the joy I wake up to everyday
  and you are the candle in my life that shows me the way

You’re a summer breeze that blows through the air
  you’re Angel’s rose, nothing can compare
You have a love that I could never do without
  with you by my side I don’t ever have to doubt…

I never have to doubt, what your love is all about
  and I will never forget that you’ve…

You’ve Got It!

When I Take Your Hand

When the night comes for you to cry,
  I will stay strong, right by your side.
When the day comes for you to laugh,
  you can count on me and all the love I have.

I want to do, what a man’s supposed to.
I’ll take you by your hand, make sure you understand
as sure as the sky is blue,
  I will always be true
     to you.

I can lead us down the right path.
  Without fail, because I know the power in God’s wrath.
And, with your cool affections,
  together we won’t ever lose the direction.

I want to be how God intended me.
When I take you by the hand,
there’s nothing we can’t do and
  as sure as the sunshines through, I will forever be true,
     to you.

Sophie: Young Love

So, tell us who is Sophie?

Sophie is a young girl in love with a young boy.

I see. Sophie isn’t about someone you had a childhood crush on? Is she someone in your life right now?

No.

No?

No…I mean most of us fall in love with someone when we happen to be very young and naive to the world. I’m no exception.

Ok, now we’re getting somewhere. You wrote this song about someone in your life?

No…not at the moment. I wrote the song about two young people who have a real, true love for each other. I’m promoting young love.

Really? So, you think kids cutting classes, sneaking around behind their parent’s back, and ignoring what their parent’s told them do is a good thing?

Uh-uh. Uh-mmm…

And, kids having sex and fooling around is cool to you?

When it’s a real, true love it can’t be denied. Love follows through. Doesn’t matter how old you are.

Let’s look at these words:
Rainbows and butterflies
All of my hopes and dreams,
when I’m with you Sophie
They can only try, but they can’t take what we feel inside 

What does this mean? What are you trying to say?

Hopes, rainbows, dreams, and butterflies…well, those are all simply wonderful things.

Sounds like you want kids to be free to do drugs, have sex for the sake of being “in love”, and avoid getting an education, not to grow up and become upstanding citizens.

Well, that’s a very lop-sided and unbalanced view. Guess you’ve never been in love.

This is not about me. It’s about you…

Green Day.

Excuse me.

Wake Me Up When September Ends.

Hmmm?

I saw the video about a year ago. The one when the boy decides to go off to war and his girlfriend gets mad at him. But, he feels more obligated to serve in the war. The video was great because it was painful…

What?

…painfully clear that, in general, real, true love is constantly ignored and denied by so many people in this world. But, I know young love can be just as real as any other kind of love… so, I, put it in a song.

I see….so you want us to think that kids who are “in love” are capable of making responsible decisions that could ruin the rest of their lives?

Wake me up when this interview ends….

Happy It’s With You

I’ve had a long, hard day and there’s only one thing left on my mind
So, can you make some time for me tonight?
I’m not the kind of man who can fake emotion. I got a strong notion
You know what I’m talking about…

This has to mean something,
even if it’s on the floor,
up against the wall, or
behind the bedroom door
where we can shout…

‘Cause when I come tonight,
I’m happy it’s with you
I can do it just right to make you satisfied too.

Happy, happy, happy it’s with you.

I’ve been trying and trying, still can’t help but want to take you there
So, can you sit in that chair for me tonight?
Now, I’m the kind of man who can appreciate value. I got wild fantasies of you
‘Cause you just keep me turned on…

This has got to mean something,
even when I stare in your eyes,
when we kiss,
when I’m inside,
let’s make this last for oh so long…

‘Cause tonight, when I come
I’m happy it’s with you
So comfortably numb when I’m holding you

Happy, happy, happy it’s with you

October Sky

There’s tears in my eyes
but you can’t see,
because they’re in the October sky

I’ve got dreams so fine
but daddy can’t see,
that they’re in the October sky

coal mining and rocket flying
one blows up, the other comes down
do I have the courage to stand my ground?
do I fight this fate or do I make my daddy proud?

October sky is so open for me
one day he will truly love me
he’ll look up and I’ll be there, somewhere high in the October sky

I want to soar high
even with this fear in me,
like the rocket in the October sky

I always have to try
even if no one understands me,
just like the rocket in the October sky

dirt shoveling and math puzzling
one makes you strong, the other one smart
can I find the answer to make up equal parts?
do I follow his footsteps, tell me, do I listen to my heart?

