Crossing The Line by Barry Williams

THESE WORDS! A madman shouted out. That mad man had a blinding bout. He did not know that words had clout. You don’t need dat axe, boy. Hey, ain’t your dad name Roy, boy? Ain’t no name play here. You step back you hear? You come swing dat gear. Somebody get a strike, boy. Words […]

Buddy was a striver, a diver of the deep. Buddy dive so deep, bugger up his sleep. What have I done now? he’d say. So much easier to pray. Pray that someone helps him out. And shit’s so bad his help needs clout. Problem solver extraordinaire. Buddy shrugs like he don’t care. He knows problems […]

Oh, you better have a favorite color. You better like a certain dee-sign-or. You better take whatever you can Cause you ain’t a’gettin’ anymore. Wear some shiny robes. Drink from shiny globes. Put ’em on their knees. Read ’em your decrees. Give ’em justa bitta hope. Get too much, you show ’em nope! Sing and […]

Hey you there by the door man. Do you think we’ve hit the floor man? Is anyone keeping score man? Or is it captain’s rules? And are we the fools? Just lay some plank And we walk it? Is this still your boat If we rock it? Or is this sheep to shore. And there […]

You can move a human being But still not move them. They can feel all moved themselves But not too far. They won’t stay moved forever and For some even the weather Can move their we will Be there to how could we not Forsee their struggle clearly? Mix, don’t change the pigments. Colors are […]

You say you’re the boss, but you’re not. You say you gave up but were caught. You say you’re relaxed but are fraught with Lies man. Lies man. Who ya lyan to man? Why your lies are true man. Through man. Think your lying through man. Barry  

  You must come to your senses. They will not come to you! You must look and look again and look again. And look again. And look again real hard while praying… Praying real hard you find ’em! Barry  

Mile wide love. One inch deep. Justa lake of love That you can’t keep From vanishing poof! Into thin air. Wear some other shoes then You might care Beyond the surface. Surface. Surface love. Thank you, friend. Barry out.  

Oh t’day we gonna do somethin’. Ah git mah arse outa this here chair. And off we go to don’t know where, Cause few folks even care. But ifya hadda go to somewhere, We could step t’ward err each day. We could shuffle ever closer and Never take a trip. We’d always be on our […]