IT TAKES
A REALLY
GOOD
GROOVE
TO OVERCOME
THE ROADBLOCKS
YEAH,
WE ALL
KNOW,
BUT CAN
YOU
SHOW ME
THE LIGHT,
THE FINEST
VERSION
OF
THE SOUL
FLIGHT,
I AM
CHALLENGED
BEYOND
BELIEF
IN THIS
NEWLY
BORN
YEAR,
ALREADY
THE SCREAMING
FEARS
OF FAILURE
SLIP
UNDER THE
DOOR,
POOR ME:
ALL THOSE
PROMISES
THE DREAMS
OF CONSUMATION
HIGH ELATION
BETTER
STATIONS
COMING TO
PASS,
AND YET
WHEN I BEGIN
TO RELAX
THERE IS
THE BOOM
COMING INTO THE
ROOM,
CHASING ME
DOWN THE
STAIRS
AND OUT
THE WINDOW
TO A RAINY
BLAST OF
SORROW,

GO BABY
GIRL,
COME BACK
TOMORROW
AND THAT
SAME OLD
PANG
TRIES TO
SCALE THE
LOFTY PEAKS
THAT ONCE
LAID ME
ASIDE,
NO PLACE
TO HIDE
BUT NOW
I AM AWARE,
I’VE LEARNED
I LOVE
I CARE,
AND YOU
ARE THE
SWEET
RECIPIENT
OF TENDER
DREAMS,
FOR THAT
IS REALLY
ALL WE HAVE
EACH DAY,
TWENTY
FOUR
HOURS
OF BRILLIANCE
COMING
TO AN END
IN MY NEW
SOFT BED,
A HAPPY GIFT OF
CHRISTMAS
INSTEAD,
LIGHTING
THE PATH
FOR A
FINE TOMORROW,
I COUNT
THE TIME
AND PLACES
I CHERISH
EACH DAY,
IN THE FRESH
AIR OF MORNING,
ALWAYS
A NEW BIRD
ON THE WING,
SO I ASK YOU
TO SING
THE SONG
WITH ME,
THE ONE
THAT SEALS
OUR
DESTINY,
TAKE A
BREATH
AND JUST
BE FREE…

©JW WINSLOW 2/1/19