October sky is so open for me
one day daddy’s gonna truly love me
he’ll look-up and I’ll be there, up in the October sky

I got it in me to be somebody in this world full of greed
Only when I fly will I find all the help that I need

He taught me how to be the only kind of man I know
Others can have their stars, but in him I have a hero

October sky is so open for me
one day he will truly love me
when he looks up, I’ll be there, somewhere high in the October sky

Your Verve

Your verve takes on the shining of the moonlight that cuts through the mist of the darkness…
Were it not for my heart’s bliss, I know of no day that has been sent without your verve being evident, nor where it went…
So innocent by it’s very nature and is able to capture the barest essence of the situation to find such a rewarding solution with overt, yet simple communication…
Your verve meets the summation of my existence, meant to multiply; though others may try, wish to deny, and put inside of me doubt, I turn a deaf ear for fear has no place here…
It appears to take on the clarity of a winter’s day upon which the snow has already fallen on the ground and makes you see the snow-capped mountains just to question how could a simple wisdom be so beautiful…
Yes, your verve is meaningful, even being placed in the highest of orders with the first commandment being peace, it takes on the shining of the moonlight cutting through the mist of my darkness,
quickly…
urgently…
needfully…
becoming my heart’s bliss.

Scars: Behind the Mask

I wrote this song in September 2005 in one night. At the time, it was the most personal song I had written. I thought I would never top this writing. Then, I wrote Answers this year. This month I’ve finally written and produced the music track for Scars.

This song is a true to life story. Even now, thinking of what to write about stirs up many emotions – some unresolved, some accepted.

I was born with many medical problems that has left me with several physical scars. Whew! (Okay… I can do this…)

For 99% of my life, I’ve kept these scars hidden from the physical view. As a kid I avoided a lot of ridicule by being quiet, shy, and keeping to myself. I’ve never been an extroverted type of person, I have only learned through adulthood how important it is to speak up if/when you want to be heard. That lesson has helped me overcome my scars and forge forward into becoming a well balanced man.

Have you ever met a man too afraid to fall in love,
because of the scars that won’t disappear?
What’s life without someone special to be thinking of,
not the scars that are always here?

I guess the older you get, the more mature you become, and the less you care about what people think of you. When you realize all you truly have is Love for people and you can see that we all suffer some kind of pain, then you can begin to find the relevance and meaning of your experience. With that understanding, you can confidently share your experience with Love that can positively impact someone else’s life to move forward and grow.

Who hasn’t been afraid to fall in love these days, fearing the pain of a breakup, the trouble from “drama”, the disappointments of selfishness, and surrendering to the doubts? I’m trying to shift my focus, y’all, and stop being so guarded against chances to fall in love. I’m trying to enhance my other qualities like self-esteem, wit, maturity, knowledge, Spirituality, and my passion for music and writing. I fight to keep a balanced perspective of my physical body as just a “shell”, with scars, pimples, short height, baggy eyes, and my two gapped-teeth…HA!!!!!

Kids are influenced by everything they see
thinking that’s how they’re supposed to be
Mamas and papas teach your babies’ minds to be free
that’s how they’re supposed to be

For so many years, I’ve avoided taking pictures because I thought I’d never measure up to the perfect expectations. I was so locked into the media hyped-up value of image and lifestyle. Being so young and unaware, it is easy to want what you see “out” there because it’s not inside or around you. Thanks to technology and Photoshop we can all look flawless, photo-finished like in a magazine.

But, I don’t want that anymore. Still, people feed the contradictions by being distracted from a positive message because it doesn’t “look” right. How is positive supposed to look anyway? I thought being positive was about a feeling, a mentality.

We all have Scars, whether they are physical or emotional. All I can really do is hope that you will not deny or ignore your scars, but you instead reshape them in your mind to being those distinguishing marks that make up a beautiful You!

Thank you!

I’ll Be There

I’ll be there, I’ll endure what may come
Remain faithful in me and I’ll make it to your kingdom
I know some of my choices are wrong
  and sometimes my words may hurt
Can’t live a life without sin
  and to be good takes work

I’ll have a purpose, I’ll determine my destiny
Open closed doors and lay down steps before me
May question my meaning in this life
  and doubt when I know I should go
Won’t always be for sure
  and will falter along this narrow road

I’ll keep my head up, won’t give place to the devil
Keep your hands on me and I’ll reach that higher level
I know I want to be rich
  and famous among all mankind
Sacrifice all of that glory
  to keep the way you Love on my mind

I’ll be there,
while I anxiously await your return
I’ll continue to learn, you’ll stay my concern,
and no matter where I am, I know one day
I’ll be there

Broken Soul: A View on 3-D

The Universe will have restored Love to the people,
who will realize, actualize, and energize their Spirits,
putting comfort and strength back into our hearts
to mend all of our broken souls
and give us the dawn of a
new experience

