July Fourth Space Ship MEK Feb 09

Late night at least 10 years ago, one fourth of July, we were all lying in the back of a pick up truck named Pecan. We were hoping to see a shooting star. We were friends, and some of us lovers. We stared into the humid starry sky like we had done when we were kindergardeners. We even knew each other then. Funny. 

A spark and then a loop of green gas flashed across the sky writing a giant cursive baby g. Then it disappeared. We all saw it. Some of my friends called their Moms on the house phone even though it was nearly midnight. I jumped up and felt a pang to be closer to the one I loved.

Orchids in my Window MEK February 2009

The number of orchid species on earth is 4 times greater than the number of mammal species.

Last Words of Crowfoot:

These were the last words of Crowfoot, Chief of the Blackfoot Indians. Beautiful Words:

"A little while and I will be gone from among you.

Whither. I cannot tell. From nowhere we came; 

Into nowhere we go. 

What is life?

It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time. 

It is as the little shadow that runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset."

Falling Leaves MEK June 08

Falling leaves

Don't fall on me

I'm lying under this tree

All alone

I waited on you 

For way too long

Frogs and Butterflies

Don't live very long

Tie me down

And pin my wrists

I'm already lying 

on the ground

on the ground

April was for fools

I was the biggest one

Caught out in the current 

While you were on the run

You're always on the run

Camel Hump Over Love Song MEK July 08

Laaaaaaaa

La la la la la la la la

L-O-V-E

Love is the four letter word 

you used to break 

my five letter heart in to pieces

I've got this bright idea

I'll remove my heart

And put it out on the lawn 

Next to a little sign

that reads FREE

I won't be needing it anymore

I'm going off to explore

I'm gonna trek all across this world

First Stop Issssss 

AFGHANiSTA-eeeeeee-A-eeeeeeANNNNNnnnn

I'm gonna live like a camel for a while

Carry my own water as I walk the miles

I'll be self sufficient

I won't be calling on you

The desert seems like the only land scape

For a broken heart

to rewind

and erase

all the misery-y-eeeey-eeeyeeeee

After that who knows what's next

Maybe I'll become an astronaut

And wave to you from outer space

But I won't be emailing you

La la la la la la la la la LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

mind eraser MEK November 08

When I'm sleeping deeply

all tangled up in fleece

head covered up in darkness

weather worn heart buried and beneath

piles of covers, mixed tapes and cd's

green and white and white, and white and green and green

not much is forgotten and i'm still free to speak

but i dare not whisper the secret letters of your name

water~like images bring  your face to me

forcing life into the night 

shining softly and burning bright

between the hours of sleep and wake

it's all on again

and we're winning the game 

running together on time

we never go to sleep

green and white and white and green

the colors of my sheets

Killer Whale MEK April 08

I couldn't believe it when I saw you again

I bit my lip as my knees began to shake

Your eyes met mine and my heart started the race

Flying, Spilling, Spinning all across the floor

Of all the words I've held so close I couldn't think of one to say....

I hold my heart, my chest, your love is a killer whale

I couldn't believe it when I saw you again

A love~sick relapse torture

So sweet, so sad, and true

I'd follow you like a puppy if you'd take me to your bed

I know I've expired and there's no chance in such a dream

My dreams are cloudy and they fill up most of my days

I paint us wearing white and sharing your last name

I lay my head against the freezing window of the plane

There must be six million lights shining down below

And I'd pay any price if just one would lead me home to you

I hold my chest, my heart

Your love is a killer whale

A love~sick relapse torture 

So sweet, so sad, and true