What Crosses My Mind

  • I Remember John Lennon

    I’m listening to ‘Mind Games’ right now. I woke this morning imagining I would write about John Lennon, this being the 38th year since he was gunned down outside the Dakota in New York City. I’ve since visited the site many times over the years, and every time there is an ominous takeaway that speaks…

  • “I Read The News Today, Oh Boy” – John Lennon

    He always did have a reason to speak, when his lyrics would wind our mind, “Watching the wheels turn,” he seemed clearly in command of his time, While we the listeners would be in a constant trance, a mellow sweet remind How easily his lyrical mastery could make a dull afternoon be sublime.   Often…

  • No Place to Go

    Whether I try to disappear or plan my momentum the aftershock of this new horizon wills my only chance a new lesson learned a vibrant reality beyond any matter of factual evidence suggests happiness is nearby. I’m in a state where smiles, the reckoning of a cool spirit, beauty of delight and peace where the…

  • People Killing People

    (this is clearly just an example of venting without any regard to form or structure. Somehow I was tying Lennon’s death to the senseless shooting in Roanake, and intermingled recent controversy over Lennon’s past. Not quite sure where I was going yet.) ~ When I was a younger man, an impressionable lad, I followed an…

  • Haven’t Cried Since Lennon Died

    **Robin Williams  1951 – 2014** I really don’t recall being that effected by the loss of someone i didn’t know at all. I knew I wanted to meet him, someday have an opportunity to shake his hand feel his remarkable presence as he stood before one human being  and one amazing rock star.  When that…

  • Holiday Blues

    We do know the songs Lines keep us there Bring us there Remind us of their truth. As a relatable lyric suggests Our lives are interchangeable With every arctic breeze That sends shivers along our spine A sudden fear of reckoning That fraudulent composure Exposed on a cool winter’s day Feel it As your skin…