There's Always More to Come

Come take me out
take me out
of this viscous light
into the night
I've walked these streets
without you
for a thousand years
so listen dear
I've cradled the taste of you
inside my mouth
haven't spit you out
so who are you
to make such demands of me
just let me be
I'm invulnerable to
the cost it pays
to make amends
for this fragile dance...
...and then it ends

roadkill song

desperate hands
reach out to me
that's all I see
in my stupidity
my ruined heart
is where you
left me
wringing out
a discordant plea
haven't you
had enough of this
crushing my
wounded lips

The breaking of summer

The leaves, they fall like golden rain
and pierce like the sunlight
of a thousand days
shudder in the wind
and pool at my feet
where the air
and the sidewalk meet

Arrival

I've tread here before
the rambling streets of
a new city
the champaign puddles
mingling with yesterday's news
everything looks anew
with the light on
but here
in the dark
where the wind whips down
the alley between
my feet
and somewhere
The nighttime pumping
out its desperate heartbeat
The smell of sangria
wafting through my soul
I pull out my
unused ticket
and catch a train
I've never ridden on before

Muse

Music
my beautiful seductress
sinking her wanton fangs
into flesh and sinew
and I am howling
with her harmonic reverberations
though my soul
deep inside the knowledge
she is never letting go

keeping up with expectations

idle here
where the world drifts
off into oblivion

The Pauper Plays

Tear down the stage
break out the boards
bleed the script
send off the hoards

Take the pauper there
in the empty chair
juggling with his
last affair

he pawns away
his last coin
for one look at you
before your'e gone

will you spin your web
of deceit
leave me listless
on my knees

The actors here
on stage commence
with lethargic words
that have no dance

with military expertise
take down the King
and kill for peace

the crown of gold
its shattered price
release the bleeding
hearts rejoice

this town of apathy
makes us weak
give me music
give me release