Millennium Moon

Wind, Surf, Sun, and Sea
All melting into the dew
Suspended between you and me;
Seconds chip the wall away
Between now and the new century.

Clouds, Rain, Stars, and Planets
Hang in the balance.
The stillness echoes our quiet mouths
As we await only time itself.

Millennium Moon rising across the water;
Selene comes to cast her silent spell
To lay beside us with eyes of silver;
She glitters among the stars.

Love, Hate, Passion, Desire
All melting into the night
Between arctic ice and desert fire.
Tears, Laughter, Joy, and Sorrow
Hang in the balance.

As we pass through the barrier
Beyond today and into tomorrow,
Selene dances her intimate weave
As she beckons us into eternity.

Lyrics by: Rowen S. Poole

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Evident Dreams

I was walking down the echoing halls
Just listening to the sound of evidence.
I was looking for the light in the archway there–
What does it hide?

I see your eyes in the brightness, looking down,
With a tear there dripping
(It’s so cold there)

I keep walking, and you seem to follow my every step,
Not giving me time to rest.
Why don’t you reach out and touch my mind?
Instead, you just hover near.

I see your eyes in the brightness, looking down,
With a tear there dripping
(It’s so cold there)

Why can’t you see my eyes burning from your glare
In the shadow of evergreens?
The shadows you’re searching are hiding precious mettle
Although you may never see its worth.

I see the light fading from your eyes
No more tears there dripping….

Lyrics by: Karin L. Nicely

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Euphoria

Ocean’s salt never ran so sweet
Your soul wails
High pitched, complete

Seeing reds and blues and greens
On a glowing, silent screen

Euphoria

Moon’s tide washes over you
Undulating
Change the hue

The center of your universe is
Driving you into reverse

Euphoria

Innocence and consequence
And this one makes you whole

Dancing on the earth you see
The solid spirituality
Tell me
What makes you happy?

What makes you happy . . .

Euphoria

Lyrics by: Karin L. Nicely

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Learning Curve

I heard laughter on the phone
Your voice always made me sigh
I saw faces at your window
The bass of your music turned way up to high

I walked into your room Why were so many lights out?
Your friends seemed to rush right by
What did I hear that one shout?

You poured me a drink, gave me a chair
And asked me to sit down
When I asked where everyone was You said “Oh, They’ll be around”

But you turned the music low
Pulled me gently to my feet
Said you knew I wanted to dance
I didn’t know the dance would be so complete

What were you thinking
What skewed your mind
I wanted to be there
You made it a crime

What I thought was my debonair friend
Vanished before my eyes
The gentleman I’d known was gone
A monster beneath the disguise

I can never remember
The night is always blurred
I think what you said was a “half glass of wine”
Held more than your lying words

What were you thinking
What skewed your mind
I wanted to be there
You made it a crime

Your friends seemed to know it better than I
I was good for a laugh and a stare
Your fun at all my expense
Another fraternity dare

I’ve envisioned your torture
What I could do to you
You’re not even worth plotting a course
In the end, your own soul will tell true

What were you thinking
What skewed your mind
I wanted to be there
You made it a crime

Lyrics by: Karin L. Nicely

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Alternate Reality

If we were together
In another dimension
Without morality’s measure
Or metaphoric contention

Imagine the solace
We could find
No reason to transgress
In body or mind

Just feel
What you want to feel
Just need
What isn’t real

In another time
Maybe we were there
In a pose supine
Tangibly aware

Drinking in the chaos
Of multiplicity
A disappearing kiosk
Of mental ecstasy

And you can feel
What you want to feel
And you can need
What isn’t real

I can almost taste it
But cannot touch
Begging to erase it
Never need so much

Is it all a dreaming
Is it somehow true
The other side is seeping
Through to you

So you can feel
What you want to feel
So you can need
What isn’t real

Lyrics by: Karin L. Nicely

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Electronic Exotic

I am silk,
I am soft,
I am dreams for you
I am warm,
I am real,
I am what you feel when you’re alone

Plug in,
turn on,
lay back
Velvet interlacing
Transmit
Recieve
Dedicate
Don’t make it quick

Electronic exotic

I am wind,
I am rain,
I am cloud in your eyes
I am cold,
I am dark,
I am discoveries yet to behold

Log in,
power on,
play back
Velvet interfacing
Transmit
Receive
Replicate
No magic trick

