there once was an old man from the sea
he’d dance with the whales and sing to me
smiling with hands of white
and we’d sink away from sight
watching the ring around the moon
his voice like a rusted harpoon
we’d sleep with our feet in the sand
and eternally dream of-no man’s land
then a time too soon, he did depart
he cocked his head, took my hands and remarked,
“I’ll say hello to the sleep and writhing sea;
after all, their only company is me.”
i remember when the lights all went out
the final curtain fell to my feet
i had met the end without a doubt
and the wish for your applause had taken over me
the words may have been bitter
and i might have stated the truth
your mind was a place of dirt and litter
but death was always you
in the alley you held me tight
and you whispered, ‘tonight we’re ghosts’
and in my neck i felt a terrible bite
when the clock struck twelve i met this pale host
so keep on laughing, or keep on crying
how wrong we were to think immortality never meant dying
(feedback?)
the war
my heart decended as i approached the shore
i clicked my gun out of safety, as i heard the near sound of war
and the thought of what may happen shook me to my very core
the door dropped with a splash, and i ran towards the end
the man to my left dropped after a bang, a message an enemy did send
i heard the clang and shatter of lives that were suspent
the planes whirred by, and the bombs did too
my knees smashed into the sand, and the flames they grew
and i held my ears as the poison wind blew
with a deafening roar, my brothers did fall
bullets buzzed past me like flies, i could no longer stall
but in the end, i fell after all
i awoke in a hospital, i wasn’t at home
laying in a creaky gurney, i am quite alone
i heard the cracking of my tired bones
the nurse comes around, her squeaky shoes patter
i looked her in the eye and said, ‘it no longer matters’
she opened her mouth, her cold neck cracking and popping, ‘no longer living will keep you low at the ladder’
(Not too fond of this one)
We’re wolf, We’re wolf
Betray, betray
Engulf, Engulf
Away, away
Slow, steady
Poison-fanged
Murder ready
Slowly sang
Cataract white
Splintered eyes
Smile wide
Smile lies
We’re wolf, We’re wolf
Betray, betray
Engulf, Engulf
Away, away
liar liar, a judas smile
reach for your halo, now sleep a while
beyond seventy times seven
turned away at the gates of heaven
red-stained hands
and circling drought-ridden lands
count, one two three
through blindness i see
losing your eyes in the stars above
matching black and absent of love
i followed closely your gaze
you smiled in a drunken haze
soon your stare turned to i
and subconscious hate no longer did lie
bite down, bittersweet
asphyxiate
spin
up, up, up
hyperventilate
smile red, pupils dialate
hazard smile
up, up, up
disgusting
bleed black
breathe black
up, up, up
silver stained
powder white
excess, accident
down
blue grey
gritty white
the open sea, a sting
dry salt on his hands
anchored deep
anchored poor
barnacles and rotten wood
a feeble vessel
faded sail and chapped lips
cataract blind
same horizon
same voice
same sea
same storm
home, i see
return to me
a bent back and old age
heavy yolk and cataract blind
judas brother, turns to you in rage
a given burden, never kind
a savior found, unlikely a place
he took your yolk
smiling with hands of grace
and inside me a realization was awoke
i watched the kind stranger
he took this from your shoulders
that heavy weight a danger
seemed to grow older
the brother struck him down
as he walked by with that weight
onto the dirty ground
carry your own weight
the brother yells down with a racing mouth, looking away
‘yet he who is guilty is the one that has much to say’
yes..i wrote it, and if you can interpret it, i’ll give you a high five. i doubt you can though.
