ORIGINAL MAN

Lost that dream in my heart
Came so far got to re-start
Even though I see the horizon it is still far

Just want to be an original man
Stay to my own path and stay out of the sand
Don't need a mystical deity to give me a hand

Lost that dream in my mind
The dream I had all this time
It is just another turn in my path

Just want to be an original man
No need for a fancy device or a tattoo
Free to do what I want too not out to impress you

Lost that dream in my life
She looked me in the eye thought she would be my wife
She turned her back never understand what I lacked

Just want to be a man of originality
That is what makes me free

©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2019

PLOT POINT

Trying to find inspiration in life
There is a choice in knowing wrong from right
Taking pride in the words that I write

Plot Point
A turning at the corner in the story being told

The hero might lose the fight
But will get the redemption in the light
In the end the responsibility you hold

Plot point
Where music get its soul

All she asks for is a little respect when he walks in the door
She knows she will love him much more
Not a muse but a living queen listen to her sing

Plot point
It is all in the words one writes

Say dear God before sleep at night
The sign will be a purple color filling the sky
Sisters can find strength through life

Plot point
Talking above all the noise

Robert would cross-talk in a conversation
No one thought it was art
When that is the way we all talk

Plot point
Discovering something you didn't know

Exposing your mind to an uneducated lie
Thinking you're more privileged than others
To be borne you had to have a mother

©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2019

MELLOW MIND

Lost my dream when you looked me in the eyes
In you I thought I found a new dream, it was just a lie
Truth to a lifetime now the choices was mine

Mellow mind
You gave me the fruit to try
But then you put me to the side

Lost my way in your shallow game
Thought I found another soul to connect to mine
Alone got to work through these lonely days

Mellow mind
You gave me friendship in my mind
Too afraid to tell what I felt inside

Lost my sight saw no wrong in you
Go out of my way with feeling to prove
It was strange to me it was all new

Mellow mind
You gave me loneliness
Did you take back everything you said

Lost my feeling and everything I believed in
For a long time thought we could be friends
Have not heard a word from you ever again

©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2019

DIASPORA GUILT

Is this what my ancestors felt
When leaving their homes for a better world
No longer I am on the path they took

Diaspora guilt
Now history is a bitter pill
Dreams scheduled to be killed

No compensation for the hate
Ignorance is the only food they ate
With another serving on their plate

Diaspora guilt
Now the truth is a bitter pill
No standing up for it get out your cameras and film

The privilege can't feel any pain
They have no sense of shame
It is always the victim they blame

Diaspora guilt
Now education is a bitter pill
The blooming youth just die and wilt

Reading, writing, and arithmetic no longer the way
Now it is only words of hate anyone can say
Thoughts and prayers will not make a new day


©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2019
   
  

MUSE ME

I can't lie what I am feeling inside
I would hide the words that I write
Some times so embarrassed I could die

Muse me
Inspire what I think
Inspire what I dream

You changed for the attention
For me to see you is a form of affection
Now I don't see you the same way, you lost my attention

Muse me
Inspire what I see
Inspire what I feel

Poetic words drip from his lips
As the needle on the album skips
Every word visual you know it is his

Muse me
Inspire the fire in me
Inspire something I can believe

One day your mixing drinks
So much with your dark eyes, you see
Now you call-out the commander and chief

Muse me
Inspire revolutionary dreams
Inspire them into reality

Lies feed on the plasma of the uneducated mind
The ego thrives as the communities hide
Facts with conviction will win the fight

Muse me
Inspire the need to just be
Inspiration should always be free


©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2019

DREAMING OF INSPIRATION

A hammock, a mattress, a pillow for my head
After a long day, I've earned this rest
Drifting away to a world without stress

Dreaming of inspirational food
For the body
Craving poetic nourishment

Counting the seconds go by
Past and present friends still lie
Deep in my mind

Dreaming of inspirational words
For the mind
Just to create one poetic rhyme

A coalition of thoughts in my mind
Thinking I lost everything in life
When I wake everything is fine

Dreaming of inspirational sound
For the soul
Only the purple omens know

What is the artistic process
But he hasn't told me yet
In the vault is where it rests

©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2019

THE ALCHEMY OF PEACE

There is a scientific equation to peace

Like global warming, it is what our leaders can't see

The alchemy of peace
Is one part you and another part me
Living in harmony

It is not a mixture of exploding things

It is the respect for life and all that it means

The alchemy of peace
Is the extraction of all impurities

Like war and inequality

There is no potion no magical elixir

It is learning from the past and being a forgiver

The alchemy of peace

Is the reaction of a dream to be free

In the incubator of the mind the only place it can be seen

©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2019