Ending

We have come such a long way now
That it seems we haven't moved,
We've battled hard and sung so much
For tomorrow is yesterdays bloom,
We've sit in silence, spoke of love
And laughed so hard to tears,
We've drank in dank and in lovely scenes
'Til dawn was sure to break,
We've cried alone but on no shoulders
So we wouldn't seem so weak,
We danced to sweet and to hardened songs
And to flashing lights and drums,
We've smoked those different cartons
Every one a certain peace,
We've lain on grass and concrete
All as one or one at least,
We've thought to kiss but act against
So to maybe save our comfort,
We've done much more than double
Just because we wanted more,
We've been betrayed and weeped for days
Because we though we were alone,
We've soared in space in different ways
And forgotten to fall down,
We've lazed in sun and sleet and clouds
Then run a thousands miles,
We've jumped the gorge of disbelief
But tripped on see-through lies,
We've done all this and many more
In luck, I hope for you,
For me, though, I will walk straight on
Until the ending song.

Vestigiality and a Kiss

Damn the tears that will not come,
Damn the memories and the sun
With blades of glass and anthrax
Leaving poison when he's gone,
Releasing demons from the past.

Damn the echoes of the mind,
Damn the words written in time
On stone-like hearts in caskets
Breeding bondages and binds,
Holding close the feeble spine.

Damn the silhouetted threat,
Damn the Holy arms that kept
From what they named 'The Doom'
In broken hope to heal the dead,
Grim and gone, returning soon.

Bless the eyes that always saw,
Bless the heart that grows in tow,
Bless the flower of the day,
Bless the gold that would not go,
Bless the kiss sent truth and way.

All Those Years To Now

But, alas, those flighty days are gone.
We are no longer young
And songs in boxes black are silent
Quiet as the setting sun.

"My heart was stolen from me.
I'll let you know when it's returned"

If it helps you feel some better
You may have a half of mine.
Keep in mind it is, though,
Battered and bruised from time.

For you, though, that razored knife
Would be a welcomed sacrifice
For when you smile you light my day
Even through the night.

'Happy Christmas'

Atrocity

This old man, he took one,
He took one clip with his gun!
This young boy, he took five,
Bullets now he screams for life!

All Those Years Ago

I wish not to remember because of it,
Again, like sinking, I am swamped with guilt.
The steely light of the twelfth moon
Echoes the past and it's holding doom.
My mistakes are so many it destroys me
But not half as much as it is going to, you'll see.
But after two weeks of silence and depression
She rang to see if I was alright, no one has such a thing.

Of Late

I've been wondering, honestly, what I have achieved
Through all this past true relent
And come to the decision that what I do is right
To save some by this repent.
Some burdens have been lifted from my shoulders, of late,
And my back is recovering slowly
But I drag them all still chained to black, shackled wrists
As I do not have the keys to release.
This all is deserved, I know, I don't argue.
Such is why I still walk..
I hope for forgiveness, I kneel to their will,
I smile before judgement is called.

Embodiment and Greed

A woman stood still on a cliff in a storm
Watching the swaying where her lover was lorn
"I want her, I must." The sea did exclaim.
"I need what this woman carries in her veins."
Lightning broke sharp as the wind laughed away
"This child of the land will die in loves way."
She was flung from the peak to the black, cashing waves
"Devour and drown her." The wind did exclaim.
The ghosts of the past chanted in reverie
"Drag her down deeper than you did with we.
Make her one with the bottom of the sea."
So she did sink but remained with the living.

"Howl, dead, soused wolves.
Lament for her life.
Gather together a pack.
Steed her quickly to me.
Bare your teeth to her wrists.
Flow the blood out free.
Devour her not, let decay.
Make her one with the sea."

Her flesh soon swept away with deep tides.
Bones bleached white in the churning of time.
"I want her, forever. I will never let go.
The blue of her blood, in me now it does flow."
The creatures in it surely twisted in rot.
The oceans all swallowed the land in their sot.
The wind did exclaim "We conquer the beasts!
Back to the sea with them. All will be not!"
Black clouds and lightning, the might of the sky.
Black waves and thunder, the terrible sea.
"With her sorrow forlorn we ravish the earth.
With her curse now our own we contend with no mirth"

Cackle, hyenas of silt.
Gnaw on her bones to the hilt.
Bring her soul back to life.
Make her a chariot of fire.
That which pains her, pains all.
Queen of the victorious fall.
"He died by the fates set path.
The fates will now feel my wrath."

I spell love, f-r-i-e-n-d

Vampires hunting in the dead of night
Searching for blood like it's theirs by right
And the only way to be safe is to bleed out.

You and me back to back ready to fight
We said our last goodbyes because we'll probably die
But there's no one else I'd rather be by.

You say,
"Hey, no! Not today!
The fight may be coming but it's here we'll stay!"

