METAPHORS Updated May 12th 2009 HYPNOTIC FASCINATION WINDOWS INTO THE MIND A MIRROR OF MANKIND A CLEAN SLATE SENDS MY THOUGHTS SOARING A WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN EXPRESSION OF CHOICE VOID IN THEIR HEART ABANDONING THE ROAD GO IN AND YOU WON'T COME OUT DOUBLE IDENTITY SOUL MATE BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER QUIETNESS WITHOUT LONELINESS THE RHYTHMS DRIFT SLOW AND SWEET ON THE TRAIL OF A LOST CIVILIZATION THE PLACE GOD FORGOT STRONG AND GOOD HEARTED WHAT TONGUE SHALL TELL THE MAJESTY OF IT THE ETERNAL STRENGTH OF IT WIDE SPREAD CHAOS DISTRACTED BY MY THOUGHTS THE BEASTS OF WAR HYPNOSIS OF SOCIAL CONDITIONING CHAINS OF OUR OLD BELIEFS FLOWING FIELD OF CONSTANT TRANSFORMATION STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL SWIRL OF CONVERSATION DOG EAT DOG WORLD THE SORROW REMAINS REFUSES TO DIE HEAVY WITH PAIN THE AIR WAS THICK WITH ANTICIPATION TENSION PUSHES PEOPLE TO THE EDGE PICK UP THE PIECES OUT OF CONTROL ON A SACRED MISSION MENDING OF WOUNDS HERE I STAND - I CAN DO NO OTHER UNWRAPPING THE SECRETS A JOLT OF EXCITEMENT SOUNDS OF CHILDREN AT PLAY HIS MIND SNAPPED BUILD SLOWLY UNTRAINED EYE BEYOND RECOGNITION THE STORMS OF WAR TUBAS SWAYING MOURNFULLY FINDING THE WORDS AND LETTING THEM SING FENCES ARE COMING DOWN INSIGHT INTO ONE'S SELF STRANDED IN MY HEART TRUTH SETS FACT FREE FROM ITS FETTERS IN THE KINGDOM OF WHAT KING OH CHILD - DO NOT GO OUT ALL CONSUMING FASCINATION NUMBING SAMENESS A PIECE IN AN UNSPEAKABLY BEAUTIFUL PUZZLE BEHIND THE MASK A SURPRISE IN STORE FOR ME BRIGHT WITH PROMISE PAINFUL REBIRTH THE PEOPLE ARE GROWING RESTLESS LIVE IN THE SHADOWS IN THE SMOKY SHADOWS SHAKEN TO THE FOUNDATIONS INVENT NEW IDEAS NEW WAYS OF LIVING DRIED UP INSIDE OLD HABITS DIE HARD DAY OF THE DEAD THAT COST 7 KINGS THEIR KINGDOM MY MEMORY IS STILL SWEET WITH HAVEN OF PEACE DRIFTING IN THE STREAM OF THE WORLD DRINK THE LOVE I BRING TO THEE I WANDER THROUGH NAMELESS LANDS ON A ROAD THAT NEVER ENDS A LONG WALK MY FEET BARELY TOUCH THE GROUND I WILL FORGE AHEAD ROUGH ROAD TO REALITY PENT UP ANTICIPATION A VESSEL OF GOOD WISHES UNDER SAIL TO THE ABSOLUTE CORE GREET THE DAWN LONGS TO SPREAD ITS WINGS ARRIVING WITH DUST AND THUNDER THE STRONG AND SWIFT PREVAILED A SWIM IN THE SAND DRY OFF IN THE SEA SOAKING IT UP - TAKING IT IN SURPRISES OF LIFE UNSPEAKABLE POWER CRUMPLING PAGES OF INADEQUATE WORDS DEVILS HIGHWAY FROZEN IN SILENCE I WILL TAKE SHELTER IN THE LAND OF THE COLD DARK DEPTHS BEAUTY AND ADVERSITY WALK SIDE BY SIDE THE URGE TO SOAR BEYOND AWAY FROM IT ALL A LIFE TIME OF MEMORIES KEEPING OUR PASSION A CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS FAINT IMPRESSIONS LANGUAGE THAT CROSSES ALL BORDERS THE JUICES OF LIFE A PARADISE LOST EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD KEEP THE WHEELS OF LIFE SPINNING WEARIED PATIENCE SHINING EXAMPLE THE SMELL OF BAKING BREAD SOMEHOW I KNOW HOW THE SILENT WITNESS A FLICKER OF THOUGHT CLOSING THE GAP CRUMBLE AWAY OUT OF OBSCURITY A WHIRLWIND OF DESTRUCTION SCRAPING PAST STARVATION MASTER OF THE WORLD TOOK THEM UNDER HIS WING THE DEAD HAVE COME TO LIFE FLOATS ALL HER SECRETS OUT TO THE SEA A BUMPY THRILLING RIDE A DANCE WITH GRAVITY A STATE OF PROFOUND CHANGE HARMONY IN MOTION SEWING THE SEEDS OF HABIT FROZEN PATTERNS OF OLD CONDITIONING WHEN THE MUSIC DIES EDDIES OF EMOTION SWIRL THROUGH THE STREET JOURNEY TO THE SEA STREET OF HOPELESSNESS CHANGE THE MUSIC AN EERIE SILENCE RESENTMENT HAD POISONED THE AIR I HEAR THE SOUND OF LAUGHING WATER WILL YOU TURN THE CORNER I PEOPLED THE SILENT RUBBLE COME IN FROM THE COLD A ROSE IN THE MUD WEAVING THE STRANDS OF MY SOUL INTRICATE TAPESTRY UNFOLDS A SILENT SCREAM THE STRENGTH OF ITS SHADOW A SHALLOW POOL OF LOVE PEEKING THROUGH THE VEIL OF MATTER MONSTERS OF THE HEART DIGS DEEP IN THE STUFF OF THE SOUL UNCULTIVATED REGIONS OF THE HEART PAINFUL STRETCHING OF THE HEART ONLY THE SHALLOW KNOW THEMSELVES TELL THE TRUTH AND RUN MASTERS OF ILLUSION WANDER INTO ANOTHER WORLD IT'S A NEW BALL GAME THE FIRE OF HUMAN GENIUS FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS WEARY OF STRUGGLE WHAT OUGHT I TO DO INCOMPARABLY LOVELY RIGHT UNDER YOUR NOSE WINDOW ON THE UNIVERSE HEART STOPPING AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE TAKE CENTER STAGE BRACED FOR A BUMPY RIDE MOMENT BY MOMENT ABANDONED DREAMS CLOUDS OF DESPAIR COULD NEVER CAPTURE THE SOUL RECOVERING THE MEMORY TWISTED IN KNOTS YOU CAN FEEL THE SILENCE BEYOND PRICE A GRAY LONELY PLACE CLEARLY SPOKEN WITH ONE VOICE UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES THE WILD ACHING SOLITUDE THE FUTURE IS IN OUR HANDS EMPTY OF ALL THINGS HUMAN EVERY OTHER SOUND CEASED WEAVING HARMONIES WHEN THE WORLD SLEEPS THERE IS NO ESCAPE ONCE IN A LIFETIME USE SOFTER LANGUAGE THEY KEPT ME ON MY KNEES RESENTMENT SEETHES BENEATH THE SURFACE DON'T EVER ! FACE THE DAWN A PERPETUAL PRISON SO NEAR - YET SO FAR AS I WANDER THROUGH THE CROWD MAKE THE LEAP I'VE COME A LONG WAY A WILD RIDE WAVES OF DARKNESS TOUCH THE SHORES STRUGGLED TO UNDERSTAND IT'S ANYONES’ GUESS RAINING OUT OF THE SKY AN ETERNAL NIGHT A SENSE OF SOLITUDE FOUND MY VOICE SIZZLING SHOW THE WOUNDS ARE DEEP IT LIFTS YOU RIGHT OUT OF YOUR SEAT A FOREIGNER IN MY OWN COUNTRY BLOWN AWAY BY THE SWEET PACIFIC BREEZES WINDOW ON THE WORLD THE SEA OF THE MOON LOST IN A TRANCE OF GOLDEN LIGHT WITH A TOUCH OF ROMANCE I SEE THE DREAM REFLECTING IN HER EYES A PIECE OF ALL OF US SPIN A STORY SUDDENLY SILENT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE