Friday, June 1, 2018

Things That Make A World



Five young men set
Out to stand
In the rain awaiting
The coming of a new
A shimmery gold veil
To set the stage/ Dismiss
The darkness gath’ring sly
In corners like spider webs
Built of broken hearted tears
Twelve white umbrellas
And other irrelevant things/ Glist’ning
Here to ward against the fire
Fury of dragons/ bellowing
‘Cross the city heard/ The twinkle
Of sunkissed diamond/ the scent
Of broken promises heavy in the air
Darkest scorn and vilest kisses
One white dress weighed down
A shot fired/ ‘Cross the bows
Against the water/ the bridge at dawn
‘Tis time to bid goodbye to shame
Time/ Time to/ Time to/ Time time time
A world of corners where danger lurks
In glass, in cloth, in wasabi
Nazgul built by charcoal and love
Succumbs to death by no man’s hand
Luck ran out/ Brought sorrow back in
The lost and confusion/ shrieks so loud
The world shattering/ ears pinned back
Make it stop/ make it/ make it stop
For all the gold/ and all the pain/ all the love
Left in the world
One lone prayer sleeps in the rain
Make it stop/ Just make it stop

Unconcern



The night rushes past 
Unconcern/ Filling every breath 
Of wind/ In my hair 
These familiar roads 
Dark and silent/ masking 
What I fear the most 

These shops loom tall/ Shadows 
Of memory lengthened/ Many miles 
Behind them lying/ These posts could tell
Tales of what I seek/ And wish 
Never to find/ I choose 
Not to ask/ I cringe 
Before the wind/ I hide 
And close my eyes/ I pray 
They will never find me again 

This city has been burned to ashes 
In my mind/ This city died 
But I have no home 
Left to go/ Have nowhere 
To turn to now/ I must 
Snoop/ And pray I'm hidden 
Must shy/ Away 
From joy unbidden 
On that road lies pain unfolded/ Pain 
Untold in a thousand knives/ Pain 
Unending in a million lives