Bridge to Better Days

Close my eyes.
Fantasize.
Recall the past
Where simpler times
Held me fast
And in my grasp
Contentment thrived.

I knew my way.
Night or day
My path was clear
And I could stay
All of my fears
But now these tears
They fall unchecked.

I can't steal the pain you feel
But mother
Let me mother you.

Was it ill wishes
Or was it just fate?
The suffering that takes you and makes you
Different,
But not always better.
You might be different
But I think you'll be better.
Darling, you'd better.

Take my hand.
Can you stand?
Let's leave this place.
We will span
What can't be erased.
In my embrace
Begin to heal.

I can't steal the pain you feel
But mother
Let me mother you.

Was it ill wishes
Or was it just fate?
The suffering that takes you and makes you
Different,
But not always better.
You might be different
But I think you'll get better.
Darling, you'd better.

Voice of an Angel

The hope we shared is long since dead
That ship has sailed
My course is set
For calmer seas
A path to seek
A quiet place to mend my wings

No ribbon binds me to you
How dare you try to break my dream world

She won't respond
You're not on the list
The last song was played
The nightingale sang
Here's your goodbye
It's signed with a kiss of death

Angel of music sing for me
Until I have no need for you
Anachronistic
Incomplete
A puppet girl to pose on strings

No ribbon binds me to you
How dare you try to break my dream world

Too Close For Comfort

My lifeblood ran careless through channels made for it
Beating with pulses both measured and true
'Til heartache decided to pay me a visit
Through all those unfaithful, hated, and rued

Death came to greet me in faces unnumbered
I portioned my lifeblood out unwittingly
And each face that promised a bond in repayment
Vanished without warning, most permanently

They've drained me of Being, those miserable wretches
Killing me in the most passive of ways
I feel me and my netherworld spirit self meshing
As all of my fragments are fading away

My insides are drying, peeling, and dying
Gone is the warmth that I once felt within me
Now I am finding there's no hope in trying
I release you, my chains, to now die and be free

Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting

Energy whores just like the rest.
Embodying what you detest.
Rhythm boring into my head.
I can feel the pull.
The temperature is rising.
Savage cries at fever pitch.
The conduits shake uncontrollably.
Yelling over the tribal murmurs.
Begging for attention from the almighty.
It is not new to speak a language you don't understand.
You aren't the first to fiddle with what you do not know.
Pay no heed to those who feel left behind.
Hearts break as brains can't be bypassed.
You are too busy trying to taste glory.
Your hungry bellies will never be filled.
You take pride in your dissatisfaction.
Showing contempt for contentment.
Always in search of a greater thrill.
A god who comes each time you call is nothing but a dog.
A pet who lives to serve your lust to be loved.

Persevere

Consumed by perfection
I hate what I create.
Can beauty be born
By these flawed hands?

Creative conception
Derided by the Fates.
Give me a muse instead of mockery.

My efforts are not in vain
If my roots go deep
And I reach for the light of the Sun.
May I be like a tree.
I will weather the drought.
I will weather the storm.

Emerge

You want security but life won't give you that.
You want a future but your present is haunted by your past.
You want a vision,
A sign of what's to come.

You want an answer from the cosmos up above.
No frame of reference but you're asking
What it's indicative of
You want a reason
To stay or walk away.

Patience, my love.
Oh, Patience, my darling.
Leave your wings alone.
They'll dry out on their own.

Awakening

The secrets slept in me.
I even kept them from myself.
I clung to conjured absolutes.
Ignored the Oracle.

Hair of Summer.
Heart of gold.
Mace so crude.
Beasts to fear.
At birth I had an older soul
And each Spring she grows younger.

She doesn't need to use her eyes.
She's walked the path ten thousand times.
Tear away the veil of lies
And drown me in veracity.

The wind whispers my name.
I answer as if in a dream.
I've traveled long. I've traveled far.
To bless the Oracle.

Hair of Summer.
Heart of gold.
Mace so crude.
Beasts to fear.
At birth I had an older soul
And each Spring she grows younger.