my name is Andrew
and this is my public writing space

• i, who MADE THE MOUNTAIN
  i, who MADE
  THE MOUNTAIN
  
  
  
  
  

  bleeding into lakes
  God, a prairie makes
  fertile flush
  rivers gush
  and soon a mountain rises
  bleeding into lakes

  
• the curtain
  THE CURTAIN

  illusion, please comfort me,
  satisfy everything,
  i can live peacefully
  if you curtain the window
  that i had flung carelessly
  on the day i was sure
  that i had seen everything
  plainly in front of me
  heaven and hell were divided
  unevenly
  but there i saw certainty
  standing across the street
  crossing was heresy
  ‘if only’, i told myself,
  ‘i hadn’t seen anything.
  the curtain i’d drawn
  were a wall to stay stuck between’
  sure, i’d lose purpose
  and with it gain apathy
  but apposed to uncertainty
  purposeless living is
  sort of like being free
  where heaven and hell
  are divided by you and me

  
• LA
  1/3

  flick another cigarette out of your window
  like an ornament
  the city, a prince,
  detests and pretends and sighs
  /this is what i am now isn’t it/

  

  2/3

  god, this is what i am now isn’t it
  a boulevardier,
  just another star in the sky,
  i, this great city,
  am a cactus planted in the median of an interstate

  

  3/3

  LA, a miracle
  an oasis
  a paradise lost
  and rediscovered
  LA, i need you
  unreasonably
  and now i feel lost
  and undiscovered

  
• CHRIST / brother
  CHRIST / Christmas Songs

  b r o t h e r

  
  in your new shoes
  you
  practice singing songs
  at the piano bench
  she was with you
  too
  in her new shoes
  and she sang along
  
  
  Father, my dear
  hear
  blessings in a song
  as they call your name
  beckoning you near
  here
  keep them in your arms
  
  
  and as i write a poem
  i hear you sing
  i hear you laugh
  so i write it down
  in my new shoes
  in my own time
  and if you hear me now
  
  
  sing her a song
  give Him your prayer
  rest in His arms
  

  

  blessings ………. no. 1
  rest in my arms ………. no, 2
  brother ………. no. 3
• CHRIST / rest in my arms
  CHRIST / Christmas Songs

  r e s t i n m y a r m s

  
  when the mood’s been set and your eyes
  slowly drift toward rest beside
  a candle flicks for a while
  and it says,
  you’re a masterpiece

  

  blessings ………. no. 1
  rest in my arms ………. no, 2
  brother ………. no. 3
• CHRIST / blessings
  CHRIST / Christmas Songs

  b l e s s i n g s

  
  Father, my dear,
  hear
  blessings in a song
  while we call your name
  beckoning you near
  here
  keep us in your arms

  

  
  blessings ………. no. 1
  rest in my arms ………. no. 2
  brother ………. no. 3
• tumultuary
  TUMULTUARY

  designed direction
  summer hills now overgrown with introspection
  defeating my heart
  
  i hear birds of May sing whispers of the season
  while she’s cold at night from winters wind of freezin’
  
  these days behind

  

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