SORROWS RUN DEEP A WARM EASY GOING PEOPLE IN A MOMENT OF TRUST AND TENDERNESS FROM THE ASHES OF WAR FLAVORED THE CULTURE A RAW VIOLENT PLACE BANKRUPT EMOTIONS THE HEART OF THE STORY MENTAL BAGGAGE THE SEARCH FOR MEANING THE FIELD OF MIRACLES BEATING THE ODDS STAYING THE COURSE STEP INTO MY PARLOR POINT OF NO RETURN CLOSER TO HOME A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET MY STORY IS YOUR STORY TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY I AM A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD IRON FLOWERS THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS AWFUL WASTE OF SPACE IN THE LINE OF FIRE CLEAR CUT ANSWERS A GLOOMY SILENCE FILLED THE AIR THE ANSWER DIED WITH THERE'S A PLACE IN MY MEMORY THERE'S STILL ROOM IN MY HEART FRAGILE TREASURES IN A WHOLE NEW LIGHT MY ATTENTION WANDERED EMPTY THE MIND MIXED EMOTIONS UNBENDING LOYALTY THREE COINS IN A FOUNTAIN CRIES AND WHISPERS SCATTERED AMONG THE WEEDS I CAME - I SAW - I CONQUERED IT ALL SEIZE THE DAY LIFE AMONG THE RUINS THEIR INFLUENCE EVAPORATED CALL UNTIL NO VOICE IS LEFT RISING STAR IN THE GREEN GREEN HEART OF SONS OF THE EARTH THE OUTLOOK IS BRIGHTER WEB OF EXISTENCE IRREPLACEABLE RICHES BEARING THE BURDEN TOUCH OF RELIEF AN OLD MAN SITTING IN SILENT MEDITATION I CAME TO THE END OF MY JOURNEY A NEW AND BETTER LIFE JUST OVER THE NEXT HILL NO ROAD IS FOREVER ON THE HAIRY EDGE BETWEEN GLORY AND MADNESS DEEPLY SATISFYING LOST IN THOUGHT DARK DEEP WATERS NEW AND EXCITING IN EMPTY SILENCE THE SCARS OF WAR OVERCOME WITH SADNESS IMMENSE PSYCHIC GRAVITY NO ROOM FOR MISTAKES WHEREVER YOU GO - THERE YOU ARE THE GLITTER --- THE GLAMOUR DANCE IN THE MIND OR DANCE THROUGH THE MIND ADRIFT IN THOUGHT HEART OF DARKNESS THAT DEEP KIND OF CONNECTION I FEEL THAT I BELONG HIS PATIENCE WAS WORN THIN I FELL INTO CONVERSATION LOOKING FOR A FREE LUNCH FROM THE SHORE I LET MY IMAGINATION CARRY ME BACK IN TIME THE PAIN AND THE BEAUTY OF MY JOURNEY SANG A LULLABY IN COLORS QUIVERING WITH FEVER AND EMOTION OPEN A WINDOW ON THE SOUL I LOOK AWAY FROM THE PAGE A WALK IN THE RAIN AWAKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TOUCHED BY FAIRIES A PIECE OF THE STORY EVEN THE STARS ARE LONELY THE ENTIRE NATION COULD BECOME UNGLUED WHERE TWO WORLDS COLLIDE A WAR OF WORDS I HELD THIS PLACE IN MY HEART THE TREES AND THE WIND SPOKE TO ME A FORGOTTEN CORNER OF MY MIND ABSORBING NEW IDEAS I WENT TO COLLECT MY THOUGHTS MOVING THROUGH THE MIST A FOOLS PARADISE ADORNED IN SPLENDOR THE FUN IS JUST BEGINNING A..........WITH A MIND OF ITS OWN HEART STOPPING MOMENT THEY EVAPORATED INTO THE NIGHT SHATTERED MY SOLITUDE STIRS THE IMAGINATION DRINK IN THE BEAUTY IT BROUGHT ME FACE TO FACE WITH DON'T SAY GOODBYE ALLOWED TO SIMPLY FADE AWAY BECAUSE IT IS THERE TOWER