writing – Page 32 – Words & Music by Mike Power

First Impression

I try to make a lousy first impression to avoid heightened expectations and other forms of complications There will be time for explanations later later later later

We’re different kinds of artists You and me in both our aims and our results We see the same things but through different pairs of eyes and the color you call green is the one that I call black The fingers I use to hold my brush has been broken for long years The smileContinue reading “Different Kinds of Artists”

Let Me Sleep

Let me sleep and wipe away your figures from my heart Let me hold your moments tight while others fade away Let the wobbling walls all fall and bring the ceiling down Let the rain fill up each cup until it’s overflowing Let me sleep and dream away the time that I have left LetContinue reading “Let Me Sleep”

OK, Boomer

There is something that happens between every generation when the younger one begins to supplant the older one. And it’s not always pretty. Especially for the older one. The older generation for me, when mine was the younger one, lived through The Great Depression and World War II, witnessing horrors I couldn’t understand. Horrors thatContinue reading “OK, Boomer”

The Roaring Twenties

The first couple of decades of a new century are like a hangover: the opposite of a fresh start. All the mistakes of the recent past are still festering in the blood, making us sick and stupid, and bringing out the worst in us. The third decade brings with it the roar of the newContinue reading “The Roaring Twenties”