Raspberries and Wine
written by Sylvia Heins
I know you really care
Walk through a fire and you are there
in the middle of branches that burn
we are
I know it’s been too long
Since I felt the limbs that made me strong
Distance will never dissolve
the nearness of you
I promise you my love
there is hope for the likes of us
Why don’t you glide into the night sky
slip into the twinkling stars that await
This is why we fly
I know you we really care
I walk through a fire and you are there
In the middle of something that burns
We are
Your love is always
right on time
Your love is sweeter
than raspberries and wine
Why don’t you glide into the night sky
and glide to the twinkling stars that await
This is why we fly
Sensi
written by Sylvia Heins
An old solider arrived at my door
requiring shelter from the cold
His eyes never told
how it came to be, the life he’d made
Nor wondered where is it
that peace gathers strength
Talk to me, Sensei
In the rocks and the white dust
the sun is bleak and dim
Our abandoned soldier tired for death
feels so much life in his skin
Welcomed by oceans
of beautiful silence
Those eyes, though tired
will keep to the end of his days
Those looked inside and was waiting
a mystical wave
Talk to me, Sensei
Oh beautiful Gaia
they’ve tried to take you down
with death to life in the water
ends without a sound
When war in those skies sets fires
in our garden that must grow
The air is grey with the ashes’ soft dryness
We are places weary of war
Sensei
Ode to a Chrysalis
written by Sylvia Heins
Child
small one
Caught in the wake
Of storms all around you
lonely and displaced
Oh small one
A butterfly with wings you gave away
The sky is your longing
gravity takes
The rippling canvas
will turn and catch the wind
Plot a course that’s straight and right
With a steady hand
Infinite skies are alive
From an October sky you flew down
on a deep, moonless night
With what a name could we believe
You came from brilliant light
Child
small one
If a heavy hand comes to break
the hope that you’ve stored up
Stay steady and awake
Infinite skies are alive in the eyes of a child
That is why
you are a good child
Love’s a Mystery
written by Barry Ellis
Love’s a mystery
can forever leave you blind
Has overcome Hercules
turns water to wine
Can it become a superman that I now wish I could be
Deflect ray guns
cruise way past Jupiter
Against any odds find and set you free
Love’s A mystery
Love’s a mystery
needs no food to survive
Mended Athos’ broken wings
but left no reason why
Can it become a superman
that I now wish I could be
Deflect ray guns
cruise way past Jupiter
Against any odds find and set you free
Love’s a mystery
Wakes you up early in the morning
Makes you feel warm inside
It’s the mystery of love
Can it become a superman
that I now wish I could be
Deflect ray guns
cruise way past Jupiter
Against any odds find and set you free
Love’s a mystery
A Cold Hearted . . .
written by Sylvia Heins
She gets up in the morning
Puts on good shoes
Gets ready for another day
Feels the blues slip through the window
Moves over to close the shade
The cup runneth over
full of hot coffee
the steam is a picture of that face
she tries to forget
in the night time with whiskey
Can’t drink the memory away
It is a cold hearted fella that leaves a woman
like he was over her before
Usin’ and takin’
Frontin’ and fakin’
to be the man
he never was
Haunted by shadows
she turns out the front door
hope work will take her away
To be numb and not feel
the tear of the heart pull
You better be gone to stay
It is a cold hearted fella that leaves a woman
like he was over her before
Usin’ and takin’
frontin’ and fakin’
to be the man
He never was
It will hurt but not forever
remember what your daughter said:
to be strong in your heart when he threatens to take
all the pride that you have left
He is a cold hearted fella that leaves a woman
like he was over it because
Usin’ and takin’
Frontin’ and fakin’
to be the man
Know it will hurt, but not forever
And I You
written by Barry Ellis
Do you feel this too?
Burns like a sizzling summer moon
Sweat’s tasting like Mississippi wine
Bringing the image of love this time
And I you
Is what you say when you move me
And I You really shows you care
I breathe to hear And I You
In your dreams love grew
Tamed the wind as dawn came rushing through
And whispered within is what you’ll find
Could be the beginning of love
And I you
Is what you say when you move me
And I you
Really shows you care
And I do
This I know
My every living cell could grow
With only you, nothing but you
by my side
I breathe to hear
And I you
I breathe to hear
And I you
Steady Marching Onward
written by Sylvia Heins
Huddled within a frozen foxhole
The night sharp as flint
bathed in silver moonglow
A call is made
Far, far away
Your fate is played
The cry as a bullet
flies past
Alive this night
But how long will it last?
You feel the warmth of your mother’s arms
A hope you hold fast
Far away
Far, far away
Your fate is played
Steady marching onward
Soldier
Steady marching onward
A shining perfect dream
What if that the steady marching onward
Invisibly stands peace
Invisibly
A More Kind Messiah
written by Barry Ellis
Can you say, silly me for trying
Seems like you stumbled many moons ago
In this moment once a whisper now is crying
This air I breathe I just can’t grow
Bring in a More Kind Messiah
Please no later than today
Bring In a More Kind Messiah
Do you have the time and if you please some water
While reaching for the stars the canyon ran dry
Step gentle not at least you’ll find you ought to
The storms brew the color of sky
Bring in a More Kind Messiah
Please no later than today
Bring In a More Kind Messiah
Bring in a More Kind Messiah
Please no later than today
Bring in a More Kind Messiah
Breathless Come ‘Round
written by Barry Ellis
Love
is a thing of beauty
Shines
like May sun at morn
They say the days the wind blows
Breathless come ’round
to see you once more
Time
has slipped through life’s window
All with you
I’ve shared
They say the days the wind blows
Breathless come ’round
To see you once more
They say the days the wind blows
breathless come ’round
to see you once more
Do You Ask Why?
written by Barry Ellis
These words, my love, I hope will find their way to you
I’m sure by then, this feeling a distant memory too
Standing here between naked and shy
Tongue tied firmly to the floor
Happens every time you walk through the door
Do You Ask Why
I gave to you my everything?
Do You Ask Why
My heart grows cold to anything?
Could never hold you with the vacancy in my arms
Brought the calm that love brings grant your wish from harm
This crystal ball my window gathers pieces of my dreams right to her door
Knowing you don’t love me anymore
Do You Ask Why
I gave to you my everything?
Do You Ask Why
My heart grows cold with anything?
Do You Ask Why
I gave to you my everything?
Do You Ask Why
My heart grows cold with anything?
So Undeniably Yours
written by Barry Ellis
Delicate this boy who grew to such a man
From the dawn of innocence
I have come to love him
The best I can
You crept in
God let him be by my side
With him
Time thought I should now realize
I’m So Undeniably Yours
I’m pure woman
only time will see us part
Resembling the smile you give
You hold the everything to my heart
You crept in
God let him be by my side
With him
Time thought I should now realize
I’m So Undeniably Yours
Far from regrettable
So Undeniably Yours
Far from regrettable
So Undeniably Yours
As I sat on the edge
Of a hunger burning restless inside
You gave me wings so I could fly
Far from regrettable
So Undeniably Yours
Far from regrettable
So Undeniably Yours
No Word for Goodbye
written by Barry Ellis
The dirty sun
To the horizon it sadly runs
Uphill soon the rivers flow
Under the moon of the Navajo
Where truth is wise
Where I learned to dance with light
In the land that stole eternity
There’s No Word For Goodbye
Here great spirits lie
Those dared to refuse to compromise
Still Ashkiko’s run
Under the Coconino sun
Where truth is wise
Where I learned to dance with light
In the land that stole eternity
There’s No Word For Goodbye