OF THE WINDS SEA OF EMPTY SPACE A TOUCH OF MADNESS JOURNEY INTO THE UNKNOWN SLOWED TO A CRAWL THE DESOLATE BEAUTY MASTER OF THE DEEP HE NEVER QUIT LAY TO REST OVER THE TOP A FADING SENSE OF HUMOR A LITTLE MESSAGE FROM FAR AWAY I WATCHED IN SILENCE ROMANCING THE SEA THE DARKER SIDE ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE LIVING DANGEROUSLY WATCH THE CITY AWAKEN A HOP - SKIP AND A JUMP BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE PAUSE AND LOOK CLOSELY IT STOPPED ME COLD UNTOUCHED BY THE MODERN WORLD AT THE FRINGES OF THE MODERN WORLD A QUIET AND DETACHED PLACE I CAN'T IMAGINE ANOTHER LIFE ABIDING PEACE GATHERING GLOOM SINGING THE BLUES BUT THEY WENT HOME TOPPLING OLD ASSUMPTIONS I HATE TO LOSE SOMETHING WORLD IN QUESTION PICK UP THE PIECES HOPE ...DYING SLOWLY A MAGICAL EXPERIENCE PUSHED INTO THE NIGHT SPEAK YOUR MIND A ROLL OF THE DICE CAUGHT MY IMAGINATION THE CALL OF DISTANT LANDS A GREAT LEAP WE LEFT EMPTY HANDED ROCKING THE BOAT TIDE OF DESTRUCTION I TOOK A STROLL DOWN MEMORY LANE HE GAVE ME THE COLD SHOULDER A WAY OF LIFE THE PAIN OF TRANSITION LIFETIME LOVE AFFAIR WITH A LITTLE LUCK LABOR OF LOVE THE ESSENCE OF PEACE AND QUIET PUT HIS LIFE ON THE LINE ONE MUST WALK SOFTLY THE STORM OF MEMORY WHERE DID YOU GO? QUIET DETERMINATION I REACHED UP TO TOUCH THE SKY FAR FROM THE MEMORIES OF HOME WE SHARE MEMORIES THE MOMENT OF GREAT CHANGE A SEA OF SHOPPERS THIS IS GOING NOWHERE SICK WITH LONELINESS PUSHING HIS LUCK TO THE EDGE GIVE ME YOUR HAND THE SWIRLING CROWD SILENT TENSION SHOT ME WITH A POISONOUS LOOK HUNGRY FOR SOLITUDE BREATHTAKING GLIMPSES FULL OF WONDER STRONG CURRENTS OF CHANGE STRUGGLE TO PURSUE I SPEAK A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE YELLOWED PAGES OF REMEMBRANCE THE MODERN MIND LIFE HAS NEW MEANING PEACE OF MIND ETERNALLY GRATEFUL WALKING INTO AN OLD PAINTING ILLUMINATE THE PUZZLE STATE OF THE ART BREAKING NEW GROUND HANGING ON FOR DEAR LIFE SIT UP AND TAKE NOTICE CROSSROADS OF THE SOUL STUMBLED UPON GET MY FEET WET TAPESTRY OF LIFE SILENT PRAYER IN UTTER SILENCE SO - "THERE'S HOPE" KING OF THE MOUNTAINS SCRATCHED OUT A LIVING LET SPRING IN- SHUT THE WINTER OUT MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN LONG HIDDEN TREASURES ONLY ONE THING ON MY MIND WEAVES A TALE THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS A WEALTH OF INFORMATION THE SOFT WEARY WHISPER OF FEET ON THE ROAD BURIED IN POVERTY THE LONG ROAD HOME A PROMISE IN A BOTTLE DEEP WELLS OF MEMORY AND DESIRE DWINDLED TO A MEMORY MAKE ME FORGET THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD A WEARY SOUL RIVERS OF DESPAIR CHAINS OF DUTY INTO THE NIGHT SOMEWHERE EAST OF NORTH NERVE SHAKEN GATHER MY THOUGHTS TAKE ONLY MEMORIES - LEAVE ONLY FOOTPRINTS THE BEAUTY AND