Wintery Mix

It warmed up yesterday and the cat started biting

Only to cool down today with snow, sleet, and rain (pause)

The gray skies are everything but sincere or inviting

And the scratches on my arm tell me to temp that fate (pause)

Move out West, they say

Move on out (pause)

Pack up your nap sack

With a bandana over your scalp (pause)

Walk holes into your shoes

Calluses into your heels

Stare down those thunder clouds

Pretend you don't feel (pause)

With that last lurching stretch

Step over the divide

Across the time zone

Down the other side

Leave nothing left

Nothing in question 

For no one expected

The Spanish Inquisition (pause)

Spring is on its way. (pause).

Blazing Winter Day

Who could have thought we'd hit 60 today?
Nebraska isn't that far south.
February 4rth feels like the 5th of May.
It seems winter has run out.
We walked through Omaha's Old Market streets.
The night sped on by.
Drinking shade-grown coffee in the galleries.
Deciding which ice cream to try.
I spent the morning thinking of ideas for new songs.
Watching you slowly breathe.
At your side is where I will always belong.
So I write of you and me.