Looking Forward

I feel more like myself today than I have in a while
The burdens of the near past are shedding
the coils of of the dead and dry flaking away
What kept me from sleeping just a few days back
Now barely passes in my head
melting shame

The heart of my inner self is waking now
After being near death for so long
Comatose filtering in animation once again
The leisure of looking around me once more
instead of only down so not to miss
The quiet beat

Opportunity with neon sign saying here! here!
lighting up in green, reds, and blues
The electricity is catching in my bones
The time of today, the lessons of past
melding into something more like
the me

~~~~~
Kerry
kerry@kerrywentworth.com
http://www.kerrywentworth.com

Kind words will unlock an iron door - Turkish Proverb

This past weekend was very busy musically speaking. Friday night, Mike and I opened for one my friend’s bands at Rev. It was a very big crowd and the feedback was great! It was our first time playing out together as a duo and hopefully this will be a continuing trend. Saturday was amazing. The speakers at Not in Our Name were very moving and the food was phenomenal.... like usual. Anyway, this weekend turned out a new song as well, one that I think is playing out worthy. I think I'll try to get it down and play it next week at Rev. Russ and I have been talking about putting something together sometime soon for a show at Rev in the near future, and Jon and I have been brainstorming an Alison Krauss/Nickel Creek cover type band with Barefoot. Lots of irons in the pot; so keep visiting and I'll keep updating! Much music and love!

Kerry
http://www.kerrywentworth.com/
kerry@kerrywentworth.com

"...just because we don't understand doesn't mean that the explanation doesn't exist."

Sometimes I feel like I'm going crazy
The shadow from my dreams
fades into my own reality
meanings and signs
soft moments of déjà vu
trickle down my spine

If I'm not seeing things
Then why do I see you
ushering in and out of time
a whisper of what was
a flash of what will be
seeping into my being

This moment in the 4th dimension
Where time does not occur
feeling I've been here before
because I have
because I already am
one enormous figure eight
~~~~~

Kerry
http://www.kerrywentworth.com
kerry@kerrywentworth.com

Each flower is a soul opening out to nature.

Concert!! 2009 Southeastern Flower Show

I will be playing with the group Statis on Sunday, February 1 from 12:15pm to 2pm.

Learn about other players at: http://www.flowershow.org/events.html

Hope to see you there!!

~~~~~

Kerry
http://www.kerrywentworth.com
kerry@kerrywentworth.com

Life gives us brief moments with another...

An old caller knocked on memory's door
tried hard to turn away
but I let the door open
and allowed my mind to wander
through the old stomping grounds
of that time that marched on
I could hear the old footsteps
and I turned around
saw the ghost of what was once
my life, your life, our life
the floor boards moaned
from the lack of use
after being worn down to almost nothing
so long ago
the dust settled was disturbed once again
my fingerprints still visable from my last trip
through this house of unlocked doors
no stone, no trinket left unturned
when meaning was trying to be found
on why this place stood empty
and yet never hollow
yes, there is something lingering there
is it anything but me
is it anyone but a fading memory

~~~~~

Kerry
http://www.kerrywentworth.com
kerry@kerrywentworth.com

Only looking forward, building on the past, but not living in it

Only looking forward, building on the past, but not living in it

If I spent any more tears
If I tried to pick up lost time
If I went on unfounded fears
If I forgot that I was fine
I just can't
Not anymore
Never again
if not on my own terms
If not a reciprocation of actions
If not for lessons already learned
If not for all the gone by facts then...
but I won't
not any more
Never again since you can't be there for me
since I can't be there for you
since there can't be a we
since there's only room for new
not the past
not any more
never again

~~~~~~

Kerry
http://www.kerrywentworth.com

There's music in all things, if men had ears, The earth is but the music of the spheres. ~Lord Byron

Open mic at Rev has become a beacon of amazing talent in the North Atlanta area. It's a unique mixture of originals and covers, however the performers are great at making the covers their own.

I'm thoroughly impressed with the amount of female performers who have started to call Rev their own. A younger ensemble called Bella's Wings (I think) has graced Rev twice now with their exceptional sound. They will be performing a solo show at Rev on Saturday, January 17th.

I urge everyone to go out and support them. I should be out at Rev next Wednesday, if anyone would like to join me!

~~~~~~

Kerry
http://www.kerrywentworth.com
kerry@kerrywentworth.com