Thursday, July 26, 2007
From Hafiz the Persian Poet
Once a young woman asked Hafiz, "what is the sign of someone knowing God?"
Hafiz remained silent for a few moments and looked deep into the young person's eyes, then said, "Dear, they have dropped the knife. They have dropped the cruel knife so often used upon their tender self and others"
Hafiz remained silent for a few moments and looked deep into the young person's eyes, then said, "Dear, they have dropped the knife. They have dropped the cruel knife so often used upon their tender self and others"
Monday, July 16, 2007
A Glimpse Into A Moment of Hell
Shattered pieces of the dream, they scatter
‘cross the landscape of my heart and soul.
Concussions, tho they slowly oh so slowly wane,
return in random, profound blows of emptiness and searing pain.
Those days of doubt and fear come haunt the memories of
my fondest hours, and turn the warmest, kindest times
into these harsh, cruel beasts bound to devour love -
there, beyond the gates within the gardens lush, sublime...
LJM
‘cross the landscape of my heart and soul.
Concussions, tho they slowly oh so slowly wane,
return in random, profound blows of emptiness and searing pain.
Those days of doubt and fear come haunt the memories of
my fondest hours, and turn the warmest, kindest times
into these harsh, cruel beasts bound to devour love -
there, beyond the gates within the gardens lush, sublime...
LJM
Friday, July 13, 2007
THE DOCTOR IKE MEDICINE ROAD SHOW
Here's a pic of my man Ike.I met Ike on a job where he was talkin major jive about how he could play music, how he'd done this, done that, and oh yeah, done that other thing too. So I brought a guitar back after lunch to test the theory and lo and behold, tho a bit rusty, I could see immediately the work he'd put into his art at one time. We laughed a LOT and got along great - and the Doctor Ike Medicine Road Show was launched. Destination? Bourbon St/Frenchmen St, downtown New Orleans, Louisiana!
We've both done all kinds of music, so everything and anything is on the table.
Cant wait! Fun!Fun!Fun!
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
HANGIN OUT IN MY NEW DIGS
God it's hot down here - but not as hot as Philly. Ha! They featured it on the weather. Saw it was 97 or something up there. Thank God I'm down here where at least we have more moderate temps: 95.
Here I am at home hangin out in my Groovette T-shirt lol
I knows you hates me Rains, but I still luvs ya. (Raina designed the Groovette logo)
And life fucking goes on -
God bless
Friday, July 06, 2007
RELUCTANCE, RELEASE, RENEWAL
When stars are lost in skies so dark
A man can easy see,
His only choice as setting course
Far from the stormy seas.
And though the thunder crashing
May fade as miles divide,
The song within the beating heart
May run, but never hide.
Oh time, my friend, you healer
Hand in hand we walk thru days
Unyielding, ever onward,
Bending colors into grays.
Children's laughter fades to silence,
Tears - their meaning disappears.
My shiv'ring soul's supressed the cold
Shall love too, soon ebb from here?
Failing to glimpse a hint of joy
In the windows of my soul,
The monochrome months at last relent
As the metamorphosis unfolds.
Oh the bonds once forged with kindness
Dissolve sad 'neath the righteous love,
And trust, the vessel, sinks slowly below
As light streaks through clouds above.
LJM 7/6/07
A man can easy see,
His only choice as setting course
Far from the stormy seas.
And though the thunder crashing
May fade as miles divide,
The song within the beating heart
May run, but never hide.
Oh time, my friend, you healer
Hand in hand we walk thru days
Unyielding, ever onward,
Bending colors into grays.
Children's laughter fades to silence,
Tears - their meaning disappears.
My shiv'ring soul's supressed the cold
Shall love too, soon ebb from here?
Failing to glimpse a hint of joy
In the windows of my soul,
The monochrome months at last relent
As the metamorphosis unfolds.
Oh the bonds once forged with kindness
Dissolve sad 'neath the righteous love,
And trust, the vessel, sinks slowly below
As light streaks through clouds above.
LJM 7/6/07
