Outside looking in
The age of Aquarius
Beckons Pisces call
Outside Looking In
Category: Poetry
End Of An Era
Endku
End of an era
The Owls’ tree’s gone forever
Tangle Heart still stands
Windku
Moon, Jupiter, and Venus last night.
Gods were breaking wind
Loki, Thor pulling fingers
Blew lights out last night
A Blue Psalm
A Blue Psalm was first published by Gabriela Marie Milton in 2021. I wrote the poem in response to bloggers who wrote about the horrific abuse they experienced growing up and how difficult it is for them to deal with it as adults. I recently reworked the original song with new vocal tracts. I used some butterfly photos (mine) and videos I borrowed from the Internet as metaphors for people who have been abused.
A Blue Psalm
Lyrics and Music by Timothy Price
Oh, Lord? Oh Lord?
Why have you hated me?
How in my innocence
Have I sinned?
To be damned from birth
Neglected and abused
While you looked on
Like I was nothing more
Than the Devil’s spawn
I am broken, so broken
A pile of bones laid at your feet
Show mercy, oh Lord
Mold me, reshape me, make me whole
I want to feel loved, normal, happy, whole
Sunshine & Lace
Doubleku
Sun shines through thin clouds
Trees don black lace under blue
Contrails all around
Transecting ringed clouds
X’s and Y’s mark their spots
An upside-down V
Inku
Inku
Rose on his shoulder
He’s fully inked on his back
Illustrated man
Happy Valentine’s Day FTD
Happy Valentine’s Day from the dead!
Happy Valentine’s
Day of love for some not all
Both quick and the dead
Please note that the hearts are part of a headstone in the graveyard. I did not Photoshop them into the photo.
Like A Skinny Crow
Like a Skinny Crow
Lyrics and Music by Timothy Price
Are they really so enlightened?
When they spread their darkness all around
Crushing creatives under foot
Oblivious to the pain they cause
They gather, and they celebrate
Making fun of deplorables who they hate
We are like a skinny crow
Scavenging in a parking lot
Wandering in a wilderness
of cement, rocks, and hot asphalt
Tearing at the morsels
Secured in those crumpled bags
Dodging tires than the drivers
No one seems to give a damn
I put on my spectacles
Only to see the spectacle
Of those who we trusted with our votes
Up to no good, selling us short
Got up the courage to ask them why
They said, “You fool, ungrateful guy
Everything we do is for your own good
We know what’s best, please go away
You must be grateful and do what we say”
We are like a skinny crow
Scavenging in a parking lot
Wandering in a wilderness
of cement, rocks, and hot asphalt
Tearing at the morsels
Secured in those crumpled bags
Dodging tires than the drivers
No one seems to give a damn
Sealed In A Kiss
Sealed in a Kiss is a sappy song about love and lust in Paris, France. It starts out in the key of G Major with some dissonance representing sad memories. I change to the key of D Major for the guitar solo, then I move to the key of C Major for the bridge. I change back to the key of G Major for the last chorus and outro.
Sealed In A Kiss
By Timothy Price
[Verse]
Hanging filmstrips up to dry
The last memories I have of you
Sealed in silver and empty spaces
Your ghost drips under amber light
[Chorus]
Reminiscing about times gone by
How we were lost in our lust
And how we found our love
Sealed in a kiss
[Verse]
I think back when we locked lips
Entangled over the river Seine
Our tongues played yours and mine
That was all the French we knew
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
Boy and girl caught in the cold rain
How the steam did rise
We came up for air from time to time
Mouth-to-mouth brought us back to life
[Chorus]
Reminiscing about times gone by
How we were lost in our lust
And how we found our love
Sealed in a kiss
[Outro]
La Pietà
Clouds behind crosses
Sixth Sorrow la Pietà
We pray for the dead
Off Center & Not Even 