I wrote Broken Soul back in July of this year 2007. I started with the first two stanzas, and put it away. As I was making music one day, what I had written came to my mind and I started reading the words over the music and the two just fit together. I kept reading the words to the music and worked it out. I just knew I had to finish writing the piece. It took me about a half-hour to write it all out. But, there’s so much more to this story…

This has been the biggest, most important spiritually awakening year of my life. But, more information only leads to more questions. Many of my life questions have been answered and many aspects have been brought into a unique, though alienating, perspective. Funny sometimes, when death taints your life, how you quickly come head on with all of your personally unresolved issues and unanswered questions. You are immediately forced to make lighting fast decisions, cut through the bull****, accept the realness of situations, and be firm in your actions. The older you are, the less tolerant you become with uneasiness because you are keenly aware that time is still going forward… with you or without you.

Bottomline, everything I’ve been told to “believe” in or have accepted on “faith” has been challenged to a outstandingly great degree. Listen, all the things I thought I knew I had answers for have all been turned upside down.

    I feel like I was spiritually led to discover information that has been so hard to accept. But, it has opened my spiritual eyes wide to understanding our existence on this 3rd dimension.

I don’t have anwsers, I have possiblities. I don’t have judgements, I have understanding. I don’t have faith, I have knowledge. I don’t have to believe, because my Spirit shows me everyday that I am Loved, that I am cared for, and that I am living my experience.

I could write a book explaining the deep inspiration behind this piece. Though I can intelligently explain everything I’ve written in this piece, I do not know that I am ready for the backlash from the readers. What I’m talking about goes beyond a David and Goliath story. I could trigger all kinds of warning alerts and alarms from explaining this piece in detail.

As if the very words weren’t enough already to turn some heads sideways, by writing about the experience of this piece could certainly serve to alienate me even more.

What I can tell you is that these days, the greater population of individuals in this world have been and are being pulled further and further away from their spiritual centers. I do think this is by design, yet very much out of our control. The contradictions, the confusion, the unjustice, the uncompassion are so embedded in our soceities and existence that we never need to question where it all comes from and why it is. We just accept it.

I do know that Love is Energetic-motion that vibrates through us all. Love is not doubled-sided. Love and hate (light and dark) can not, will not, has not ever existed in the same space. Yet, they are somehow twisted, braided within the realm of religion and government, in this 3rd dimension. Have you ever honestly thought, how could God’s Spirit Love and Hate at the same time? Are you really allowing yourself to think that could be a contradiction or are you saying that it is absolutely so because that’s what you’ve been taught since you could remember?

If you take away money supply, wouldn’t we still have our Spirits? Take away sin wouldn’t we still have our spirits?

I’m not saying I have the answers, just possiblities.

I know that if I can be open to discovering the information that leads to my on-going spiritual awakening and recover in confidence from what I find, then everyone else can and will too. Once our collective desire to spiritually awaken ourselves happens, then the time will be upon us to shift the totality of all our experience. That is when we will reclaim our spiritual connectedness and overcome these obstacles and ills of societies. With the help of Universal Love we can and will chase away the darkness, so that we suffer no more.

Thank you for reading! As always take what you will, and leave the rest to be still.

(Comments are always welcome!)

Personal Warrior

A desperate world, clouded in deception, just looking for its torn holes to be filled with bits of laughter, honesty, the truth, and some peace long forgotten. First, a Man of the Night. Second, a Man of the Day. A Personal Warrior, crusading as the substance to fill these holes, one by one, until he is called Home.

Infatuated with the skyscrapers, hypnotized by the night’s lights, lured by the shapes of the brilliant moon that draws the desolate people to come together and create a profound, undeniable energy known as the City. Sometimes good. Sometimes bad. Mostly, a powerful positive driving force compelling the crusader to interact.

His distinguished brown layer of skin, his defined willow’s peak hairline, his naturally muscular torso, and his mature, bright smile dispels the darkness surrounded by the night. A fluid grace and a steady stride, even if high, determines his level of focus and character. Not perfect, but the imperfections make him so.

Cavalier. Caring. Charismatic. One conversation all night could fill the hole in a soul searching for a bit of laughter, honesty, the truth, and some peace long forgotten.
Possibilities abound and Love is in the air every time he’s around. Beauty. Elegance. Prestige. Honor. Respect. These are the goals set forth in his mind, with every note, every step, every smile, and every word he utters.

And there, lies, the discipline. There’s work to be done. Practice. Develop the art. Form. Deliver the performance. Focus. Demand the purpose be fulfilled.

The Personal Warrior has a job to do.