douglas brent smith

it's a foolish wish to say may all your dreams come true                 what about the bridges disappearing in                  perspective?      what about the endless chases? the public nakedness? the lack of words? the demons hiding insecurities in playful sacks of sorrow? let me pick my dream to live that sweet happy ending dream of us together hand in hand and always smiling let me pick that time you looked at me from across the room with a knowing smile that spoke more love than you could say, or contain (or, sadly, sustain) but leave that part out (the sadness in your smile of unbeatable fate) and let me live that dream of                               you smiling                               at me and  ...

every sad song you might get the blues but you’ve still got to choose no one else can walk in your shoes your promises stood until they fell your life felt like heaven but who can tell? the worst thing’s the best thing that can’t stand its ground the way up’s the break ups the heart hits the ground every sad song sounds like something ending every sad song sounds like something bending too far so here we are, so here we are every sad song stuck in our hearts every sad song sounds like something ending every sad song sounds like something bending too far so here we are… (c) 2015 douglas brent smith from the album "etcetera" by douglas brent smith

(c) 2017 douglas brent smith

i wonder about you wondering about me, how you might imagine this changed by a kiss or feel the pull of something more whole our gravity keeps crashing but that's no reason to cash it in i wonder about you all. the. time. (c) 2017 douglas brent smith

"She Left Some Tools in Boulder" collage by douglas brent smith, created 1 April 2017 (c) 2017 douglas brent smith

Refresh Your Thinking, or A Room With A View Entertaining, collage by douglas brent smith 04-01-2017 (c) 2017 douglas brent smith

"Birth of the Baby Machine" by douglas brent smith, 27 September 1982 (c) 2017 douglas brent smith

"Taking Stage" by douglas brent smith, 10 August 1982 (c) 2017 douglas brent smith

"Big Lips" by douglas brent smith, 26 July 1982 (c) 2017 douglas brent smith

"8:55 in Chicago, Moments Click Away" 13 December 1979 (c) 2017 douglas brent smith

Like Father Like Son by douglas brent smith (c) 2017 douglas brent smith

Save The Invention, Burn The Formula (c) 2017 douglas brent smith

(c) 2017 douglas brent smith

(c) 2017 douglas brent smith