A poem crafted in a workshop at www.thehighcalling.org retreat in Texas November 2014.
We were given the sentence "I don't know what to say" and told to add two additional sentences.
a medical chart with a flat line
i didn't know what to say
white flowers falling into an open grave
My thoughts as this poem came into existence were around my friend Ian who had suffered 3 heart attacks earlier this year and I had visited him in intensive care. I had thought at the time that would be the last time I would ever see him. He has currently survived.
And some photos from our time here.
A poem I wrote in February 1999. Photos by myself.
High
Riding
Catch the wave
Green room opening
Maximum pleasure
Close out happens
Once again
Wipeout
Life (Shit)
Chorus
Sun burns on my back
Waves splash in my face
Sand is in my pants
I don't give a shit
On
Kick-start
Throttle wide
Hit the highway
Corner too fast
Hit the dirt
Smashed up
Life (Shit)
Chorus
Riding down the highway
Cool wind in my hair
Tears whipped from my eyes
I don’t give a shit
A poem I wrote in 1998 to two good friends who lost a baby just a few days after birth.
Mere words are never enough
We wish we were there to hold you and share in your loss
In this bittersweet time as Jesus takes your precious daughter to a better place
We hold you up in our prayers
Our love for you is not as strong as His
Let His arms enfold you and strengthen you in ways we never could
The life of your daughter was short
But she touched our lives in a very special way
May she sing with the angels in heaven tonight in praise to God
© Timothy Miller 1998
1) Right thru these four walls
Out into the city
Maxicabs are flashing by
Limousines just glide
2) You can feel the music pumping
You can feel the city vibe
Energy in action
Solicitude you can’t find
The girls are out there walking…….
There’s something out there stalking……
3) It feeds off all the flavours
The smells, the tastes, the sights
No concrete self-awareness
Its animal; its alive
4) It hides, conceals awaits
For its unsuspecting foes
They scream out loud
It sucks – they stop!
It feeds, moves on, it preys
(Verse 1 repeat)
Right thru these four walls
Out into the city
Maxicabs are flashing by
Limousines just glide
5) Is it all that pretty
Is it all that nice
Or is it out there waiting
Like your other side
6) Which world do you live in
To which you go to hide
Or are you a silent stalker
© Timothy Miller 1998
Start with a long slow guitar driving sound – basically a strum that goes on and on – repeated a few times – slowly building in volume – Bass to be keeping a very low volume
8 beats before verse 1 starts the drums will start with a double tap- off beat and then first beat
After 1st verse increase bass volume
At end of 1st verse drums crash in – starting from high tom and crashing down and then keep on drumming – rhythm drives into a big walled sound
Stop the rhythm guitar and bass for a couple of secs to say ‘the girls are out there walking” then one big strum then stop again for “there’s something out there stalking” – this sentence to be said with a huge delay (sounds like being inside a big empty warehouse) and an echo to get a “stalking…. talkin… alkin….” Echo
Now the rhythm and bass come back and the temp speeds up
Now come up one key and into a more frenzied attack on the rhythm guitar as the next 2 verses (3 & 4) are sung one after the other.
Go to a quick bridge into the lead guitar starting a long winding riff getting higher and higher ending in a big feed back loop to fade back to just the basic starting sound – drums finish up with some big rolls then go to brushes – or else real light
Repeat verse 1
Verses 5 & 6 sung one after the other
last two lines of verse 6 to be at an almost hush as the sound fades out – but as singer finishes “feeding off the vibe” the drums crash back in and all the guitars go back into an all out finish off
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