All our friends are dead and we kill those who turned
Not many have survived after the cities all burned
The resistance is few and the numbers are dwindling fast.

We've killed a great few but more are on their way
We've lived alone together for a few hundred days
The hammers are crossed and it's time we found our way.

You say,
"Hey, no! Not today!
The two of us are getting out and living 'til tomorrow!"

I Give You My Word

So, I am here.

Through flames and anger, I am here.

Through cold, dead loneliness, I am here.

Any hour or in between, I am here.

Through smiles made for a crowd, I am here.

In joy and simple tears, I am here.

If ever needed or ever wanted, I am here.

And I will come.

From any corner I am in, I will come.

At any time or any place, I will come.

If the wish is just a want, I will come.

If you wish not to be alone, I will come.

If there ever is a need, I will come.

I will drop that which I do and come like a speeding bullet.

I will wait.

If you needed me to be sentry, I will wait.

Through the snowfalls and the sunshine, I will wait.

If you do not yet wish to speak, I will wait.

If you wish me to be here when you return, I will wait.

If you take a hundred years, I will wait.

If you ask me to be patient, I will wait.

And I will listen.

To every vent and rant and rave, I will listen.

To every joke and fun revision, I will listen.

To every sad and sorrowed story, I will listen.

To every justified exclamation, I will listen.

If you open up your heart, I will listen.

If you sing a thousands songs, I will listen.

I am here, even if you do not ask.

I will come when I am called.

I will wait with you and for you.

I will listen to every word.

This I promise, to the last.

"You know I'm always here for you, right?"

Cede

Lay my love down by the river,
By the grave that remains for my heart
For the one from a savage invasion
Saves limb from dead limb
So returns her to him.

And all that I thought was conviction,
Convicted by sword and recourse.
"I will have no revenge, only passing.
Untimely disease
Only hastening me."

Blood will not boil, it grows colder.
Your tears will not help, so please cease.
Lay my corpse down by the river
By the grave that remains
For a heart unattained.

Witch

Traitor!

Banshee!

Betrayer!

Revenant

Not peaceful was my sleep,
Nightmares became my dreams.
Breaking my nails as I crawled
Up the wet well wall
Just to slip on the slimy stones
And slide back down to the cold.
But rain hit my face
And waters raised me as they flowed.

On the surface I see mansions
With halls of ivory,
Porcelain thrones
And chandeliers of ruby.
But here I turn my back
On these prisons given to me
For none could ever compare
To her beauty.

I watched as she took up
The sea.
As the land was dredged for mist and fog
To seize.
But my winds cleared the shroud away.
So I could see her heart in pain.
And know that she wanted to feel,
To know that love was real.

I always thought I'd fight
And battle to my end
Pushed onward by fear
That she might know what I meant.
But now I think it better
To cast down the weapons of war
Wave my white flag, Surrender
And become much more

If I make haste
I'll find my soul, to save.

Weeping Angel

The weeping angel,

Suffering animosity,

Collapsed to broken knees,

Unable yet to breath,

Shallow grasps for air

Feed unsated wails and weeps.

Empty completely, aching, unhealing.

Her heart is depleted. Her soul is defeated.

Those memories surface from the deep blue

Like giant whales that starve for pain,

That scream for it,

Like towers of guilt, like temples for shame

Rising, swallowing her gallons down those millions of leagues.

Under the churn of a blackening sea

Covered in worms, unable to see

Eating skin and wings and nails and teeth.

Writhing. Undying.

Knowing she's so horrid inside,

Knowing she's so wretched, so vile.

Consumed by remorse

Behind her closed doors.

White Weeping Angel, the wolf only knows.

Little Black Pup

Oh, look at how he pounces in the snow,
Of how he plays here, to and fro.
Look how he rolls around in dirt,
Jumps straight up and bounds to earth.
Chasing furry, fluffy tail
Around and round and sounds a yelp
And how he tumbles over grass
Playing fair for just the last.
He hasn't seen the living feed
Nor has he ever felt the need,
He only wishes here to play
For fun and funny early days.
Every little sense is new,
Every moment bides "Adieu"
He now only wishes joy,
In the present all are toys.
No one comes to pet his fur,
None are needed, he does prefer.
Only mother wolf and den,
Only little pup and pen.

Growth

What, dear God, must I become to be accepted
In the eyes of those I haunt and haunt me?
Am I still seen as that sinister villain of death
Who tears down giants who had turned their backs?
"Forgive to be forgiven, be selfless to be loved"

Run past the issue in my suture.

I do not run from my past

I set course for the future

I have only one issue, though

The knife in my open suture.

Galaxy of Mine

Look at how the sands wisp about him
Clouded and sparkling, whirling,
Swirling round to the blinding eye,
To the crushing, black heart
Eating constantly the life force,
The continuum of time and space.