Down From Above

Swallowing hate

Disguising disgust

Doing my best

Not to mistrust

You tore me open

Revealed old wounds

And now you stand there and ask me

How I’ve come so unglued

I keep my gut in a locker

My mind between teeth

Anxiously awaiting

The devil’s unsheathe

Carry me, carry me

Feel my heart beat

Now leave me to die

Rather, leave me to sleep

Muddy Waters

Another mirror broken

A heart-shaped token

Another tear left to shed

And no one there

To prevent that tear

Becoming a stain on a white fabric bed

So I cried a broken symphony

One heard

But didn’t react

Still, I hoped that the one who loved me

Would perform a simple act

To see those tears that’d fallen

So I could cry no more

But still these tears are falling

And really

What for?

Shall I ride a black steed

And let it take me down?

Or shall I wait in muddy waters

And hope it clears away this frown?

Another mirror broken

Scattered pieces on review

I broke my heart-shaped token

And the pieces found someone new

The Devil Is No Man, But Neither Is God

Say goodbye to the innocence of youth
As we all grow dangerously old
We fight love
And laugh at fiction
This victory is not one of gold.
Burn the smiles off the happy faces
As you’d burn fallen autumn leaves.
Go to war for another man’s affairs
Because there’s nothing that isn’t taken personally.

Party Hardly

Eyes

So bright

Lively and shining

Smile

So sweet

Young and defining

Hand

So warm

Eagerly greeting mine

Mind

Willing to trust and unwind

I pour you another

You drink it all down

Words spill out

Sounds seem to drown

You’re feeling so good

Life shouldn’t be wasted

Being sober again

Not now that you’ve tasted

The music

The dancing

The people

The laughter

Now you’re chasing not knowing

What it is that you’re after

Everything is nonsense

Experiencing blurred site

No bounds

Confusion and faces

Contorted

Your feet take flight

Then you’re dizzy and stumbling

Leaning against the wall

Your stomach churns unpleasantly

You go to move but you fall

Eyes

Watering

Glazed and unseeing

Nobody notices

When you stop breathing