Drive me down to Mars
The future of my kin
Worry breaks
Out on my skin
Such is the era
Full of it evermore
Feed the masses with the possibility
Of futures
Long-term
Not short and sweet
Drive me down to Mars
Show off the concept
Of
Hope

Weighing me down
Jacket with memories of the past
What my life is--
Correction
What it used to be
How else shall I run forward?
Shackles in my heart
Unlocked not with a key
Sometimes to move along
Restrictions must be lifted
I'm sorry my past
To jump into the night sky
With abandon
Praising the sky above
Must cave into my heart's demands
I'll impound my cries
For tomorrow
Appreciation will see me soon
Lead on now my body
A sacrifice has been made

Shuffling along
On a yarn thread
Could break
At the slightest mistake
Think about wholeness
For fractured thoughts
Chip away at the strand in the mind
Dangling above
Blackhole darkness
What lies beyond the veil?
Frankly, I say
Nobody wants to find out
Nothing ties down
Such a fragile red strand
Tightrope walker
Never signed up for that occupation
Seconds into life
From the first day:
I've been walking on the line
Yet in younger days
A bridge took its place.

You're all broken fools
Yet I'm just like you
Who will fix our strings?

Dime a dozen, homicide
Comprehend such a crime
Unlikely for me
But it's my job
The purpose I've built up
Which can be thrown to the wind
In an instant.
But those thoughts are crippling
How shall I start?
Where do the footprints end?
Will they turn inward?
Travel onto rooftops
Muck occupies the ceiling
Trail runs cold
Colder than the touch of angel wings
Judgmental
Cold
Morally sound
Why did they do it?
//Yeah...//
//Why did you do it?//

How far will someone go
To fulfill their desire?

Even if I keep running
Toward a creeping sunrise
Will I reach what I need?
Doubts fill up the glass
Cracks and borderline
Shatter
But every day is a change
In something around my life
Breaking, I've become used to it
Come to peace with the fact
It'll be part of me now

Why do you love what you do?
One says the environment
Another genetics
Predisposed affection
Blocks for insurrection
How about
Some bias?
Entirely probable
Once loved by your parents
Now cherished by the kin
Fit to wager on the right one?
Plot twist
Last-minute savior
None are wrong
All equally right
The science of emotional expression
Pursues in different forms
Not chemically
No solid, liquid, nor gas
Conceptually
That's the way it shall be.

Close the doors
Party ended at 12 AM
We're shutting down
Not just tonight
But for eternal time
Lengths not even I comprehend
Happy birthday
21 year old
Wish we could stay
But it's time to move along
Take our pizza home
So if you forget
A taste of what was once known
You'll remind yourself
With a mirage of myself
Here's a balloon
Maybe you'll soar with it
Or leave it alone
You were my favorite customer
...
Goodbye, regular.

Knock on the window
No one heard
From deep inside
Too immersed
Guests aplenty
Where was my invitation?
Possibly
This is a wake-up
Ten years too late
Choices I've made
Pile on high
Try to get close
Yet by the end
Driven further along
Went from a name
To a thing
What did I do wrong?
...
What if it was never a fault
To take as my own
Faithful without a cause
Shot in the dark
No bullseye today
Every day is an attempt to learn
Today...
I've learned in the world
Signs of indifference
Showed me the difference
Between friend
And loose end

Gather around
Here's the demographic:
4 men
Gathered around a table
Ready to seek fortune
Through a simple game
A gambler's trial
From left to right
A debt collector who can't pay off his own
A man profiting to earn medicine for his son
A rich kid, wanting to prove himself
Lastly
The one no one knows
Former Olympic gold-medalist
At fencing
Down on his luck
With what little he has
Perhaps fate will be kind
No chance of a reply
Small talk isn't the goal
Must integrate
Some form of strategy
Yet the hardest ones
Are the ones who are clueless
Of course, they could assist one another
But pride is at stake
No chance of mistake.

When the days go by
Slow as elderly grandmothers
Tendencies turn to luxuries
One game
Simple flight
To explore a world
No combat
Nothing harmful
Just bliss.
Piano keys illustrate
A reason why
Such an experience
Had to exist.
Whether I should cry
Longing for times of little care
Or smile
For not forgetting how far I've come
Maybe...
It's okay to do both.