MAGIC THE DEVIL IN ME THEIR HOPE HAD EVAPORATED OVERWHELMING FORCES QUIET ANTICIPATION A HUSH FELL A MOMENT OF AWE AND TRIUMPH ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE DROWSY WITH SUMMER HEAT PUT DOWN ROOTS TALES TO LAST A LIFETIME GENTLE PACE OF LIFE NOTHING TO LOSE THE TIDE IS OUT FURIOUS WITH SOUND AND EMOTION LIONS SHARE CYBER SEAS A NAIL BITING MOMENT THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE THE MUSCLE AND IMAGINATION CIRCLE OF FRIENDS BUNDLE OF CONTRADICTIONS THINKING OF HOME LOST LOVE UNWAVERING HONESTY A WHOLE WORLD OF EMOTIONS I LIFT MY FACE TO THE SKY BOILING BENEATH THE SURFACE A WISE CHOICE TURN IT OVER IN HIS MIND AN UNFOLDING TAIL WEIGHTY CONCERNS ON THE CUTTING EDGE THE TRANQUILLITY OF A PERFECT SUMMER DAY A SENSE OF LONELINESS THE PLACE I LOVED MOST IN THE FACE OF DANGER SICK WITH WORRY A LIGHT IN THE FOREST RIFTING IN A PEACEFUL QUIET MOMENT FIND REST AND PEACE A DIFFERENT SET OF RULES A CHAPTER OF MY LIFE SOFT SPOKEN FRIEND SHEDDING LIGHT ON A WHOLE NEW ... ROARED TO LIFE THE CRY OF LOST LOVE CRY OUT IN DESPAIR BOOK OF SECRETS HALF A WORLD AWAY A PLACE IN THE SUN A LIBRARY OF UNREAD BOOKS A DARK THOUGHT HUNGRY EYES SINGING THE SKY EARTH SHAKING DISCOVERY A SOFT WHISPER A SENSE OF PRIDE FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE SEA FROM ALL SIDES LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER WITH EYES WIDE OPEN SILENT WITNESS HE CHEWS ON THE QUESTION STRANGER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN I IMAGINED A QUIET MOMENT I’LL BE BACK LEFT OUT IN THE COLD LURKING IN THE SHADOWS PUT ON THE BRAKES ALL SEEMED RIGHT WITH THE WORLD TAKING THE HEAT WITHOUT SPOT OR BLEMISH SOAKS UP THE SOUND LIGHTS ARE LOW AND THE BEAT IS SLOW THE FACTS OF LIFE MUSIC TO MOVE TO YOU CAN’T KEEP A GOOD MAN DOWN SHIVERS WITH EXCITEMENT CHANGED THE WORLD EMPTY AND FORGOTTEN DARK - DEAD - AND SILENT A FEW MOMENTS ALONE NO ROOM FOR EMOTION MEMORIES STILL BURN BRIGHT ONE SPECIAL MEMORY A STEADY EASY COURSE A SECOND CHANCE ON THE VERGE OF DESPERATION CHANGE FOR THE BETTER AN HONEST AND PATIENT LISTENER MAN WITH A MISSION STANDING TALL ALONG FOR THE RIDE PAINFULLY SLOW COME TO GRIPS CUT OFF FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD DEEP INTO THE HUMAN SOUL STUBBORN PERSISTENCE A SECRET SOCIETY SHATTER THE SILENCE HOPE FOR THE BEST WARM ORANGE OF A WINTER FIRE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING LET YOUR IMAGINATION ROAM FREE WHERE THE ROOTS ARE DEEPEST TOUCH OF COLOR PAINT A DIFFERENT PICTURE IN MY BACKYARD FIERCE CONCENTRATION STRAINED IMAGINATION A WEARY SOUL THE SOUL OF A CITY ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE THE CROWDS RUSHING ALONG THE SIDE WALK QUIET DESPERATION SILENT ARMY AFFECTIONS OF THE SOUL