the machinery of progress

Sandstone Angel

There was a girl, awash in her own world A sandstone angel by the sea The clocks, they never stop to wonder how they lost The moments we can’t keep out of our dreams

The Final Flight of Lightning Five

Preflight’s done The war’s begun Let the bombs and bullets fly The final flight To make things right Said the hero of the skies It’s time to forget The notion of home You take only photos and leav...

Forever and a Day

I bet that you would laugh If you could see me now Crumpled up and torn The better part somehow The memories that I have I can see right through Groping in the dark With nothing to hold on to Give ...

The Machinery of Progress

In my car, there is a backpack And in that backpack, there is a dream A moment’s notice, and I’ll be out there Racing seabirds beside the sea I am haunted by past reflections Faces staring right ba...

Mint Julep

White petals fall around you on your wedding day Dismay is all you say to me Blinding light, searing hope What happened to the girl I used to know? The night is young, but I grow old Spearmint leav...

Traveller's Hymn

Where are you going? Where are you now? Do you even feel the face that you’re showing? The light has lost your eyes Lest we forget you Lest we forgive The love is gone; the passion resents you But...