Been looking
For a way
To help us and all
Just a man
Stuck in a phase
When will it phase out?
I don’t know
Yet who does?
The map hasn’t been charted
Come out
Of the trance
Submerged underwater
Cannot climb back up
Where did your life vest go?
Shed it like your memories.
Going around
Helping hand
Yet what if a touch
Turns into an attack
Took one step toward healing
Fell backwards
I’ve misstepped
Lucky to wake up for breakfast
Make sure you’ll live to dinner
Fly away
Not today
Clip your wings
Casted in iron
Born out of spite
Life is alive
Keep it that way
Torn away
Free of poison
Full of dignity
Yet you…
Prescribed the medicine
Yourself
Is it going to help?
Time will decide
How health will decline

Against the wind
A car pushes forward
I'm in it
Looking over and over
At a world so pure
Full of sunlight
Free from daily strife
But oh
Here I am
Taking a trip down to my decent
A rollercoaster that only goes one way
D
    o
      w
         n
To the depths
Send a postcard
Even my family cares about
Where I'd end up
Once all is spoken
Promises broken
Did what I could
More rigid than wood
Regret my mistakes
Now I'm stuck in this place
Full of blaze and constant craze
Road pulled out from under
Time to plunder
Was this the life I've been preparing for?

Sound the alarm
There has been an assault
On our systems
Fundamental crutches
Holding us in safety
Artificial danger
In a landscape built on so much
Don't touch anything
Minimizing damage is futile
Cracked like an egg
Sunny-side up, no pepper spice
Barely see the yolk
Call us yokes
Knowledge they possess
Terrifies a whole nation
Here's the real circumstance:
Highschool kids
The ones who did this
Hunkered down
In a state of gold
Comedy gold, to them
Not any of us
What's the point of causing a fuss?

Thinking about time
It all goes by
Leaving
Taking along all its lies
Unfinished promises
Created by us
Can't blame something
With no ethic code

Nervous about nerves
Anxious about anxiety
Cruel jokes take the longest
To comprehend
Once the joke
Becomes anew
Rename it to
My name
Not laughing, are you?
Era put to rest
Arc of happiness
Split down the center
All there is...
...is snuffed out possibility.

Don't shake this hand
Caked in moisture
I'm sorry
I didn't want this either

What's in it?
Should be asking
What was used to make it?

Driven over my soul
Fear takes hold
It may pursue
But I know
I'll pull through
For just today
A trend that goes off and on
In sight at all times
Can't dive underwater
Away from it all
No matter the posture
Galactical forces decree it shall be
Time of sorrow
Hour of panic
Yet it's the minute to confess:
We've barely begun to transmute.

Rearrange your complexion
Not purely out of hate
But despair
I don't have what you do.

Feminine self
Entwined
Rewind
Back to the moment of self
Prosper inside my own skin
Virtuous resolution
Producer
When did such a culture
Praise vultures?
A match made regretfully
Sense of self
Distorted
Flag of pride
Stuck to my side
Collecting pieces of clarity
Before disparity

Croak away from the daylight
Nightime ambiance
Moonlit trance
Clash of dead night sounds
Set my stance in place
What will I do with fame?

WELCOME TO HELL
...
Wait...
This is a gas station bathroom
...
You cruel fate dictator!

Misplaced the bullet
That was meant for me
Oh, so you picked it up
Wait, don't!
Hm?
I see...
Contradiction in my nature
A sacred oath broken with lead
You
Lied to make me realize
Can't write my own conclusion
Cutting it short
Never again
At least
Not anymore
Yet will this decision
Persist through the next day?

Despite the days spent held up
Inside
Problems have yet to solve themselves
Regret
Will tears solve a crisis?
Withstand
So much torture of the soul
Write
An ode to the fallen
War
One of biology, none with tension
Sleep
Can it rebuild us?
Or for all to heal
Free from decay and
Lost passion
To occupy the soil
Everchanging mystery

Show it off for all to see
Yet only scattered few
Care enough to view
Tragic evidence
Of algorithmic downfall

Never enough
For the ones I care the most about

Good
Bad
None of it matters
We're all fighting
To protect the things
We care about.

Things I used to recall
Crystal clear
Slowly fading
Silhouettes
Of what once was memorized
Every detail
Mixed for another
Is this how it feels...
To grow?