PEACE BE WITH YOU FADING PHOTOGRAPHS FULL OF AFFECTION A CLEAR MIND RUNNIN’ THROUGH THE RAIN HEART BROKEN CRACK THE CODE UNSETTLING QUESTIONS SHEDDING SOME LIGHT ON... BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE WORLDS WITHIN LIFES TINIEST SECRETS WALK SOFTLY GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS A LANDMARK DISCOVERY A HUSH FELL OVER THE ROOM A TITANIC EFFORT DEEPEN OUR UNDERSTANDING YOU GOTTA KEEP GOING THE CURTAIN HAS COME DOWN THE FIRST JOKE ON EARTH I LOOK AT MY FEET "STAY IN TOUCH" STAY IN THAT MOMENT FOREVER THEY TOOK NO NOTICE AT ALL THEY STARED BACK IN SILENCE THE MAN - FROZEN INSIDE A LIGHTENING ROD OF IDEAS BREEZE IN YOUR FACE A DEEP SILENCE FALLS FROZEN WITH FEAR TO KEEP HER MEMORY ALIVE WATERFALL OF AFFECTION LOST ITS SOUL SEARCH THE HORIZON SPIN THROUGH THE PAGES LEAP FROM THE PAGES WARM OUR SOULS TOUCHED OUR EMOTIONS INTRIGUE OUR IMAGINATIONS TALK A WALK THROUGH THE PAGES THE OLD ONE THE GOLDEN KEY SITTING ON YOUR HANDS A WALK IN THE PARK CAPTURE MY HEART DRIFTED WEST THE SMALL IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE SEA THE LAW OF THE LAND CAUTIOUS SMILES WINDOW TO THE WORLD NOTHING TO HIDE THE AIR WAS FILLED WITH TENSION WITH THE VOLUME TURNED ON HIGH SOFT SPOKEN FOUGHT TO THE DEATH THE STAGE OF LIFE EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE JUST OVER MY SHOULDER OUT OF THE GLOOM A DISTANT MURMUR ROAD WEARY NOTHING COULD SHAKE THEIR MEMORIES DRINK THE RIVER DRY A STONES THROW JUST UNDER THE SURFACE IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS HAS GONE - AND WON’T COME BACK PATIENT EMBRACE SLICE OF LIFE SHARE MY SECRETS DELICATE DANCE DELICIOUS DETAILS RUN AWAY WITH THE IDEA SAD AND DREAMY LORD OF THE JUNGLE TENDER LOVING CARE AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL HAUNTING AWARENESS PASSIVE AND WAITING FIXED IN MY MEMORY WATCH AND LEARN SORT IT ALL OUT WILL TO SURVIVE SOMETHING IN THE AIR ON CENTER STAGE A RAZOR SHARP WIT ALL THE WORLDS A STAGE A WAVE OF AFFECTION WHO NEVER RETURNED HOME I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN A PRIMORDIAL PEACE A HEAVY SILENCE A DEEPLY EARNEST MAN A VAIN HOPE A VANISHING WORLD CRUSHED UNDER THE HEELS OF CIVILIZATION NOTHING ESCAPED HIS EYE SEEKING THE EDGE OF THE WORLD UNSETTLING WATCHFUL GAZE MOVES ME TO TEARS NOBODY ASKED ME UNFORGIVING TIMES ON THE COBBLED BANKS OF THE RIO GRANDE FROM WHERE I STOOD UNTOUCHED BY HUMAN HAND AN AGE OLD BATTLE DEEPENS OUT KNOWLEDGE DEMOLISHES OLD THEORIES FERVENT DEVOTION A DEEP INTEREST NO BOUNDARIES TURN THE TIDE THE WORKS OF MAN HIS WORLD IN SHAMBLES THE SMELL OF DEATH FILLED THE AIR STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND HEARTACHE HAS FOLLOWED ME WHAT ELSE WAITS BEYOND THE NEXT CORNER? THE DAWN OF HUMANS