untitled adventure

i need to recharge my everything
its a battery catastrophe
living life in a suitcase
im going to find a place
and when that place doesn't suit me
me and my suitcase and my baby
we're going to catch a train
warm tracks cold rain
flip a coin north south
it doesn't even matter right now
im with her and she's with me
eyes looking back to see
direction is irrelevant
together in our element
place your in my hand
lock your trust in my plan
follow me to the next stop
we'll walk until our knees drop
fall down together side by side
laugh about the length of the last ride
what we need is what we don't
what we want is what we won't
like a match or lighter flick the spark
burn the daylight down ignite the dark
its hopeful and helpless we're on the move
nothing to lose and nothing to prove
collecting miles walking all the streets
navigating by the tone of our heart beats

lists and You

some lists i have left incomplete as if time would fill them
never ready never willing to commit to paper my admission
i tip toe around the obvious unaware of my exposure
unknowing that i had the answer i was searching for
the first time i found myself i didn't know that i was lost
the second time i had given up the search some years before
and so what? this is me and who i am i wouldn't trade
i reach for the sky and i leave this earth in my own mind
to ride, to dream, to love, to give, this is my own way
surrounding paths have crossed and changed my inner state
geography is irrelevant when love fuels your fire
gates and locks mean nothing now destination You
my lists are filled favored wicks but my home is far away
anticipation of the clock is an all consuming thought
meaningless tasks are intended to pass away the day
faking interest in anything else is a full time position
yellow socks and mailman chasing concrete is my prison
that little guy comes down the tracks to make sure its all working
i have no questions doubts or fears execpt for maybe one
how many more business days until I can wrap myself in You

1557 km

fifteen hundred fifty seven kilometers where I belong with her
thirty two years not one two many as we paint the wind and stir
the ocean told her that I was on my way and her heart felt the same
leaving no promises unkept no guilt no time no sensless shame
this heart, its a fragile vessel made for smooth sailing smiling faces
compassion is our compass guide us to our favorite places
she gives so much more than she will ever need or ask for
she places value on the transcendence of the human core
she would give you the heart from her chest if you were me
i laugh with her about the difference between a B and a bee
she smiles like a child so damn happy and so damn free
patronizing obstacles as if we even had the time to breathe
i believe in her so much with conviction pure like salt
two hundred thousand years from now I still wont find a fault
in awe of her being her face and her place she gives it all away
i dream of no more airplanes to come and take this day
and here i am in gratitude undeserving in my own place
i knew i loved her long before I ever saw her face
but she loves me loves me loves me so i take the whole world in
naturally quietly I fall into peace and sink into her skin
in the presence of a twenty thousand and one collective mind
she is all i can see to the rest of the world i am blind
never before have i known my days to live this passionately
she's the B to my U and the U to my me

=dave

Happiness: A noun

Happiness:  A noun

Happiness a noun before you

A word, a senseless state of being

A fraudulent confession of the hopeful
A scapegoat for the power seeker

A figment of the weak and feeble mind

The dreamers ever burning fuel

A finite placement on an end

A vision for the drunken fool

After you, a noun no more

Happiness, a place of warmth

A simple wordless  melodic thought

Salvation of the heart and soul

A retaliation on abusive time

Consummation of my everlasting

A change of blood flowing coarse

To right the ship of longing for

A thought I think I shall proceed

A movement without provocation

This is where my life begins

Placing faith in complex unknowns

But familiar is this place to me

Dreams sleeping wide awake

Geography our only sickness

Single digits set us free

Happiness a noun no more

Broken frowns and indecision

These are my lost possessions

I need you and nothing else

Things are things but not this thing

This is all and we are here

Happiness a noun no longer

Reciprocated heart sparks fire

=Dave

Back to you

Fresh like peppermint smiling at me

You got a cool cool breeze tastes so sweet

Fireside falling down deep into ritual

Looking into you has become so habitual

Tea time cigarettes mix in adult decisions

Locking onto your lips stereo precision

Dawn rising up and it burns away the stars

Fade away world just leave us the scars

Down by the river

Saw you for the first time

Found out you shiver

Underneath the night sky

You bring the toast

And I’ll bring the muffin

Let’s make the most

Sexy breakfast in the oven

That new sock feeling

Gather up our things

You got caught stealing

My heart your strings

On a walk things changed lets walk about

Cold beer tent times disappearing doubt

Front row dancing for a new soundtrack

Acoustic guitar with your hand on my back

I’ve got to get myself right back to you

If it takes it i’ll do it plane bus canoe

Take off my sunnies look into my eyes

I meant what I said about saying goodbye

These women....

Aneta-  

Where do I start?  I am overflowing with love for you.  Everything is so familiar with you and the smile you bring to my heart is paralyzing.  You truly are my muse.  I have a deep burning fire in me now to improve my life and to get closer to you.  Positive changes are happening to me at lightening speed right now and it is all because of you.  The happiness you have brought to my life is contagious and my friends are feeling the benefit just by being around me now.  I love yoU!!!  Somehow I always have.  Our should souls have always known. I love all the time we spend talking from serious conversation to just laughing and making up ridiculousness.  I love that I can’t get off the phone with you and that I never want to say goodbye.  I love that we are developing our own language, inside jokes, and looks that belong to us alone.  You are most important to me and I will strive every day to make sure that you know that and that you can feel it.  You say the most amazing things and I love the way you move. I know that we are at the beginning of an amazing adventure together and I couldn’t be happier than to be on this journey with you! You are my teammate, my lover, my best friend, my muse and my should soul.

