Archive for the ‘Rainbirds’ Category

Real

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

In the desert, in a distance
Is a woman who prays
She is finished with the image
She has changed her face
Bows her head down to the ground
She is waiting, weary
bows her head down to the ground
And then she disappears

This is not about the word
There are many words
This is just about- real
When...

Jesus First

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

hey, do you wanna play?
it goes like this…jesus first!

jesus first!, she says
and tumbles in the eye of god
i got to remind her of
the things we used to dream about
she tells me: whisper only
no, better don`t you speak at all
jesus first!, she sighs
jesus first!, she says
and tumbles right into my open arms

Your Aching Heart

Friday, July 9th, 2010

look around
this is the landscape that we`re in
there is the house we`ve built
and there`s our yellow dustbin
and just behind those trees
you can see the little barn
we used to jump into the hay
like we were diving in the ocean

walk through the garden now
and smell them herbs and spices
go strolling up that hill