WHAT ELSE WAITS BEYOND THE NEXT DOOR? EMERGE FROM THE FOG AS WE RELAX BY THE SHORE IN SEARCH OF MEANING DREAMING OF A RETURN THE LOSS HANGING HEAVILY OVER US THIS IS WHERE THE TRAIL ENDS WEIGHING THE RISK INTENSE ENCOUNTER MIXED EMOTION NO ONE WOULD HAVE DREAMED OF THIS A PLACE WHOSE MOMENT HAS COME A CITY ON THE GO UNSHAKABLE CERTITUDE WE HAVE LEFT OUR OWN WORLD BEHIND CYCLE OF VIOLENCE A TIDE OF CHANGE OPPOSING WORLDS QUESTIONS THAT DRAW ME BACK - CAST THEIR FATE TO THE WIND OPENED A WORLD ON WAITED IN VAIN OFF THE BEATEN PATH HE HAD TO FIGHT BACK TEARS DEEP INTO THE COUNTRY SIDE AT THE END OF THE ROAD CITY OF REFUGE THE FOREST FELL SILENT IN THE .... THE WILD SOLITUDE THIS PLACE OUT OF TIME THE VERY ABSENCE OF ALL SIGNS OF MAN ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE RESOURCEFUL - SELF SUFFICIENT SOULS POUR OUT THEIR HEARTS LEAP TO FAME UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY VEILED IN OBSCURITY A MARRIAGE THAT HAS TURNED SOUR LAZY LAUGHTER DEMANDS OF DAILY LIFE A PERSONAL QUEST SPLENDID ISOLATION IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY I SAT STILL FOR A MOMENT - WITHOUT BREATHING A MEMORY OF HOME HER WORDS RUN THROUGH MY HEAD VISIT WHAT I HAD LEFT BEHIND DON'T ALWAYS SEE EYE TO EYE RETURNING TO HIS ROOTS OUT OF SIGHT - OUT OF MIND PLUNGING INTO THE WILD UNTAMEABLE MAN THE HUMAN FOOTPRINT A MOMENT IN THE SUN TIDAL WAVE OF INFORMATION THE CLOSING OF THE CIRCLE PENETRATE BENEATH THE SURFACE HOPES TO REINVENT HIMSELF THERE IS STILL MUCH TO BE LEARNED A VACUUM OF SILENCE WINDING A LONELY COURSE IN SOME FOGGY PART OF MY MIND WE WERE SITTING DUCKS - FOR ANYONE WITH BAD INTENTIONS READY TO FACE THE WORLD SATURATES THE MIND THE SOLACE OF UNTRAMMELED WILDERNESS FRIGHTFUL TO BEHOLD ROOTED DEEP IN TRADITION LISTEN IN ON THEIR WORLD UNQUENCHABLE CURIOSITY THE ROAR OF MODERN HISTORY GET AT THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM SANDWICHED BETWEEN IN MY MINDS EYE A MOVING TARGET IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE FAR FROM THE WORLD WE KNOW STUBBORN SURVIVORS THAT'S NOT THE END OF THE STORY PEACE IN THE MOMENT A NEW SENSE OF PRIDE NEXT DOOR AND A WORLD AWAY LONGING FOR HOME SKELETONS IN OUR CLOSETS AND MONSTERS IN OUR HEARTS MELODY OF SILENCE FRESH DISCOVERIES STILL BECKON HUMAN FACE OF WAR A SACRED JOY PRIMITIVE INNOCENCE UNCORRUPTED BY CIVILIZATION PROGRESSIVE REALIZATION OF A WORTHWHILE DREAM YOU DON'T EASILY TAKE THE FOREST OUT OF THE PEOPLE CONFRONT OUR PROBLEMS AND SHED THEM SO THEY DO NOT IMPRISON US IF WE CAN'T SOLVE THEM HERE WE CAN'T SOLVE THEM ANYWHERE SOOTHED BY THE INCANTATIONS OF GILDED PRIESTS ALL MY CONCENTRATION NARROWS DOWN TO A SINGLE THOUGHT. RUNS SWIFT WITH A SONG THROUGH ALL BARRIERS HIDDEN SOMEWHERE DEEP IN THE CORRIDORS