Jonathan Ojanpera's Blog, page 34
April 10, 2015
In Torrents
Dancing alone in the dark
She has sadness in her eyes
Memories caress empty arms
False promises in disguise
The one who might save her
Holds fear as sweetly as she
But he won’t go back again
Her sadness is too dear
She gazes into her reflection
Clarity spilling in his words
Inhaling dangerous anticipation
She pirouettes, impatiently
He knows her dancing
Every move by rote
Memories can’t save her
None will be taken back
With hopes of synchrony
She dares to open the skies
Rays wrapped in gossa...
April 9, 2015
Music Theme – Overcome
Lisa picked our theme for the week. I am currently trying to overcome a very high work volume, so I’ll make this short.
Overcome to evolve. :)
Filed under: Music Themes Tagged: Blind Melon, music theme, NIN, overcome
April 8, 2015
Memory Serves
I remember everything
The color of her hair, skin
The lies she didn’t tell me
Just to lean on love
For a moment longer
The words she wrote
Every hook embedded
Under my patient skin
The sting has subsided
They remain, uninvited
Filed under: Free verse, Poetic Tagged: lies unspoken, love, memory
To See
Originally posted on johnny ojanpera:
I am singing the same song today
The one Ive been singing for days
You tell me you like it
Maybe I should polish the stage
The lyrics dont change
How could it be
My tired, old performance
Still agrees
I would write a new song
If I were allowed
But will you find me there
Faith endowed
A new curtain, some new ropes
To move forward, I agree
If only it looked different
Surely you would see
There is far more to me
Than this cycle implies
I am full of songs
Yo...
April 7, 2015
Saviour
Silence steals my reverie
I spin tales on my wrists
Veins drained of misery
Blade of need slices sanity
Your touch, a vibrating stroke
Senseless devotion unspoken
Ecstatic periphery of moods
Each tone sharpened on desire
As slaughtered soul encroaches
Lonesome whisper weaves spells
Cover of night coalesces our pain
Ink, the cocktail for our dreams
Words deconstruct all defenses
Our muses dance upon graves
Inciting freedom for ardor to roam
A torrid journey brings us home
~~~
Fi...
April 6, 2015
The Climate
I was planning on writing about the weather and climate in Mobile, but this picture does a better job.
Filed under: Photography/Art Tagged: Alabama, climate, Deep South, Mobile, sub-tropical
April 4, 2015
The Writing Process
Locked up like tetanus, convinced I’m empty.
Time to rethink the band name, fire a manager, make it all right. Turn the ship a few degrees toward raucous waters in case we get bored.
The regular stuff. Gotta shake the muse child to something more lucid. Maybe it needs an anti-everything pill to rouse it.
A chopperless pilot feels more at home on the ground. He can’t fly without one. I bet he hates it. With the luxury of a key to start it, he shouldn’t complain.
There’s a snotty child runni...
April 3, 2015
The Wilderness
I have only been there once in a dream
Blotted memories slowly dry and evaporate
Pictures slip away to another then return to me
As mysterious as sun hazed kisses, we flee
Seeking adventure decorated with falling stars
Sharing decades of secrets in shadow of vale
Sea breeze inscribes laughter, untamed
Deep thoughts exchanged with our eyes
Broken pieces of sanity gently reclaimed
As long as every piece fits what I see
And maybe we could find softer waters
Drown this vulnerability from heavy a...
April 2, 2015
Music Theme ~ All Guitar
Guitars have fascinated me since I can remember. So much in fact, that I taught myself to play starting around fourteen. I have never had a formal lesson, but I had a bunch of great teachers along the way. We learned from each other. We challenged each other, and before we knew it, there were bands and shows and…
There are around 6 billion combinations of notes on a standard, six string guitar with 21 frets. The standard human can only really use around 113 million of these combinations; enou...
