Archive - The Drafting Dreamer

Draining You of Life

Forlorn hope to make amend Is draining you of life my friend Through the endless miles of rain The war drenched wastrel cries again An anthem sung for…

Jun 6 • The Drafting Dreamer

May 2026

The ragged men with blistered feet Sell fleur-de-lys on Downhome Street With free sample confectionary Their whimsy most extraordinary And the Sadducees…

May 31 • The Drafting Dreamer

Kentucky Fried Chaos

Asleep at the wheel on the edge of a knife I got Kentucky fried chaos for a pillow tonight You burn me with your endless summer A slipstream heart like…

May 30 • The Drafting Dreamer

Staring at the Sun

I whispered an echo You filled it up with sand I broke the silence in code You didn't understand I took a walk in our daydreams You found another one I…

May 27 • The Drafting Dreamer

The Way You Wove Me

When I look At myself in The mirror I see the way You wove me This Substack is reader-supported.

May 27 • The Drafting Dreamer

Beaten Burned and Broken

Looking on in wonder with that gainsaid face Feel it going under bait and switch replace Tell it to the graceless face Beaten burned and broken Is it…

May 26 • The Drafting Dreamer

Digging wells in the desert Looking for the water of you All the while The remorseless Ceaseless Pitiless Onward marching Hand of the clock Takes you…

May 17 • The Drafting Dreamer

A thousand years up and a thousand years down A thousand days forever in a thousand year town A thousand years black and a thousand years blue A…

May 17 • The Drafting Dreamer

Just Another Midnight

It seems to be midnight comes early At least that's how it's starting to feel With a share of the shadow To sharpen the harrow And add fistfuls of nails…

May 9 • The Drafting Dreamer

Your soul must have Paper cuts from The sticking plaster that My heart represented to you And I wonder After the wine After the songs After the when…

May 1 • The Drafting Dreamer

Turned to cobwebs on my fingertips Face like the cold moon Breath like the kiss of the frost And the daylight The daylight The mocking daylight The…

May 1 • The Drafting Dreamer

April 2026

Forever in a Dream

Take in the day just to see the reaction Hey hey Hey hey Snake in the way of the coming attraction Hey hey Hey hey Hushed clapperboards greet the sullen…

Apr 25 • The Drafting Dreamer