smoke a joint, man, I mean
get off center,
cruise.
You ever cruise?
Yeah man just
gliiiiiiide
let the winds take you
man.
That woman she done said too much
done
let go of the groove.
Man there were days when
it flowed, the
groove,
like molassis on a hot stove.
we were young then
things mattered, we still thought
things mattered,
like we were young actors
waiting for discovery and
not knowing what that meant.
Yeah man those were the days
Chill out dude
time will get you quickly enough
so let the fresh air in
and grooooove
dude
David Jackson
Sweet Dreams Poem by Jan Oskar Hansen
Sweet Dreams?
Dreamed of you last night, the ease
of our embrace, not wanting to break
free, or be alone, the dream ended
as it began us entwined, in the grip
of eternity; woke up to a calm
bedroom and your vanishing smile.
My wife breathed evenly beside
me the pain of lost love and
the sadness of not loving her,
the way I still adore you, kept me
trapped in a melancholic
mood till released by a new day.
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No War Has Ever Been Won by Summer Breeze
No War Has Ever Been Won
the south still fights the civil war
the Native Americans theirs
behind an Asian smile is Hiroshima
leaders may surrender and obey
people never forget
nor accept
defeat
carrying bigger and bigger sticks
created billions of splinters
mighty motes
splintering the children
billions of lives sacrificed
no war has ever been won
Summer Breeze is the publisher and editor of Moongate Internationale at Motherbird.com
immigration poem by David Michael Jackson
We are all illegal immigrants
What should they do?
What would you do?
Work for a dollar per hour
in those factories
on the river,
the other side,
globalization itself bringing the riches of
a buck per hour.
“We feed those people a meal”,
I heard the bosses brag
on the other side
of the river.
Shame on them,
those illegal immigrants,
who fixed my roof.
Shame on them for not
accepting the Ford dollar
per hour.
Shame on them for not
living in the shanty
beside the factory.
What would you do
for your family?
Did I tell you?
We feed those people a meal.
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Let’s Love Each Other Again
Let’s Love Each Other Again.mp3 by Laura Longon
Lyrics David Jackson
Melody Laura Longon
String arrangement Chris Carmichael
Here are the lyrics if you’d like to sing along:
Don’t be a stranger.
Don’t drift away from me.
I’m sorry it matters
It matters so much to see
You do those little things that make me think
that you don’t want me anymore
Don’t be a stranger
Don’t drift away from me
Why don’t we go somewhere
go somewhere and just sit down
and say all those little things
those little things
that matter most,
scatter these tears on the winds of love
and love each other again.
Why don’t we go somewhere,
go somewhere and just sit down
Why not love each moment
why not sing the songs of love
Are all our moments stolen
Let’s love each other again
Oh let’s love each other again
You can’t hear these words
You can’t wonder why
I sit here and think of you, think of you
I sit here and cry
Let’s go somewhere and talk again
Let’s go somewhere and end this pain.
You can’t hear these words
Oh You can’t wonder why
Why not love each moment
why not sing the songs of love.
Are all our moments stolen
Let’s love each other again
Oh let’s love each other again
Oh it doesn’t matter, doesn’t matter why or when
let’s love each other again