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November 14, 2009 03:34 AM EST --
I preface this work by saying that after a very long dry spell where I felt completely uninspired, this came out of me unbidden and without much planning. It arrived spontaneously and required only . . .
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October 15, 2009 07:45 PM EDT --
Well, this is going to take awhile to get out the details—at least the salient ones that won't embarrass the innocent and slighty-guilty. This is not a tell-all, so don't ask me to name . . .
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October 09, 2009 11:11 PM EDT --
How do I tell your broken heart I'm sorry
when you refuse to read anything I have to say?
How can I take back my poison prose
when I never should have given it away?
Why . . .
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October 04, 2009 03:03 AM EDT --
Without going into an elaborate and painfully personal examination of my reasons and realities, I finally understood that it didn't matter whether I was talented or clever as a songwriter. My Muse . . .
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September 17, 2009 11:04 PM EDT --
your heart seems impervious
at least from where I stand
I try hard not to obsess
but I'm still at your command
I want to give you space
just as you give me mine
I'm the one who's . . .
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September 17, 2009 01:32 AM EDT --
my heart feels rather strained
because its strings are out of tune
my expression's much to pained
I'm conditioned by the moon
it causes hope to sink on key
something you won't discuss with me . . .
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September 06, 2009 02:00 PM EDT --
when I told you I needed your permission
before I could reach out to you again
it was less an ultimatum than confession
cause this hurting has been driving me insane
as far as I can tell . . .
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August 31, 2009 01:49 AM EDT --
my heart is unwound over you
like the watch your father wore
when he stopped remembering to wind it up
and left it to dust and entropy
its gears unmoved
its . . .
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August 26, 2009 11:51 PM EDT --
I'm so tired of vain hoping
for a word that never comes
I feel miserable from moping
while you sit upon your thumbs
if you want me now then say so
and don't wait another . . .
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August 20, 2009 04:34 PM EDT --
Though I look with childlike wonder
on the things that I desire
there is a chance to miss your thunder
the way it sparks me with your smile
even though I live without your touch . . .
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August 16, 2009 09:04 PM EDT --
I went to see my spirit guide he is a wise and kindly man I told him how my foolish pride was broken into grains of sand he heard me moan and wail against my sense of betrayal so he took my heart deep . . .
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August 10, 2009 02:46 AM EDT --
Once I thought I loved a man his gentle smile I did adore but he never gave a damn the love I held shall be no more
so I will let him go he was a phony grail why did I love him so I must tear down the . . .
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July 01, 2009 02:37 AM EDT --
The 50 Songs in 90 Days Challenge is once again happening. I just found out about it today, but I'm really stoked about participating. Since I want to follow the rules, I have to start from . . .
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June 30, 2009 02:47 AM EDT --
I am not a dear one so unworthy of trust I just can’t make this work all I feel is disgust at how I treated you I had a lot of nerve if you reject me outright I’ll get what I deserve
you . . .
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June 28, 2009 09:34 PM EDT --
with intentions as clear as my saltwater tears you never considered my heart all you loved were my words like a chorus of birds which ignored your cold assassin’s art little did I know you were . . .
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June 18, 2009 05:01 PM EDT --
I just want to breathe you in when I make love to you oh, to get under your skin and learn what makes you true would be the crowning of my life to find that sweetest bliss which takes away my present . . .
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June 17, 2009 06:11 PM EDT --
my heart may be black and blue but you know it’s got to be true I just don’t know what else to do when my love is only for you
life has enough stress and pain for me to have to explain the . . .
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June 15, 2009 10:47 PM EDT --
it seems like anyone can start up a band just put up some money, sing into the can they’ll make you a star if you feed the machine don’t tell me you don’t know what I mean
you can . . .
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June 15, 2009 02:40 PM EDT --
go break someone else’s heart take your lies away from me make somebody else fall apart with your languid false poetry
you never cared you only stared when I exposed to you my . . .
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May 26, 2009 11:09 PM EDT --
you know I’d never tell you a lie but it kills my heart when you say goodbye although my love is true I can’t depend on you to return to me so much as a sigh
I told you everything on my . . .
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Cynthia B.
Monterey County, CA
Feared and Loathed since the Sixties
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