streetlight

I wish to find
memories I don't wish to bury
and this divine streetlight
comes out and carries
a sleepless dream, the perfect scene
turns out to taunt me and dare me

so bright it blinds
so hot, don't touch it
you'll burn up and fade out
that's life, that's god, that's love
don't feel it, we'll live it, then break up

I wish to ride tributaries
that may bring me back home
through a maze of emotional mud
a labyrinth, art in the arteries
and it makes perfect sense to me now
to navigate streetlight direction

so bright it blinds
so hot, don't touch it
you'll burn up and fade out
that's life, that's god, that's love
don't feel it, we'll live it, then break up

skinless

I'm hiding away
I'm wrapped in this all-consuming thought of you
I vow not to stay
but I'm trapped in this notion I see God in you
I do

I'm lying awake
I'm opening every pore, absorbing you
I promise to stay
but I'm shedding this carcass, skinless, courting you
It's true

one dead and counting

don't ever be afraid to lose the one you love
just let your heart break if the time comes
there's a beautiful sun when two hearts are as one
and there's a beautiful rain when it's over again

you cross your fingers and pray that you'll never be alone
but I'm sorry to say there's no heartbreak-safe road
there's a beautiful sky when two hearts will not die
and there's a beautiful storm when a broken one's born

I've been where you're standing
I've been where you're falling, crawling
I've been where you're swimming
I've been where you're drowning
one dead and counting

don't ever be afraid to lose the one you love....

*A comprehensive book of Kasper's lyrics, poems, and journals is available on the "store" page of this site.