uke play

new strings

This is my first attempt at re-stringing my uke.

Colorless Cold

I want to be stirred as in the ways of old

Reignited from this snuffed out colorless candle

I know I have a purpose, but the passion is cold

embittered by the parts that I could not handle

I want to grab hold of this energy
But I don't want to harness it
I want to ride it wild till I fall off

This may seem awkward, but I don't care
It's not often enough that I open up like this

I want to meet you where you are
I don't want you edited
I want to find buried treasure from your heart

(I think this is a song about how I become more social and alive with ideas when I drink coffee. And now I am crashing from the caffeine)

Here and Now

As far as I can reach
I don't know that I need
This controlling grasp over everything.

As far as I can see
I don't know that I need
This vision of more than the world around me.

As far as I can hear
I don't know that I need
This torrent of noises that distracts me

As far as I can understand
I don't know that I need
This idea that I can understand everything

As far as I can tell
All I need
Is to hold loosely to what I love
All I need
Is to see the world around me
All I need
Is to hear each sound distinctly
All I need
Is to know that it's okay not to know

All I need is here and now.

The River and The Waterfall

The trickle and the creek

Became the river and the waterfall

The River and the waterfall I hear


The holes in the ground

Became pools in themselves

Pools in themselves reflect the sky


The leaves on the trees

Are falling to the floor

To the floor they are coated yellow and brown


Even after the downfall and the thunder

Even after the mist and the clouds


Nothing stops the out pour