To Joe Cocker© infinity

I hope and pray

He was lifted up to where he belongs

A voice and a man 

That could bring tears

Dispel fears

Rock 500,000

Bring comfort when alone 

He was a shimmering, whirling essence

A blues crooner with a rocking voice

He played that air guitar like it was attached to his hip

He harmonized with the best of them

A voice like fingers flying over a scratchy keyboard 

Eyes closed

Contorting his head

Hair whipping the air

His essence in a trance

I see him

Imploring us 

“Are you glad cause you’re on your own?”

If there is a heaven above

He was lifted there

With a little help from his friends

To Joe Cocker© infinity

I hope and pray

He was lifted up to where he belongs

A voice and a man 

That could bring tears

Dispel fears

Rock 500,000

Bring comfort when alone 

He was a shimmering, whirling essence

A blues crooner with a rocking voice

He played that air guitar like it was attached to his hip

He harmonized with the best of them

A voice like fingers flying over a scratchy keyboard 

Eyes closed

Contorting his head

Hair whipping the air

His essence in a trance

I see him

Imploring us 

“Are you glad cause you’re on your own?”

If there is a heaven above

He was lifted there

With a little help from his friends

BELIEVE IT OR NOT © 2014 jS

I can’t believe

You believed

In my crazy ways

While plastered on a lamp post

In the violent wind

I grasped what I could

Walking through the graveyard

That had trapped my soul  

Was In the gutter

Of a time twisted ballad

Saw a man dressed in purple

Dancing on a tomb

He flew into the night

When he saw my crooked smile

Believe what you may

Hug your crazy ways

It's Me......hello

Been There…Done That © 2014 jS

This song is not for you

I should have told you before

You up and left me bleeding

Like a blood soaked man whore

I could never forgive you

And I never will care

You couldn’t make me happy

Cause you majored in fear 

So I will step lightly around your body

And watch the red trickle down

There never was a forever more

On your side of town

COURAGE (c)2014 Js

Don’t listen

To the Doomers

They feed off misery

Sucking you and me

Fight back

Defend your mountain

 if we fail

It will remain a great story 

HOV©2014 Js

Got on at 2:45

Cop halls me over

Says do you know what you did?

Told him yeah once demonstrated

He smacked me in the head

Hurt like hell

I looked at him with blood shot eyes

Man what’s the problem?

HOV mister

Told him I didn’t speak French

He wasn’t amused

With a $500 ticket

Stuffed in my shirt

And a date to arrive at court

Couldn’t help

Thinking

They didn’t investigate

Murders this good

AND THE HEAVEN AND EARTH WERE CREATED

Time to show true colors
For sisters and brothers
Time to believe
Later grieve
But it’s happening again
The world watches
Postures
And talks
To no avail
For us the time is here
Do something
Anything
At least pray

WW-New Friend ©2014 Js

Someone appeared

Out of no where

With a message

Cast in truth

He was an unknown idol

Accept to a few

Who knew

And know him

He considered and considers

Friends who you would never expect

He is a dream genius

A legend in my neighborhood

A true ghost

In a ghost town

Said he was a best friend of a best friend

Removed from my mind back then

But now he appears

Out of the past

As fresh as the driven snow

I Want to Live With You (c) 2014 jS

I want to live with you

Touch you at the morning dew

Touch me all day through

Touch each other without warning

It may not meet all your needs

But when it doesn’t …hell turn up the heat

Straight from my dreams and schemes

I just want to live with you

Question (c) 2014 Js

Was Jesus high
on Endorphins
Obsessed at being orphaned
Forgiving oblivion
For a species
Drunk on giving
With this generation evolving
Who's the cook, in the Kitchen

Passover: The Four Hundred Forty Year Marathon (c) 2014 Js

Go!
And they took what they could
Into the desert
Dazed by plagues
Pushed by an invisible hand
Headed, who knows where?
But with freedom to spare!
Numb for centuries
Shackled, Dead
Then their inner voice
Reached heaven
Just our story?
No
Just our covenant?
No
We all moved on the sand
Creating a wake
Of freedom
For all mankind
Eyes on the holy mountain
Next year in Jerusalem

Strawberry Short cake (c) 2014 Js

Forgot the Title (c) 2014 Js

c) 2014 Js

Ya Never Know (c)2014 ja

Ya Never Know (c)2014 Js

Lies (c)2014 Jay Schiffres

HaChew: Winter (c) 2014 Js

HaChew: Winter © 2014 Js

Winter is going
I know it’s snowing
But birds are returning
To where they belong
Equipped with long johns

Closet Door (c)2014 jS

Jay Schiffres

March 21

Everything But the Kitchen Sink (c) 2014 Js

Our Bridges (c)2014 Js

(C)2014 jS

Time Enough

Time Enough © 2014 Js/Grandpa

The fierce wind

Doesn’t bother me

The shaking earth

No contest

Volcanos I play with

The holes in the universe

Can wait for a genius

Pulling off the highway

News radio blaring

Make a left

Make a right

Make a short left

Address is on the right

You have reached your destination

Walking the driveway

Pass the old backboard

Door is cracked open a bit

She stands there

With a smile

Spread from here to there

She’s pushing two

With the natural wisdom

Of a prophet in diapers

There still is

Time enough for Love

When I hug my granddaughter

All (c)2014 Js

Through it all
All for one
And All is a detergent
And a Southern y'all
And All is for all
And all the Presidents Men
All is when your goofing around,
All is all the kings men
All is me
All is you
All and all
Things could be worse
(:

Happy Birthday Joshua (c) 2014 JS

As you run around that track

Don’t look back

The Past is the Past

It’s a fact

And I have your back 

LAMENT ©2014 jS

The Rockers left the stage                

Didn’t pay for the store

Were you there

When Arlo sung his tunes?

When Neil touched the moon?

When the world was spinning round

If we sang out of tune

Elton’s path to freedom

Didn’t come to soon

Still get by with help

From friends?

Is the cook Cocker?

Or did Janis start the fire

Back in the bath

Splish splash

It can be anybody

With no direction home  

No satisfaction

Since the Rockers

Left the stage

Knock, Knock, Knocking............................Heavens' Gate (c)2014 Jay Schiffres : Dedicated to a wonderful person, a legend, and most importantly a friend to many who helped make me me.

Life Changes (c) 2014 Jay Schiffres

Life Changes ©2014 Jay Schiffres

When you’re ready

Life is slow

When the mind says now

Hold on to patience

I am a process

Not a flash

A journey

Worth taking