Sing a little more....

Sometimes the best thing for your soul is just a day alone. In bed. With your music blasting.  You sing until you're exhausted or you cry or you've figured out whatever it is that has been holding you down. Then you write.  About anything and everything. And if you can't find the words for how you feel? 

 You sing a little more.
Rolling River God 
Little Stones are smooth 
Only once the water passes through 
So I am a stone 
rough and grainy still 
Trying to reconcile this river's chill

 But when I close my eyes 
and feel you rushing by 
I know that time brings change 
and change takes time 
And when the sunset comes 
my prayer would be just this one 
that you might pick me up 
and notice that I am 
just a little smoother in your hand

 Sometimes raging wild 
sometimes swollen high 
never have I known this river dry 
The deepest part of you 
is where I want to stay 
and feel the sharpest edges wash away

 But when I close my eyes 
and feel you rushing by 
I know that time brings change 
and change takes time 
And when the sunset comes 
my prayer would be just this one 
that you might pick me up 
and notice that I am 
just a little smoother in your hand

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  1. Marian FrizzellMarch 14, 2015 at 8:47 PM

    One of my favorite songs. I've been thinking a lot lately about a line from a Weepies song that says, "Sometimes rain that's needed falls." We get frustrated by the storms, the grey days, the damp, and forget that its the part that brings the most growth. Love you, friend.

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