Lady

Author: Wanda Wesolowski

Lady's swallow made the summer.

But followed by her blight & blunder,

the prickly plight, the thoughtless thunder.

Consumed my thoughts and all my wonder,

took my heart & soul in sunder.

Lady wrote goodbyes in masses.

She died in letters. Dots & dashes—

simply remnants of the crassness

that remained within the ashes:

"Rest assured, we will get past this."

Lady's light turns night to day.

Lady's flights all get delayed.

But maybe that's why lady stays.

To show the world, to mark her place.

Maybe that's why lady stays.

Because Lady's never truly gone.

She is the night, she is the dawn.

She's all that's right & all that's wrong.

Lady left to linger on, in every breath,

in every song.

mirrors, stains

Author: Wanda Wesolowski

you’re the words i need when i can’t speak.

you’re the apple that falls far from the tree.

you’re the light in the sky that helps me see.

you’re the blood that pumps through these veins in me.

but the problem with love is it can’t be

cause you don’t think it’s worthy of the time it needs.

i left the milk on the counter and i woke to find

that it curdled like the blood flowing through my mind.

we are mirrors, we are stains… you and i.

still your posture isn’t perfect when you stand up straight.

and i thought this was worth it but made a mistake

when i loaned all my pennies to the girl on the street,

she took them in her weak hands and smiled at me.

oh, she smiled at me.

but all is well within the house of hell and lies

all that’s left to do is rest that head at night.

i’m a drifter thats my role in all your lives

but you promised me a home i could live inside…

a permanent resident of your heart and mind.

still the numbers come in doubles and i can’t forget

how you told me all your troubles on the night we met

the car that cut me off and nearly caused a wreck

was your same make and model only painted red

as the blood flowing through me, as the blood i bled.

Syncopation

Author: Callipoe Pettis

Syncopation, S-S-Syncopation

We're Livin' in a Psycho Nation, Ps-Ps-Psycho Nation

They'll try and tell you what to think

While your mind is on the brink of more Beautiful Things

They tell you that it's wrong, but you feel right

Don't let their judging words keep you up at night

Just follow your Good Heart

And you'll start to see a Change

Most Change is for the better

    It ain'teasy I know

But Change is Pain and Pain is Growth

    Have Faith in where you'll go

Don't Change for anybody

    Make a Change for yourself

Be a Better you than yesterday

    Take your life off of the shelf

Go someplace you've never been before

Just open up your Heart and Give far More

Than you've ever gave

Stop trying to save yourself

You feel uncomfortable, you don't feel right

You're out of Rhyme and Time, don't fit in anyone's lines

You change your Mind

Every time they speak

Most Change is for the better

    It ain'teasy I know

But Change is Pain and Pain is Growth

    Have Faith in where you'll go

Don't Change for anybody

    Make a Change for yourself

Be a Better you than yesterday

    Share in your Happiness and Wealth

Syncopation, S-S-Syncopation

We're Livin' in a Psycho Nation, Ps-Ps-Psycho Nation

They'll try and tell you what to think

While your mind is on the brink of more Beautiful Things