WORSHIP U

They lied to U
Telling U what isn't true
But all time dressing and acting like U
Never feeling what U went through

Worship U
From your eyes to your thigh
Worship U
Just for that physical high

U know who U are
U're beyond the sun, moon, and stars
Not a slave but still counted as a possession
Ride you towards a momentary destination

Worship U
From U'r mind to the life U provide
Worship U
Never given a chance but wait to ask for a dance

Religion cover U up
Because man has no control over himself
The government shut U up
Tell you how to fix U'r stuff

Worship U
Creative fule U are the muse
Worship U
Man wants to be the same without the pain

How can U come from man
When a man comes from U
Evolution has much to prove
As chemistry happens inside U

Worship U
Knowing so much about growing
Worship U
To be a Goddess she got to be a God

©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2018

GRACE

Butterscotch completion she is a Cleopatra dream
Dark colored eyes I wish in them my reflection can be seen
In life, we all have unfulfilled needs

Her name is Grace
Such a beauty can't describe her face
Her smile could heal a broken mirror
The thought of her left me in tears

If she was the sun I would go blind
She is one of a kind
Want to be loved 2 the 9's

Her name is Grace
To describe a beautiful day is to say her name
Even the clouds in the sky spell out her name

The thought of her takes me to many places
That is only in my imagination
Caught in my mental passions

Her name is Grace
All I asked where she would like to go
Just thirty minutes down the road

A Grace I would never get to know

©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2018

TRADITIONAL HATE

Lie so much you don't know words still hurt
Lay in the mud it will become dirt
On your skin, those words are burned

Traditional hate
You want to be the bully
But act like the victim when things don't go your way

You came out of the shadows
Without your mask
Lost your job who got the last laugh

Traditional hate
You want to be the king
Without education, you don't know anything

Think you got the solution to tragedy
Thoughts a prayer do nothing
From you, it is just blasphemy

Traditional hate
Don't even know who maid the food on your plate
Guess, it is the same people you love to discriminate

You want it all even  a wall
To protect us from those out there
But what about those who are in here

Traditional hate
Failing in so many ways
As the NRA pays

How much money do you need
To see what the people really need
But your children get everything they need

©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2018

I WANT MY SILENCE BACK

I want my silence back
I want to see the deepest part of me
To stop the distruction
To give a warm hug to the emotions
Rediscover the fire inside of me

I want my silence back
I want to move forward to stay on track
To stop the bully of my mind that I hide
To find what has been locked away along time
Rediscover the dream and this time let it lead me

I want my silence back
I want to feel compleat let no one defined me
To stop my inward self hate
To find that moment only I can create
Rediscover that first glimps of light

©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2018

KNEEL

Day to day there comes more pain
Wondering will justice really make it go away
Hear the sister calling as the brother is falling

Kneel to heal a loving heart
Kneel to remember where it all starts
Kneel not to separate but to be apart
Respect to the way we all should feel

We look to the leaders for something to say
All they can say is "Thoughts and prayers."
Those are words blasphemy today.

Kneel because you pray
Kneel because freedom demands it
Kneel because you will not give in to hate
Respect to all when you kneel

Thousands of voices call for justice to one def ear.
Got to take a stand make the move you the way is clear
Hate will grow in a vacuum when you don't make any noise.

Kneel in the churches
Kneel in the streets
Kneel not because it is easy but because it is hard
Respect comes from the heart

A symbol of peace has a historic legacy of death and hate.
A child's name spoken in a context of racial shame
Now a leader's deceit calls kneeling an insulting to his own humanity.

Kneel because it is right
Kneel because it brings hate out into the light
Kneel because it is the way Martin would fight
Respect is what you feel when you kneel

We raise our children to worry
We make excuses when our vision is blurry
Justice is just the blind leading the blind.

Kneel to remember George
Kneel to remember Breonna
Kneel to remember Ahmaud
As the list goes on
Respect should be given to the one that kneels.


©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2017 - 2020

LIVING FOR THE SOUND

There is something in the sound
Not word to bring it down
So turn it up now

If it is something you want to do
If it is something in you need just see it through
There is nothing for you to prove
Know everything is from the heart

Living for the sound
A talented power that makes you say wow
Your living in the past if your living now

Girl, you stepped on my heart with your stiletto heels
I am a person and I still feel
And that is something you can't steel
I know the sound will help me to heal

Living for the sound
It will bring me up when I am down
Takes a lifetime to bring it back around

The purple omens of the sound
Keep me driving around town
The girls come for a ride it doesn't have to be loud
The love sign sticks to glass no need to ask


©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2017

BORN IN JUNE

Found a place It takes no space
There it is never cold you never get old
Time is just a destination living without limitations
Many lifetimes pass you by you think you'll do it differently next time

The flowers bloomed in May but you came in June
In the fall the flowers are gone too soon in April so did you
Pass you again in another life, will be like a blind man seeing the light

Love is never changing even when someone thinks its an activity
Kindness is a state of mind away to live right
Peace can be achieved if you believe in these things
Freedom should not be negotiated it should be like the air that we breathe

The flowers bloomed in May but you came in June
I wish you would come and whisper in my ear a new tune
The music that comes from you is my muse

©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2017