Aria of the Whales

The silence of the place was terrifying. The stillness pregnant with hesitations and the ghosts of regret. The buildings were crumbling into the cacophony of merging earth and ocean. The devastation, the detritus of former existence, lay across the land like a tattered dress. Everywhere you looked there was evidence of the destructive loves of mankind.

In the midst of the deterioration arose an aria. It crashed into the silence, careening through the airless space, shattering the stillness. It reverberated through the emptiness, emitted from the throats of the whales.

They flowed through the remains of civilization, the melody rising above the wreckage of humanity's silence. Their skin glowed, the veins of circuitry pulsing just beneath their ivory chassis. The matriarch drifted ahead, the waves dispelled by her bulk destroying another part of the forgotten cities below. Her calves swimming in time with the pulsing waves.

Their song rose higher and higher into the dome of sky; cracking the ceiling of stars with it's intensity. The pod seemed to dance through this Atlantis, this forsaken piece of the modern world. Their chassis glittered in the radioactive moonlight, arcing rainbows across the wasteland.

The tangled jungle of skyscrapers swayed with the tide their passing. They rose and fell in tandem with the invisible waves. The abandoned streets below echoed with each fallen construct. The lullaby of the whales answered from the flotsam below, stretching into the darkness.

With each passing season, the whales made their pilgrimage through the cities. Marring the architecture and obliterating a piece of history with every excursion. The songs and the circuitry slowly decaying with each voyage. The metropolitan casually becoming a cemetery, a monument to ivory chassis and glittering circuits.

They fell slowly, as if gravity could not bear the death. One by one, they collapsed into the abyss of the modern world, broken machines in a broken city. Their songs were ceaseless notes repeating through the haze of the apocalypse. They lingered for years, long after the last of the whales broke down, haunting the abandoned landscape.

In the darkness of the cracked sky, the ghosts of their chorus played on loop in the emptiness of the radioactive city.

Bits and Pieces

And you stand on the edge of the sea, wondering who and what you will be. You fear you may drown, you fear you may fall, but if you don't take that step you gain nothing at all. So take that leap, make it last, because baby life goes by so very fast.

The Blues

   I don't know what my heart's gonna do
we're through, tired of bein' used by you.
Left me out in the cold, stranded away from
your heat. And in that time, while I was
so alone, you found comfort in another woman's
arms. Well I won't stand for it no more,
go on and head out the door.
   These are the blues, the blues. When you've
lost your man and been cheated on and on
and on. I've lost my man blues. Lost my man
blues.
   I don't know what my heart's gonna do,
I'm so blue over him. And even though
I know he'll break my heart, I still love
him. He's left me feelin' so blue.
   These are the blues, the blues. When you've
lost your man and been cheated on and on
and on. I've lost my man blues. Lost my man
blues.

Fast Train to Heaven

Carry me home on that fast train to heaven. I wanna feel it rock and roll all the way up to those pearly gates. Let that train carry my sorrow and worry to the arms of the Lord. Rest this fleeting body in that bed of Earth and let me ride that fast train to Heaven.

Ride away on that fast train to Heaven. Kiss all your cares and pain away. Bid this world an overdue goodbye and board that fast train to Heaven.

Wanna see my Jesus face to face, say goodbye to all my cares. No more tears, no more shame, washed by the blood of my friend, Jesus. Sweet comfort found in the arms of my Saviour, gotta board that train.

Ride away on that fast train to Heaven. Kiss all your cares and pain away. Bid this world an overdue goodbye and board that fast train to Heaven.

When all is done, songs been sung, and I'm laid to rest, gonna sing a new song. As I ride that fast train to Heaven.

Ride away on that fast train to Heaven. Kiss all your cares and pain away. Bid this world an overdue goodbye and board that fast train to Heaven. Fast train to Heaven.

All Aboard!

The Lynching

   The blood was pouring like rain over the tree. The branches, weighed down by the thick blood, lowered to the ground. They drooped until they brushed the cold snow, no, stained with blood.
   The blood clung to the leafless branches like a disease. Where was the blood coming from? Where did it end? The icy river moved swiftly past, not daring to look at the gruesome sight. The moon covered herself in dark clouds, shielding her eyes.
   The stars stopped dancing and produced a dull shine. The moon peeked out from behind her cloudy covers and silently wept as she watched the blood covered willow. The moon's tears poured out over the land, changing into a soft down.
   The blood ceased flowing and one last drop, formed like a tear, paused and then slipped off the branch. Falling to the cold, wet, ground, leaving only a mark behind to tell the tale of the blood willow.

Love Song to...

    It's unmoving, it's unchanging.
It's wonder and amazing.
   It's shaking, it's the moon and the
sun and the stars. Is it love? Is it
my turn to dance? Is it time for
my dreams to come true? Or is
it a passing feeling, that I'm
believing is true?
   If it's love, will I realize it? Will
I see it? Will I wait long enough to
catch the breath I am losing?
   What is love?
   It's patient, unmoving, unchanging,
amazing and wonderful. It's the
birds, the sky, it's the moon, the
sun, it's the stars. It's everything
I'm dreaming of.

The Cowboys

   Roping, cutting, leading, riding into history.
   You left behind legends, songs, stories and techniques.
You conquered the west, and the world, even though you
didn't know it.
   You guided the cattle through the plains. You sang your
songs which echoed through the night and into the day. Even
today, you echo through the pages of history. You are rustic
heroes in a technological world.
   Little boys, and girls, try to be like you. They don't understand
what you did. Your legacy lives through the textbooks
and through a few who are doing what you did. You live.
   Even though you aren't around as much, we admire you just
the same.
   One day, I hope to live a legacy just as great as yours. You
are my heroes and your legacy is what I'm living in my
life.
   You are the cowboys.

A Short Hymn

   Lord, send your glory down, wash me clean
away. Send your glory down, wash me clean
away.

That's Why (That's Why I love You)

   Your smile, your lips, your eyes. One kiss from
you is all I need to stay alive. So come on over
baby, let's toast to us. Please don't ever leave me,
let's toast to us.
   That's why I love you! That's why I need you. That's
why, when you say goodbye, I cry. That's why
I love you.