Whispers From the Edge

These are the lyrics that speak softly but carry the weight of truth. Some are love lyrics, some are laments, and some are quiet acts of resistance. They may not shout, but they do not flinch.

Politics runs through some of them—not as a banner, but as a backdrop. Because long before the Republican party weaponized division, these fractures already existed. The song I Stand with You bears witness to that history, as does The Songs That Can’t Be Silenced. And The True Believer wrestles with the kind of willful ignorance that drives me to the edge, not with fury, but with sorrow. This chapter is for the lyrics that ache, that reach, that whisper when screaming won’t do and scream when a whisper dies on the precipice of the edge. They’re the ones that ask us to listen closer.


Love for a Lifetime
The Spiral in the Pine
Rise up Together
Keepers of the Flame
In Autumn’s Glow
I Stand With You
The True Believer
When Truth Becomes Myth
The Songs That Can’t Be Silenced
San Juan Bay (Clutching of Pearls)
We Are a Tapestry
I See Our Colors
Mother of the Long War