They took everything from me
Yet I have you
An image
And for some that would be
A new religion
They took everything from me
Yet I have you
An image
And for some that would be
A new religion
Cherry lips for snowy mountains
A rising sun as a kiss goodnight
Melting ice that feeds a fountain
A source that gives the gift of life
Close your eyes
I’ll find you there
Close you eyes
And we will share
Our private place of rest
A place that becomes a thought
A face that becomes a wish
And a dream that binds them
*
Two voices in the ether
One asking you to listen
The other asking you to listen to yourself
*
So many stories
Yet only one truth
In absence
*
Yet present
Through space
And time
There was something in those lines
That sealed a thought in my mind
My world
Alone
At peace
A window open
To breathe with the soul
In silence
Defiled then changed
Because
Nothing could ever be the same
What used to feel
Turned strange
What used to matter
Consistently deranged
Any sense of loss
Distant and obscure
What was pure…
What was pure?
I guess bullshit
It’s the only constant
Knowing the source
To this fountain of sorrow
Reveals the depths of your being
Each tear a path
From your soul to your cheek
Running to a quiver
Of lips yet to speak
To a trembling chin
Trying to utter the sins
That present you thus
Before me
*
Tell me
What’s on your mind
What is the nature
Of the crime
That stirs your very core
Is this heartbreak a loss
Of love
Or the cost
Of actions
You use to deceive me
Identity
It’s who I am
It’s what I am
It’s what I have
It’s what belongs to me
It’s what I feel
Not what is real
Unless of course
You see me pleased
See, I don’t care
And I don’t share
And you’re the burden
Inside my lair
So do what I say
And stay out of my way
As I let my chaos reign
’cause
It all makes sense to me
’cause
I want you
To do what I want
I want you
To beg
To grovel
And shake
’cause
I want you
Naked and screaming
I want you
In anguish
And ready to hate
For it is my cause
Caws
Caws
Caws
…
I will get in to your head
Take your bleeding heart
Set you on a course
That you cannot depart
I set these words in motion
As a warning
Not a dare
I tried to give you a direction
And you returned with a blank stare
I told you not to climb
To the point of no return
But you will not listen
I told you at the top
You will only crash and burn
Yet you remain persistent
I guess that you’re a child
Who doesn’t want to be a kid
I guess you’ll learn the hard way
Like I did