OF MY MIND DISTRAUGHT WORDS FLOATING BY ON THE BREEZE I STOPPED FOR A MOMENT - ON MY LONELY WAY UNDER THE STARLIGHT SEARCHING THROUGH THE MURK FOR ONE OPTIMISTIC MAN I ABSORB THE HEALING BEAUTY OF THE SUNSET OVER BATTICAWA LAGOON THE WAILING OF A DOG MADE THE NIGHT ACHINGLY LONELY AFTER THE FIRE...AFTER THE STORM....AFTER THE SMOKE HAS CLEARED THE RHYTHM OF LIFE WAS BROKEN - SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING A RELEASE FROM HARSH LINES AND CRAMPED SPACES A LONE FISHERMAN CASTING HIS NET FROM THE ROCK STREWN SHORE A WORLD LIT BY COMPUTER SCREENS INSTEAD OF THE SUN OPENED A WINDOW ON A WORLD THAT HAD BEEN ALL BUT FORBIDDEN ON A WINDY NIGHT IN THE WORLDS MEANEST TOWN THE VASTNESS OF NOTHING -TO ME EXTREMITIES OF NOWHERE MERCILESS COMBINATION OF ELEGANCE AND TERROR THREADING MY WAY THROUGH THE STREETS OF LONDON BRANCHES OF A FAMILY TREE MANY DOORS WERE CLOSED TO ME FACE TO FACE WITH REALITY RUSH TO PROGRESS DROWNED BY PROGRESS ELEGANT SIMPLICITY RHYTHM OF RURAL LIFE AN AROUND THE CLOCK OBSESSION POETIC FRENZY MOMENTARY EDEN WINDS OF CHANGE START TO BLOW DOESN'T DAMPEN THE CURIOSITY TO DEEP FOR WORDS THE CITY SMELLS OF MONEY THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY WAS A VISUAL FEAST MY EDUCATION GAVE ME A GIANT LEAP FORWARD IN LIFE RHYTHM OF THEIR LIVES IT COLORS EVERY DETAIL OF LIFE IN A MOMENT OF CLARITY THUNDER OF WAR SHOULDERING THE BURDENS OF WAR UNLOCK THE SECRETS OF THE MIND SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT A PLACE WHERE THE SUN NEVER SHINES MY MIND RACES ... THINKING OF THE FUTURE LIFE AT THE STREET LEVEL

SIMILES Updated May 12th 2009 LIKE AN UNREHEARSED PLAY LIKE BLUE CHAMPAGNE LIKE A SLOW AND SILENT MIDNIGHT TRAIN LIKE A VISIT TO ANOTHER PLANET LIKE WATER INTO A SPONGE FEELS LIKE PARADISE MOVED LIKE A WHISPER LIKE CARDBOARD IN THE RAIN LIKE A GREAT STORM CLOUD OVER THE SEA MY SONG WILL WRAP AROUND YOU LIKE THE ARMS OF LOVE FLICKERING IN AND OUT OF EXISTENCE LIKE FIREFLIES SAFE AS THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR AS VITAL AS BLOOD TO THE BODY BUSY AS A BEAVER A BATTLE AS OLD AS TIME AS LAZY AS THE TROPICAL SUN AS STUBBORN AS THEIR LAND COMFORTABLE AS A PAIR OF OLD WORKING BOOTS TENSION HOVERED AS THICK AS FOG POOR AS DIRT AS BUSY AS AN ANT FARM TO SEE AS THE EAGLE SEES AS GRACEFUL AS THE MORNING MIST TIGHT AS A KNOT AS COLD AS ICE A VOICE AS QUIET AS THE RIVER OUR MOOD WAS AS DARK AS THE MOONLESS NIGHT IT'S NOT LIKE ME LAUGHTER FLOWS AS EASILY AS THE BEER LIKE AN ANCIENT FEAR TURNED TO DIRT AND LEFT TO CRUMBLE COSTUMES AS LOUD AS THEIR DRUMS MEN WHO WALK LIKE DEMENTED HOSPITAL ORDERLIES THEY WANDER LIKE DEMENTED HOSPITAL ORDERLIES WORKING LIKE A SLAVE Get the complete list of "Soulful Metaphors" found in "Basket of Dreams"