Just Keep Swimming, Just Keep Swimming
From November 1, 2010 As you know, I have been re-re-reediting my first novel Eyes in Atlantis for reasons that I cannot yet disclose....
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Inspiration? Right now? Really?
From September 14, 2010 Okay, this might be more of rant than anything else. Here we go. So, this week is very busy for me with my...
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Who am I to Write?
From August 19, 2010 Hello world, My name is Gerald M. Givens (or Jerry). I am many things in this life, but here I am simply a writer. ...
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Sense
SENSE It only makes sense When you try not to think about it It only makes sense If you try hard to lose control Part of you needs an...
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Oceans
OCEANS Between my heart and yours Lie oceans wide and deep We aren't brave enough to sail across the swell Between my heart and yours ...
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Finish Line
FINISH LINE I've never been one to overstate But I always own what I create In the back of my mind I overrate And in the front of my...
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Spiritually Familiar
SPIRITUALLY FAMILIAR So lost, I’d never felt so alone And I prayed for somewhere to call my home Then this place that felt so...
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Our Nights
OUR NIGHTS You’d come over around nine And we’d spend most the night Talking and kissing and laughing And before I’d lay my head On my...
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Burning at Both Ends
BURNING AT BOTH ENDS I wish I could be angry but I can't There's no point in chasing shadows with a lamp And every single sigh And...
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The Diary
THE DIARY The diary I keep of you has a grudge to hold or two I never intended to write them down but what else could I do It was...
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Obstacle
OBSTACLE Tell me yourself, am I in trouble? It seems like the sun won't shine today Every passage I take has obstacles But never have...
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The Golden Road
THE GOLDEN ROAD I saw a sign and I thought I had found my way Into the sun I go, the golden path of rays Shine me up, shine me up I was...
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As the Crow Flies
AS THE CROW FLIES I never claimed to be a patient man I never claimed to be from this land I have a tendency to fade to gray I have a...
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Leaving for the Best in Me
LEAVING FOR THE BEST IN ME It's been 8 whole years in this city now And somehow I still feel alone The longer that I'm staying here ...
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In the Dead of Night
IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT Word came to me in the dead of night that now you are gone I felt strange twinge of sad and guilt that must have...
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The Deluge (Poem)
THE DELUGE We're both too sure of silence And in stock place misery Never lost, no one will find us In our land of mystery Alas, shown...
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Tidal Race
TIDAL RACE The initiation of this situation's got you feeling a little vexed And this inebriation’s got you feeling sensations that...
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Drive Me Home
DRIVE ME HOME Rock and rollin' glory days And I had dream of you Hare Krishna pray away It’s everything you do Feeling like a soldier ...
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The Open Door
THE OPEN DOOR You think of yourself as a troubadour You’ve got everything you want and more So it’s so hard for you to see what I’m...
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True Stories: Heading West
Shortly after moving to California in 2014, I wrote a letter to my grandmother (with whom I've been penpals since I was 10) and I told...
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