Janet-  

Mom,  Our conversations lately have been on a new level.  I feel very close to you at this point in my life and I am proud of the work you are doing to better the world.  You are the most amazing soul on this planet and the message you spread is so powerful.  You have impacted so many lives and changed the world. I can’t imagine my life if you were not my mother and I can only hope that the next time around you will be my mother again.  You have taught me so much about life and love and the universal code that describes it all. You inspire me to want to give myself to the world and every time I do I am rewarded beyond my wildest imagination.  Thank you for being the most amazing mother.  You have overcome so much in your life and have inspired me to live.  I mean really live.  Thank you.  I love you.  

Gina- 

Everything.  Thats what we have been through together.  We have been to hell and back and visited heaven together countless times.  You are my constant in this life.  No matter what happens to me or where I go I have you and your friendship is irreplaceable.  How many countless albums have we listened to together and just felt the music?  We have cried together and laughed.  There is a vent at both ends for us to shout in to when we need each other.  I need you in my life and I value your friendship above most anything on this earth.  Thank you for the years Gina.  You mean so much to me.

Danielle-  

Danikin Snowalker.  What an unlikely meeting of humans we were.  I think back to that day in my favorite place quite frequently.  Wow did you really eat that pizza?  Who would have ever thought that one of my greatest friendships would have sprouted from that moment.  You were there for me more than you will ever know during one of the hardest nights I have ever been through.  I could NOT have done that without you. Thank you thank you thank you a million times. From the beginning this friendship has been special.  I love that you get me when I ramble and you know what I am trying to say even when my words seem to be unattended.  I have had so much fun rocking out and snowboarding with you.  Our friendship is built to withstand the test of time.  Thank you for everything.

Holly-  

Holly Walker.  My friend.  Your voice melts my heart.  You make me want to dance and cry and swim?  I feel the most unbelievable connection to you.  I would do anything to make you feel like I feel when you play guitar and scream from the top of your lungs “What's going on?”  You are such an amazing person and you fill the world with happiness and music regardless of how you are feeling.  You truly give more than you have ever asked for.  This world is infinitely better because you are in it.  

Melissa-  

For the most part it’s not my responsibility.  But you know what is my responsibility?  To rock out and bring the love every time I see your face.  Our friendship was instant just add Gorge.  I've never laughed harder than when I am with you.  Its amazing to me how simple words take us to the same place and we just know.  Melissa you are such a great friend.  I promise you this…. I am going to be closer to you as soon as I can and I am making it a point to be in your life more.  

Kellie-  

It really has been almost 10 years since my life was changed forever.  You have treated me with so much respect. You have treated me much better than I deserve.  You have the most incredible heart.  You have never passed judgment on me or made me feel like I was in the wrong.  You have always made sure I was comfortable and happy.  You have looked out for me when I needed it.  I enjoy your smile and your friendship.  I can live my whole life thanking you every day and it will never match the reward of being your friend. 

Mary D- 

You give me the gypsy fever. You are most amazing and lovely. One of the few who I can sit in silence and smile with. What a beautiful person you are. I think there are people in this world that you should just be near all the time. You are one of those people for me. You give and you spread and you preach love love love love! The sunrise circle jams with you are engraved on my memory forever.

These women-

These women change the world. They don't ask for anything and give love with all of their hearts. I love you all so much. Knowing each of you individually makes me the wealthiest man on earth but knowing you all collectively makes the lighthouse in my heart shine for the world to see. Thank you for being a part of my life.

Twenty-twelve is that all you've got?

2012 is kicking my ass and my God it's not even half way through January. Let's review the literal and metaphorical face smashings that have occurred. First of all there was the concussion. This is why I bought a helmet in the first place! A week after the concussion I seperated my shoulder and injured my knee on the same feature. Two nights ago I took a pain killer for my knee which led me to sleep on my bad shoulder all night. I woke up with severe pain in my shoulder and a special visit from the flu (actually the reason I am still awake now). On top of the physical damage the snow has been, well it hasn't been. The snow is so bad the sbx event I have been looking forward to competing in for 2 years, rev tour, was canceled.

So 2012 you have thrown the first punch and now it's my turn. I have noticed I am still alive which leads me to the conclusion that I am growing stronger. After both injuries this year people have said, "Take it easy you are not 19 anymore." As if 19 is some magical number oblivious to pain and damage. I have bounced back from injury and gotten myself back on snow faster than ever. My confidence remains unbroken and I don't feel there has been a decline in my riding skills. The lack of snow this year has forced me to study my mechanics and focus on them. The canceled rev tour has forced me to step up and enter the hole shot which is a much bigger event than I was ready for. The lines of my comfort zone are disappearing and despite getting thrown against the wall over and over I am smiling. In fact I am laughing because 2012, if this is all that you've got, you don't stand a chance. The flu in January? On the week of my birthday? That's how you are trying to keep me down? You obviously don't know me very well. I may not be the best at everything I do but I don't know many others that bounce back from being knocked down as quickly as I do.

One last thing 2012. You might be winning and in 11 more months when we tally the score we may find that you have kicked my ass. You just might be bigger and badder. I might be fighting outside of my weight class. Despite all of that before you take another shot know this, at the end of it all no matter the outcome you will know for sure that I was in this fight.