She's A Magic Wand
Sometimes
When I am alone
In the prison of my own thoughts
When I look in the mirror
All I see
Are my flaws
My imperfections
My demons
Sometimes all I feel
Is the hurt I have caused others
The hurt I have caused myself
Sometimes
Alone in the vessel of Nothing But Me
All that is real
Hurts
Then
I think of her
Or look at her picture
And
Like a Magic Fuckin’ Wand
What’s Real
Changes
The pain doesn't evaporate
But instead, much more profoundly than mere eradication
Becomes just part of a Much Greater Life
A Life full of riches
Faith
Joy
Hope
Spirit
Fun
Opportunity
Possibility
Passion
Challenge
Magic
Connection
Love
A Life With Her
-SuperFly Clint
15 Bands and Their Albums That Changed The (My) World
The rules are: list 15 Band’s who’s albums (can be more than one per band) Dented Your Universe.
As I post this here on my website, and also on my facebook page, I realize that this is where social media can be a powerful force for human connection.
Because, even with fun little shit like this list, we truly get the chance to share a piece of our heart and soul with the whole world. Furthermore, we declaratively invite others to share a piece of their heart and soul as well.
How fuckin' cool is that?
Yes, it’s just a silly little list here on my own website, and there on facebook.......
And, Yes, it's a potent cyber-vehicle, providing an opportunity for us to connect in a way that is potentially far more intimate and meaningful than initially apparent.
So here is some of The Music That Dented My Universe and Continues to Do So Every Time I Hear It. I invite you to share yours......
Santana - “Moonflower”
Van (Fucking) Halen - “Van Halen”, “Fair Warning”
The Beatles - “Help”, “Revolver”
Lynyrd Skynyrd - “One More From The Road”
Metallica - “Metallica”, “Load”
Pearl Jam - “Ten”, “Vs.”
Aerosmith - “Aerosmith”, “Toys In The Attic”
Kiss - “Alive!”, “Destroyer”
U2 - “The Joshua Tree”
Elton John - “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”, "Greatest Hits"
Black Country Communion - “Live Over Europe”
The Cult - “Love”, “Sonic Temple”
Deep Purple - “Made In Japan”
The Eagles - “Greatest Hits”
The Commonwealth - “All I Know Is All I Know”
Crucial Editor’s Note: The last band and album on this list is a group I actually had the privilege to play with. As a musician, to experience the rare opportunity to PERFORM, LIVE, some of the most powerful and moving music I have ever heard, with the very people who wrote that music.....well, let me tell you, THAT IS LIFE MAGIC.
The Commonwealth are now called The Crooked Coast, and they are amazing. Check out their Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/crookedcoast), and their website (http://crookedcoast.com).
©2016 Clint Piatelli, MuscleHeart LLC, and Red F Publishing. All Rights reserved.
UnParadox
i don’t understand it
maybe that’s why i get it
i can’t explain it
maybe that’s why i write about it
i can’t get to the bottom of it
i can’t even get to the top of it
maybe that’s why i’m perpetually in the middle of it
the origin of my strength
is my vulnerability
the origin of my power
is my surrender
the origin of how i feel
is what i have never felt
the origin of my commitment
is born from my recklessness
my irreverence
is born from my connection to the sacred
i reach underneath
scratch away all the noise
get to what’s real
ring the bell
i open myself to a deafening resonance
it burns, it hurts, it soothes, it heals
it makes me deaf
it makes me blind
it makes me dumb
maybe that is where i need to be
maybe that is where i have to be
maybe that is the only place
where i can truly hear
maybe that is the only place
where i can truly see
maybe that is the only place
from which i can truly speak
- Clint Piatelli
©2016 Clint Piatelli, MuscleHeart LLC, and Red F Publishing