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Bright and Blue and Beautiful
It feels like society is struggling to get back on it's feet, and as things return to semi-normal we are suddenly seeing a spike in...

Paul Clive
Jul 8, 20212 min read
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Mercurian Summer
Sometimes the sun beats down on us, there seems to be no relief and even the nights are barely a reprieve. All of us practice some form...

Paul Clive
Jun 28, 20212 min read
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Dead End
It's hard to realize you're living through historical events as they happen. Everything in the here and now seems so incremental and yet...

Paul Clive
Jun 5, 20212 min read
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Misunderstood
Is anything more misunderstood than love? We carry our torches, keep our crushes secret and even when we finally take the plunge it...

Paul Clive
May 26, 20211 min read
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Shore Fire
It can be easy to get lost in thought, especially as we grow older and we gain memories and regrets. Sometimes we can spend an entire day...

Paul Clive
May 10, 20212 min read
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Bells and Whistles
Sometimes we're running on empty but what happens when running on empty becomes the norm? We move, in tiny degrees, toward normalcy and...

Paul Clive
Apr 29, 20211 min read
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Canvas of Romance
Sometimes our lives feel like they have some cosmic significance. Our egos can make us feel immortal, invincible, as if we will never...

Paul Clive
Apr 5, 20212 min read
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The River
The River Your voice is a river Running through my heart Out beneath the moonlight This is a night for stars Cast in ebon velvet A...

Paul Clive
Mar 27, 20211 min read
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Sight Unseen
It can be hard to cope with trauma but this year has been especially tough for many of us. This can lead to being emotionally backed up,...

Paul Clive
Jan 14, 20211 min read
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Shape of Summer (After the Fall)
It can be easy to see the division, and to see the storm on the horizon as a catastrophe, as something that will break us. Didn't we all...

Paul Clive
Jul 28, 20202 min read
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Anything (A Love Song)
We all have those conversations we have with ourselves, in our own heads, imagining what we might say to someone. In our minds we've...

Paul Clive
Jul 20, 20201 min read
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Color of Breath
The Color of Breath Sullen pallid sudden sadness I've not the energy to speak No longer fit to fly My wandering wings are clipped I'd...

Paul Clive
May 14, 20202 min read
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Tidal Silence
Sometimes we look at the world around us, and the world within us and wonder whether things have gone too far to save. Is there any...

Paul Clive
Apr 19, 20202 min read
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Interstellar (With Me)
This is something I've never really attempted. Not so much song lyrics as it is intended to be spoken word. Either way this one is from...

Paul Clive
Feb 19, 20201 min read
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Splitting Midnight
Sometimes patience can be hard, especially when you feel adrift, at the mercy of the wind, of the tide. Beaten by the sun, wandering...

Paul Clive
Feb 10, 20201 min read
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Windswept
Volcanic. It rises into the sky. A place open to the hungry night, stretching toward the stars. Thunderous. It roars. Yet in all its...

Paul Clive
Dec 19, 20192 min read
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If Tomorrow Never Comes
Winter and Fall can be hard. The weather is colder, the days shorter, the storms can dump inches or even feet of snow and the endless...

Paul Clive
Nov 14, 20191 min read
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Gremlins
Ever find your best laid plans all fall apart? No matter how hard you try it all comes crashing down? Does it ever feel like there's a...

Paul Clive
Sep 24, 20192 min read
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Aground
Sometimes in life we run aground of old emotions. We may think a love or even a wound, is dead or gone only to have it return from the...

Paul Clive
Sep 13, 20191 min read
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Fragment
Sometimes all you have is a scrap, an idea, a handful of lines that might carry a great deal of weight and meaning to you. Maybe that...

Paul Clive
Jul 18, 20191 min read
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