Electronic exotic

Everything I saw
Every thing I touched
Electrified the taste of your lips
Everything I had
Everything I feel
Electrifies your touch on my skin

I am cool,
I am fire,
I am blood of desire
I am flesh,
I am stone,
I am ancient mystery and future unknown

Electronic exotic

Lyrics by: Rowen S. Poole

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Full Moon

See who you think you are
Somewhere out of time
Always thought that you’d go far
Thinking the world was benign

Full Moon shining low
Pulling our minds through the embers of time

So many faces in so many worlds
Singing in sickening tongues
Your head seems to writhe and your body uncurls
When you’re touched with the shimmering light

See through the patterns above
Look to the meanings you’ll find
Always the ending is love
You’ve got to be willing to climb

Full Moon shining low
Pulling our minds through the embers of time
There are things we should never know
And some we’re hoping to find

When the leaves say nothing, and the wind is still
When the darkness drowns your eyes
Then the wisdom you’ve found will soon make you ill
If you aren’t listening to their cries

Each one is holy and each one is real
No one is anyone’s right
Each one is darkness and each one is old
Each one must come to the light

Full Moon shining low
Pulling our minds through the embers of time

Lyrics by: Karin L. Nicely

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Altar of Desire

I woke up sweating in the middle of the night
The heat of fantasy spinning in my veins

Just one confession from you
Pours down on me like hot summer rain

Outside the window of reality
Headed for a breakdown, nothing I can do
I turn around and burn for you

Some things I don’t believe in
I question my own faith
A separation between virtue and sin
I fight with the shadows
Alone with my thoughts
The fever burns ever higher
I kneel at the altar of desire

You walk in torment down a lonely street
Images of the heat dance on the wet, black stones

Just one confession from me
Tells you whether you’re near or alone

Outside the window of reality
Scenes of a lifetime, reflected in your eyes
We cross the chasm into shame

Some things you believe in
You can’t deny your faith
Intent on who you are and where you’ve been
You stand in the shadows
Alone with your thoughts
You find the fever burns higher
And kneel at the altar of desire

Headed for a breakdown, nothing we can do
We are helpless, out of control
We turn around, disappear in the heat of the fire
Chained by the passions at the altar of desire

Lyrics by: Rowen S. Poole

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Worry Beads

What do you wear around your neck?
A good luck charm, I suspect.

To keep you safe on your way?
Does it keep the world at bay?
Does it mean you never lead yourself astray, anyway?
On any other day?

Don’t be timid, don’t be frail
Your quiet life will soon derail
You’re just as bland as ginger ale

I don’t like to see you caught in ennui
You always try to please with your hypotheses

Do some living in your life
You never know what you might find
You don’t have to be unkind
To anyone

Don’t be blind
We are all entwined
Don’t be blind
Seek the divine

Put the charms away; you won’t be needing them today
You will know in your heart when it’s safer to depart
Look up into the sky; you can do it if you try
Take your faith with you now; you will find it somehow

Don’t be blind
We are all entwined
Don’t be blind
Seek the divine

Don’t you hide in yourself, you should know that never helps
When you’re down, turn around; if you seek you shall be found
Put your faith in the light in the truth and you’ll be right
Any day you will pray and you’ll find a better way

Don’t be blind
We are all entwined
Don’t be blind
Seek the divine

Lyrics by: Karin L. Nicely

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Doorways

Self-division
Motivation
Tiny rooms of allocation

Turn the key
Lock it in
Shut your ears to the noiseless din

Enter knowledge
Enter fear
Enter where your flesh will sear

Through the doorways
Through the doorways
Through the doorways of your existence

Topaz eyes remind me of spring
Clear-water pods reflect everything
As the darkness tries to pull me in

There is no hatred here
Only love to calm our fear
Out of darkness and into the dawn
This is how your life goes on

Efface emotion
Block it out
Turn around to find your doubt

Ask for joy
And welcome pain
Before you see your tired body’s drained

Find your center
Find your self
While you deal with what you’re dealt

Through the doorways
Through the doorways
Through the doorways of your existence

Nature’s spell runs thick through the night
I remember your touch, giving me life
Your face so clear in my sight

There is no hatred here
Only love to calm our fear
Out of darkness and into the dawn
This is how your life goes on…

Lyrics by: Karin L. Nicely