Author: J.A.Shepard

Busy Mind

Silence can prove the will of the working
No time to talk
Less spent distrusting
Action shows the words of ones mind
What is accomplished now
Gets left behind
It speaks for you and all to see
Who exactly
You chose to be.

Return

Strength returns to me
So valuable but free
Determining how far I can go
And what I can see

To be strong and unwise
Is a fools goal
Using that Strength
To battle an uphill road

Being wise and weak
Does noone no good
Meek and afraid to say
The things that you should

Sharp and strong
Together in a blink
You’ll only ever be
As strong as you think

Given

I’m ready for life again
Ready to live again
Ready to do more than just sit here waiting

For a ship that won’t come in
So I begin to build another boat
While paddling to stay afloat

I’ll Get back to my castle
Even if I have to drain the moat
Even if I have to eat every word I wrote

I’d write em all again
This isn’t a show
This is what’s within

Kind like your next of kin
Yet battle hardened
Ready to slay demons to save friends

Not much I havent seen
In this this life we’re living
But I wake with new eyes each day

And accept both the pain and the gift we are given

-J. A. Shepard Hardhitpoets.com

Yeah, that’s the thing

Slow Gospel intro

They say fake it til you make it but then you’ll probably break it when they try to take it from you

Better learn while your young son
And earn while you’re a strong man
Less one day, you realize you’re an old broke fool

You’ll make money in the good times probably lose some with the bad lines.
And live everything in between

Don’t lose sight of your dreams. When your low on your means, continue on and you might just pull through.

Yeah that’s the thing about you

Tshk, tsk, tshk, tsss… 1,2,3,4
(Think Fighters of the Foo)
Hard break bluesy with punk drive

V1
What is that thing they call a dream
It seems to steal everything from me
I’m trying to show what I know
There’s so much more I can sow
But the reaper seems to know about me

V1 Bridge
Yeah that’s the thing about me

V1 cont.
I don’t care if he knows
He’s gonna have to catch me
As I get faster his pace slows

V2
What is that thing that they call love
Supposed to be sent from above
Everytime I think I know
There’s so much more I am shown
Yeah, Cupid must have beef with me

V2 Bridge
Yeah that’s the thing about me

V2 cont
I don’t care if I have the love of one
I’ll fall in love with everything I see
Yeah, so far that’s been a ton of fun… yeah

((leading into short solo that triggers Chourus… same as intro but this time all out… no slow gospel here))

Chorus
They say fake it til you make it but then you’ll probably just break it when they try to take it from you

Better learn while your young son
And earn while your a strong man
Less you realize one day your an old broke fool

You’ll make money in the good times Probably lose some with the bad lines.
And live every moment in between

Don’t lose sight of your dreams. When your low on your means, continue on and yeah you will pull through!

Yeah that’s the thing about you.

Small break to reset for V3

V3
V3bridge
V4
V4bridge Yada Yada yada… you get it

Outro the same as intro

Exceed

Think it was easy, 2 am
So sleepy hadn’t eaten although it’s time to begin

Setting up moves for the next days big win
Moving past time, fast and unseen like the wind

Think it was easy, think again
Everyone that ever tried it would have had that win

It takes more than many will give


To truly succeed, to fully live


Think it’s easy. Think again!

The wolf and the serpent

A wolf stalkes the morning
His senses keen
A serpent suns itself
It’s defense offensive yet unseen


Should a wolf be bit
No harm should fall
Just a scratch of the tooth
The wolf detaches indifferent and warm


Respect of all but no need to take warn
How does the wolf approach the serpent
With caution and respect
But if the serpent should strike


In the wolf’s mouth, it finds its neck
Immune from the venom the wolf may be
Immune from the teeth of the wolf
A serpent never will be.

A sonnet of Air, Earth and Fire. Observed by water

Air


Air is light as a breeze, powerful as a storm, cooling all senses while circulating warmth

Beyond flexible air takes on any form

The effect of air is not seen but can always be felt

The breath of our life on its shoulders is the weight air is dealt


Earth


Earth is stable and grounded with roots that endure

Constant and connected holding together all we treasure

Her surface nurtures the weak as her heart protects strong

Earth is our kind mother all our life long


Fire


Fire is ferocious, a true redeemer of all that it touches, playfully dancing leaf to leaf with the forest in its clutches

Beautiful and desired by all men yet understood by a few

Owned by none, fire holds itself true

In the darkest of the night, fire says, “Let there be light,” warming the hearts of those dancing in the moonlight





Water



Water is at its best on the move, becomes stagnant when restrained, and if pure, you can see right through

“Erratic” in torrents it cuts valleys into stone

Gentle in streams that feed and protect all who call water home

Raging on the surface, calm at great depth, taking the shape of its containment until the levy breaks and away water is swept.



Natural

Silent I have been
For far too long
I have not spoken the right words
Or clearly sang the song

Now is the time
That I begin again
If only to let out
All that is within

Does a bird not sing
for fear of being judged
A lioness not hunt
For fear of losing touch with her cubs

All this before me
Finally to find my cause
All these trials
To finally embrace my flaws

All that is within us
Painful glorious and true
Its only natural
What we all go through