prayer without words

packing vagabond visions and a dream drenched hunger for a home

swaddled in road dirt

blood stained blankets and poems

on a stormy suitcase sunday i awakened to the scream of the birds

they held their high notes and offered prayer without words

sinking in asphalt

speechlessness and what coulda been

surrounded by strangers

scarred stars

stoned broken men

riding the narcotic night 'til she swerved and smashed into the curb

morning spilled from the wreckage and offered prayer without words

chains on the mast pull the past

nothing lasts but nothing ever ends

i leave town

break new ground

break down

leave town again

trapped in the circle

anchored to the weight of the world

under shooting stars that sink the skies and offer prayer without words

justice rides with jaundiced eyes

jaded judges bleed the broken bench

liberty's a homicide

she been flogged to death with money's monkey wrench

desperado apostates set fire to every holy word we've heard

silence billows from the burning book and offers prayer without words

surrender

that sweet cleaning girl

folds white flags in hallelujah square

she can't remember where she's been

one day i'm gonna join her there

unpack my battered traveling case

hang out a sign that says do not disturb""