I’ve heard the best of generations repeat themselves
Mining familiar ground for something new
I’ve done it too
And so have you
It’s what we do
Find a riff
And give it a chew
We break ground
When we make sound
Bold and true
I choose the path of loves and sees
In my work, rooted like trees
Consciously moving with strength and ease
My body, my heart, my soul, oh please
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That chap?
I heard he’s fulla crap
Give him a slap
Silly hill billy
Like his Uncle Willy
Naw, jus playin
He’s my brotha from anotha
Naw’m sayin?
We go back, jack
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Lost in stare
I’m unaware as to where
Somewhere between here and there
What remains is his name in the middle
And my instincts and instruments
To solve the riddle
Where’s my fiddle?!
I’ll say, I’m on my way
Some day, perhaps today
We’ll say “hey!”
Break bread
And play
Let us pray
Add some color
To this gray
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Dear Josh Weiss,
This is dedicated to you
And all our namesakes
Throughout time and space.
Greetings and good graces
We are one with many faces
Emblazoned as it were
With a name, swift and pure
Like snow
But what lies below?
The will to grow
Like the lotus
Out of the muck
We truck
Called to the light
From the dark night
We shall not fright
Our future bright
Let us take flight
Be thou knight
No need for bark and bite
When we have heArt and write
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How would you feel if I all of a sudden burst out into a song?
Would you think I was kinda crazy or maybe even lazy
Or something with me was wrong?
I want to know
I want to know
Would it be unkind if I were of the mind to be myself and just let go?
Do you think we could get along and should we be that strong
Oh, the places we could go
I want to know
I want to know
Who, who
Who am I?
Staring at the ground, feeling unsound like I wish I could fly away
Now I am circling back around, was lost but now I’m found
Would you like to come out and play?
I want to know
I want to know
© Joshua Mapp Weiss 2009
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I read that you were in a tailspin.
That your life had shattered, so to speak.
And that in the solitude of nature you pulled yourself together.
That, in the refuge of a wood cabin, you rendered a masterpiece.
Whether it’s a simile or a metaphor, I’m not sure.
But I’d like to be as the wind and the rain, and the shelter from the two;
At one with our blessed Earth, her sacred fruit, and the nourishment and delight derived therefrom.
Song bursting out, voices free in the silence. The listening. The voices. Soaring crosswise and playfully about.
A reckoning.
The soul and the man, and one’s time on Earth.
The coming together and the breaking apart.
The breakdown.
A wretched wailing, followed by silence.
Solace and surrender.
A time of peace.
A sanctuary in the eye of the storm.
There, with the rudiments – my mind, my hands, my will, a few instruments, and the good graces, I commune with my heart and soul, and the spirit moves me to this.
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I’ll pen you a song and it won’t take long
(it could take all night if you’d sing along)
It’s a little ditty and it goes like this
just scoot on over and I’ll give you a kiss
My time flies as the day’s demise
is the night’s opening eyes
See me and you, you and I
go bye bye, baby, bye bye
The train rolls on and on we go
another stage and another show
Reaching high from down below
revealing truth as best we know
When the curtain’s closed and the self unveiled
let us take a deep inhale
And lay together and together wail
and together sail for distant shores
Though we know not what’s in store
and the waters may at times be rough
like rhyming off one’s very cuff…
My mind stalled, my bluff called
I do not wish to bore
So with these words I bid ado
and to you I do implore
Let us be, do, and have, dear one,
for and from the core
Love, harmony, and bliss
GALORE!!!
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I’m aching to awaken what’s at stake
Yet the pains I’ve been unwilling to take
To hold the reins and rein in the sin
I long to win yet my wheels do spin
In a mediocre hand at poker
Yet life’s more than a game and I a joker
It’s time these rhymes evoke a power divine
Of a beautiful and benevolent kind
And where there is darkness, a light to shine
That soothes the soul and elevates the mind
So with these words I draw the line
For what’s been lost, I now shall find
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Quisiera ser impecable.
Empezaria con ser estable
Y poder quitarme este antifaz.
Sere capaz de despertarme?
De abrirme los ojos,
Y mirar de frentre?
De ver claramente?
De amar, y no ocultar?
Que hacer con el miedo, el deseo, y el enojo?
Los mios, y del projimo?
Si creo, soy un creyente?
Las repuestas yo percibo
A medida que recibo
La gracia, y yo me muevo
Hacia un mundo nuevo,
Antiguo y eterno.
Ahora, atinar!
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I imagine walking down
Any street in any town
Folks are smiling and getting down
And dancing under a happy moon
As musicians play a soulful tune
And pretty ladies start to swoon
As singers like me begin to croon
Why not live for something more
than what’s bought and sold at a big box store?
Make this man a happy boy
And grace this world with Collective Joy
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A torrential rain, an insane brain, a wall of pain, a dark stain?
The thought of these things is rather frightening, the pressure and the tightening.
The loss of control.
Desolation. Destruction. Death.
Yet I stand (I’m sitting, actually) in the light, the dark night dispelled. I’ve peeled it all back. All the realms of hell. And what lies beyond?
A Golden Pond.
A Highway of Light.
A coming home, wherever you roam.
An authentic, mystical, vulnerable, strong self — yours and mine, found in the Self.
I don’t mean to preach but I do hope to reach you. I am learning and discerning; a bridge is burning. What is it between us? It’s time to do some turning of pages, leaves, and phrases, and form a trail that blazes true, joining you to me and me to you.
Please find forgiveness. I love you and I do care. And yes, I have been careless. I know I am blessed to have your love and support.
Look beyond the artifice into the heart of us. It may be clever but I will not sever my bond with you.
Together we swim in the Golden Pond, dear one.
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