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PoorLionNotKing Dec 2015
When left alone
we’re afraid
but I guess that’s just
how we were made.

Do you remember
where you were
when everything begins to burn.
at the fall of our December?

I’m like a Christmas breeze
running to the American dream
all the people sleeping
What are you seeing?

No one left to learn the lies
that follows up a moment’s death
causes you lose after all your tries.
underwater without a chance.
PoorLionNotKing Dec 2015
Ain't ain't a word
if you haven't heard.
So that you know
after a while it begins to show.
Giving up all we should keep
based off how a fellow speaks.
Now we never hear
lost in a wordless fear.
Looking down like it's a game
while praising the Bard for doing the same.
Afraid to create something new
to take a false word and make it true.
PoorLionNotKing Dec 2015
I was sitting down alone
as the winter gleamed
a couple came to ask me
can we sit beside you?
Nothing between us was said
and so sit down they did.

Are you ready for some Christmas cheer?
I hear them sing to me
And normally I would
but this year was going differently.
I have no time for Christmas cheer
there’s far too much to fear.

What about your wish
for I’m sure it’s very real.
A gift annually delivered  
to all whom you choose.
From each other we received
five golden rings.

I’m afraid my hands are bare
I have no gifts to give.
and I can’t believe in dreams
when there’s now stars to see.

Don’t you believe in miracles
in this time of year?
A chance to hope as it ends
for tomorrow to begin.

With a sigh I replied
that I didn’t yesterday
though now that I see
the sparks between you
now I too believe.

They were satisfied
and finally let me be
I was silent for a moment
then I began to cry
I began to cry at Christmas time.
PoorLionNotKing Dec 2015
You’re like a King without a Queen
Sleeping without a dream
Thinking your brave, but all you do is scream.
See if I care
Now isn’t that fair.

So pick your poison
And take a sip
It’ll be over, in a bit.
See if I care
Now isn’t that fair.

Searching for love without a lover
Dancing without a melody
Giving up before it beings.
See if I care
Now isn’t that fair.

Burning in water
Like a dove without wings
In a sky without stars.
See if I care
Now isn’t that fair.

Singing without a song
All you do is run in circles
Living without breathing.
See if I care
Now isn’t that fair.

See if I care
If once upon a time
All you do is leave
With the tears of the sun.
See if I care
Now isn’t that fair.
PoorLionNotKing Dec 2015
I met the devil the other day
you wouldn't believe
what he had to say.

Said I'm tired of always leaving
without a chance to believe
deceived by all my lying.

My fate is tied to my sin
death caused by a tree
to meet a fiery end.
PoorLionNotKing Dec 2015
Hey there Cinderella
watch your every step
for every path you take
is only made of glass.

Wake up Briar Rose
the fairies dance
and the dragons burn
while you slumber on.

Be careful Snow White
don't trust those who
bitterly believe
in only what they see.

Let it go Rapunzel
there's a world out there
once upon a discovery
a time to remember.

Don't hide Mulan
sleep is not worth the stay
better to fight to die
than left behind to cry.

Goodbye Arial
don't lose your song
while leaving your home
with your heart by your side.
PoorLionNotKing Nov 2015
They're looking for their daily bread
searching like they're the walking dead
just fighting for a chance to get ahead.

You want change, but you're afraid to part
with all the junk that seems like art
guess that comes when you trust your heart.

We never walk the streets at night
scared to death to do what's right
while proclaiming to proclaim a star so bright.

Trying to live life without a prize
maybe one day I won't be paralyzed
not to be famous, but perhaps to be wise.
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