I'm all for the gratitude,
Love, light and platitudes,
Providing this spectrum has a place,
For well a meaning meh,
And the well reasoned rants,
Because it's not always sunshine,
This way of the borderline,
When the smile, grinds to a grimace,
Relentless optimism, namaste motions,
Have you clenching and wrenching,
For all the toxic positive vibes,
Have you wincing and turning,
Living some other life,
Give me truth, love and darkness,
The bittersweet, acid treat,
And chase it with a spirit that aged,
But never faded,

Finding,
Forging,
New terms,
Because semantic's bent,
Out of shape, misfitting tropes,
Why work the old when something else,
Bespoke,
Wrote of desperation, anger and hope,
Makes less opaque, a salient, lucid form,
From the heart, from the spleen,
From the tip of the tongue,
It feels right in the meaning,
And correct in the sound,
Somewhat fresh,
Somewhat found,
Words needing to happen,
Old definitions unbound,
No more vague loudness,
The confusion of aether,
Crowding around gaslights,
The microphone pops,
The speaker howls,
A verbal attack cracks,
We are,
Now.

I am they,
The colour of she,
The tones of he,
That sweetness is me,
I am something to be,
Behold and beheld,
Both here and foretold,
Through lyrical folds,
Breaking the now and the olds,
I am drawn,
I am fresh,
I am dream,
I am flesh,
I am specifically special,
I am winning this test,
I will make for the best,
Scrawling, sketching,
Writ etchings,
Harmonies of light,
Mixed with rhapsodies in the dark,
I’m an upstart spark,
Ready to bleed my heart,
With many secret arts,
The most humble of names,
I give myself love,

There is no cross I bear,
It is blissful expression, my near and dear,
A will of my own, strength deep in my bones,
I make movement,
Am reaching outwards in all directions,
True left to true right,
I have faith in myself,
And I free myself,
From you,

I sometimes words,
I sometimes grammar,
Sometimes staccato,
Jazz hands,
Industrial stammer,
Pizzicato knuckles,
Slurred chuckle,

I am abbandono,
I am lilt,
I am full lyrical tilt,
Allegrezza grin,
Melancholy parting shot,
Joining the dots,
In legato hopscotch,

Agitato, a capriccio,
Bent and bowed, crushed crescendo,
Breathe, take a rest,
Find your tempo,
Hold your tone,
Dolcissimo, dissonant,
Delicato but known,

Chimera for the camera,
Reel reality,
Sometimes superposition,
Somewhat supposedly, spooky action at a distance,
Freaky absent up close,
All credibility in the bookcase,
Maze of mise en scène,
Seemingly missing the in-between,
Things.