Raija Sunshine

There’s not enough notes in a pit of dead end jobs not enough quavers in a river clogged with carp or sincere prayers for an angel playing the harp There’s not enough eccentricity in electricity not enough light in a lunar eclipse or bursts of brilliance to paint the night You may be a musical soul visionary dreamer sensory perceiver make believer do gooder fool at least you’re you! Make believer make it happen make it real make believer whatever you...

Tommy is a fencesitter he sits outside the nursing home watching the world go by on Barkly Street Tommy’s got the kindest eyes he tells people “You’ve got personality and the most gorgeous smile” Sometimes Tommy walks past you while you’re lost in thought and earnestly says “Always help people” Tommy the human tamer a friend in need is a friend indeed visit your friend often and ask them what they need Tommy is my...

Oliver, I’m just a messenger you say your heart will go on far above the ocean some people will never stop waiting for the right wave to surf to shore to reach you I wrote a song For the love of a father who has come back from war to his beloved son who doesn’t seem to want to know across the distance there are shared truths though it seems what lies...

In our attempts to be known babies born with umbilical cords attached to phones where is please and thank you and how do you do where is respect where is service, where is time people so graceless and unkind did you hear someday they’re going to make robots cry The machine is here they trust them more than me I don’t have their speed or their accuracy does anybody care what we feel it...

There’s a song in the air singing us awake the sweeper in the sky’s taken morning glory off the roof please turn off the news it doesn’t make sense they’re talking war instead of peace Birds sing through the storm, why can’t we it’s raining anyhow, let things be There’s a ship passing behind the pier the magic hour is here again there are things I’ve seen I can’t capture with a lens and...