Immaculate
Not in this world
Nor any other
Teeth sharing a gap
****** front teeth
Impurity
In this world
In many more
Gang shootouts
At 3 in the morning
Flawless corruption
Impeccable filth
Mix both up
Cocktail of existence
The flavor is immaculate

Share the pain today
After the anguish dies out
All becomes valued

I remember your eyes
Stared into yours
Glanced over mine

A beautiful restaurant
With beautiful people
Bursting with positivity
5/5
A+
Nothing negative
Smiles all around
Stretched so far
Cheeks creak like metal beams
Rigid but inviting
Yet...
Dare I ask
How did it get like this?

No pain
War halted
Famine destroyed years ago
Pristine white and silver
What was once extinct
Brought back to life
Speed up production
Robotic setting
Worker cruelty
Still here but without pain
Machine paradise
Glomerate?
All have their own space
Benefits the soul
...
Then I woke up
Same as ever
Thought the world would move
In a
Correct direction
Expectation turned inside out
Permanent peace
Only in dreams.

Break it down
Rip it apart
Ever stop to think
If it needed to be fixed?

Walking
Down life boulevard
Not a care in my head
Certain that I'm uncertain
But it's alright
As long as we all...
Jason
Rhys
Sylvia
Lily and Silver
Go down to the boardwalk
Soak in the sunlight
Until the day
It hides from our sight
So, my friends
Same time as always
As for me
Vacant is what I'll be.

In the present time
Motivation
Reaches a crippling low
Nothing but a zero
Null is my determination
Across the whole nation
Pure effort is squandered
****** on shoes
Half laced-up
Hop onto the transit
Open the doors
Sike
Automatic
Work station arrival
Going to work
But I don't want to do any.

Rope snapped
During the choke
The chair didn't fall
Tilted over
In slow motion
If only it worked out
May seem self-driven
Selfishly struggled
Yet, convinced that this place
The human race
Would be better without my space  
So...
Attempted to croak
Hopped off like a frog
Searching for something to keep
Now I
Get to look forward to one more yolk

Peak from the skyline
Out into the open atmosphere
Oxygen arrives
All I see
Pink in the sky
Beautiful essence
Taken for granted
Stop.
Stare at the beauties
Plural
Much more than just one
It all has a charm
Ball of furious fire
Romanticized endlessly
Sure, it may all be particles
Atoms in motion
Only if you suppress your emotion.

I shouldn't have said that...
Ruined her day
Did the pain make mine?

I can comprehend
The fear of life
Yet upon such an hour
No flesh shall disgrace
Serenity
That arrives
When the moonlight
Divides
Awoke early
For a single purpose
One beaten down
By circumstance
It's all chance
Nature, such an enemy
Purging those who care
And who never knew you
I pray that one day
Dreams will be fulfilled

Pots and pans
Collide onto the ground
Snaping awake
Risen from the grave
Sauntering around
Searching for a light
Lantern? No
Flashlight? No
Phone screen will work
Tapping
Breaking
Yelling
In the kitchen
What's cooking up in there?
Oh, I see
Burglary is on the menu
Lanky kid
Crowbar in hand
Clean, never used
Items remain abused
Look out kid
Got more than the phone
Stashed in my pocket

Can't fall asleep
Fear?
Of what?
Nervous
About nothing
Maybe I can't
Bring myself to sleep
Under universal conditions
All others follow
Too much on my mind
Full platter
No chance to make it leftover
Instead
You're on my mind
Yet your's is gone
Dusted away
From flames and heroics
I miss you...
Dad.

First responder
Fast cars
Flipped and dismantled
Colliding into each other
Spontaneous
No plan for such an occurrence
Future's snuffed
Thanks to one
Desire
Adrenaline induced
Just need time
To tell the families
Still difficult
Despite numbness

Orion
Ursa
Lyra
All I have to view
Resides in each one of you
You all form a bond
With each and every star
Oh, constellations up above
Why can't we share your love?

Restrict my business
Disease?
Never came here
Or is it that
You want no competition?

Falling
Bodies descending
Closer to the ground
I only have
So many arms
Not everyone
Will have a soft landing
To those I'll say:
I apologize
For I am no hero
Mighty as a statue
Nor quick as the wind
Instead
I am bound by mortality
Pushed down via flesh and bone
Do the best I can
With the little I have to work with.

Used all my money
Not for me
Someone else
It'll be replaced
With more money
So right now
It's worth it.

Star in the sky
Where has your brightness shone?
To another distance
For tomorrow's storm
Painfully oblivious
Way we live
Expecting you to come
With no delay
Sadly one day
Oh, the center of the universe...
You will fade away
Rest and decay
Resurrect your power
Not my agency
If only I could revive
What will set me free.