Saving Pennies

INTRO
I wanna be a dragon
Soaring high above the clouds
In a world that values dragons
Not just the meek and pretty mouse
And when I breathe my fire
There'll be no need for me to yearn
Cuz the fire is my passion
Just hope it doesn't burn

CHORUS 1
And then I wanna save the world
And broker peace
Cure all ills, turn famine into feast
Invent fusion power
And teach the kids
To live in art and live off the grid

VERSE 1
I wanna be the flower
That everyone is hoping to pick
I also want the power
To know when I've been licked
I wanna sing forever
Even when I wanna die
Wanna open to another
But never let 'em see me cry

CHORUS 2
And then I wanna pass on dreams
To the one percent
Help them see that their view is bent
And then I wanna be the world
That I want to see
Or at least
Be a better me

VERSE 2
I wanna be a dragon
Soaring high above the clouds
In a world that values dragons
Not just the meek and pretty mouse
And when I breathe my fire
There'll be no need for me to yearn
Cuz the fire is my passion
Just hope it doesn't burn

CHORUS 3
And then I want to cool things down
Save up the heat
For times less warm and days that freeze
And then I wanna reassure
The people sad
And let them know
That we're not that bad

Let's save our pennies
And save our dimes
And save the world
Cuz we still have time

VERSE 3
I wanna be a hero
And also be the one who's saved
Don't wanna be a zero
But neither be the one that's always awake
I wanna be a dreamer
And face reality too
Sometimes I'm a believer
Sometimes I know the truth.

D. Holmes (first published here May 17, 2015)

But Then I...

By Donna Holmes, May, 2015.

Life is insignificant
Beyond meaning, without reason
Up against geology
Our candle flame's a flickin'

Time is an illusion
Fleeting moments standing still
The universe just.. IS
Every 'why?' a total nil

But then I...
Look at the colours bright, gaze at the starry night
Study each detail small, simply wonder at it all
Life is love and cats and soup and dogs
Life is myth and wine and truth and frogs
And then there's music
And there are fingers
See my fingers making music
Life is story, life is song

Remember that dusty story
Some famous guy once told
About that little bird a'peckin'
At the mountain very old

Infinity is crazy
Next to it we don't exist
We're just shadows in the darkness
Gritting teeth and balling fists

But then I...
Hear the little children laugh, see an elephant take a bath
Gape amazed at urban heights, watch in daze as they take flight
Life is flowers and comics and tea and art
Life is towers and conversations in parks
And then there's shelter
And there are raindrops
Share my shelter from the raindrops
Life is sharing, life is heart.

Refresh

By Donna Holmes, at Best Word Mtg, Jan 12, 2015.    Prompt: "Refresh"

New songs, new art
New year, new start
Old age creeping up
Old ways.... drop!

Start dreams, start car
Start the list and 'good things' jar
End panic, end the night
End the endless doomly blight

refresh, rejoice, remesh, revoice, remind, retrain, renew refrain
rename, reframe, remain, regain, reject regret, reset, refresh

Go the distance, go go team!
Go to market, go to green
Stop for red, stop the clock
Stop to talk and talk and talk

Hi the greeting, high the tree
Highway travel to new heights for me
Bye the bleeding, buy the spree
Bi-way take me by the sea