Ripples

lyrics on ice

 

Ripples

I was struggling

with a lover

I was crying

for a child

I was laughing

‘bout the distance

‘tween the raindrops and the cloud

I was moving

through the drama

when I stumbled

‘cross a friend

he said everything

you say and do

comes back to you in the end

Throw the stone

In the water

Let the ripples go

Captain Nemo

searched the ocean

but he never

found his peace

Captain Ahab

found a lover

but he lost her to his disease

Albert Ryder

was a painter

born in Bedford

New of Mass

slopping several

coats of primer

on the ocean won’t make it last

Throw the stone

In the water

Let the ripples go

 

Fiction writers

make it easy

to believe

in all the lies

Dante saves me

Shakespeare bores me

Fitzgerald opens up my eyes

I was born in

a library

I was strangled

by a thought

I’ve been accused

of making use

of my excuses and regrets

Throw the stone

In the water

Let the ripples go

Like a lover

I am hungry

like a loner

I am shy

like a line

called the horizon

I may never need to reach the sky

Touch my finger

tell my story

take the long way

if you can

there is never

a good reason

to deny the man that I am

             Throw the stone

                 In the water

                      Let the ripples go

 

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