Words & Music by Mike Power

Tag: stream of consciousness

  • Like the back of my hand

    I We came from the place where they mold your dreams into memories that do not fade. We walked along the river that flows both ways until the machine ran out on us and the molten rocks flowed down the hills. We talked with the man who taught one of us how to swim and […]

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  • The Place Where It Started

    I went to the place where it started for me and spent time with half the people I’d known there. It wasn’t the way it used to be: it’s harder now to find some words and too easy for others. There are holes in places that used to be solid. There are flowers where there […]

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  • The Light

    We see ourselves through the eyes of those we love.  We are bound to like some of the things we see and dislike others.  We see our character flaws in their eyes as clearly as we see our physical ones in a mirror. Did you ever notice how much better people look in direct sunlight?  There […]

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  • The Slog

    Do you know the feeling you get when you’re hiking and your legs are burning and you want to rest, or turn back, but you don’t? You tell yourself: just a little more, just a little farther, and it won’t be long before I reach my destination.  The view from the mountaintop, a view that […]

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