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by Mike Power

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  • A Wrinkle In Time

      A wrinkle in time that crosses a borderIncreases disorderCorrects the divinePerfects imperfections that cross over the lineAnd wither on the vineTurn water to wine and wine back into waterMy son for your daughterYour lessons for mineLets lessen our time with displays of disordersThat have outrun timeAnd cross the finish line without ever breaking the Read more

  • I Dreamed Of You Again Last Night

    I dreamed of you again last nightI kind of wish I didn’t nowI kind of wish I didn’t knowThat kind of wishI think about you too much stillAnd wonder if I always willI wonder if something can killThat kind of thoughtA hole keeps growing in my heartThat eats away the living partAnd makes me feel Read more

  • The Christmas Lyrics Poem

      Let’s hear those sleigh bells ringingDo you hear what I hear?Please have snow and mistletoeWhere the treetops glistenIt’s up to your knees out thereOn a cold winter’s night that was so deep Jack Frost nipping at your nose Laughing all the way Tidings of comfort and joyWe won’t go until we get someLet your Read more

  • Demo: Now Is The Winter

    Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by rock’n’roll – Matthew Kennon I’ve been reading Neil Young’s Waging Heavy Peace and, as is often the case with his art, feeling inspired. This is the first song I’ve written in a while. I wrote it last night. There’s something about a song that’s Read more

  • The Window

    I look out my windowTrying to believe what I’m seeing is realBut my heart says it’s not Things that die in the winterCome back in the spring The loves I try hardest to forgetCling to the deepest part of my heart Love laughs loudestat death Read more

  • The Place For Our Love

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