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SomaSonata Aug 2020
Holstered at high noon
Blistering with festered wounds
First of many moons

Fire raining down
Tap a vein of blood in the ground
Void of life and sound

Shelter for relief
Burn the place around my feet
Respite that I seek

Perish in my youth
Yellow candles light the room
Cultured yet uncouth

Painted red the town
Carnage glistens all around
Gone and left to drown

Woken by the cries
A place I still recognize
Dreams arrive to die

Atone and bleed the sin
An evil presence descends
Quell the rage within

I won't die in vain
Nefarious and insane
Poppies soothe the pain

Worn upon our sleeves
Phasing unpredictably
Nature of the beast

Tread lightly forward
Origin of vile scourge
Yet ventured onward

Grains of salt and sand
In reunion holding hands
Flee this barren land
SomaSonata Aug 2020
I'm torn and wearing down
I'll leave your town without a sound
When the love is fading out
I'll crawl like a mouse
Out of sight and out of mind
It dampens my fire
***** it all out
Showdown
Low down
Go down
Smoldered and shouldered
I'll play the clown
Once the garden was green
The birds chirped and sang
The light of day nurturing
An aura of peace
Love and warmth and
Milk and sweetness
And golden honey
But a babe who twisted the rules
He played the keepers for fools
Always some trouble of playing with fire
From a prodigal son into a merciless liar
He promised and swore not to open that door
But the fruit was ripe and yet tempting
Like ambrosia of yore
Sweet and spellbinding
And barbed at its core
Taunted and haunted
Bound by a contract
And the roof came crashing down...
SomaSonata Aug 2020
Take a breath
Close your eyes
Nebulas
Blooming bright
Alibis
**** a star
Pave the way
Lay the tar
Can't see
Burning trees
In the fields
The battlefield
Never leave
When I die
Orange skies
Cut me loose
Breathe anew
Hide the weak
For a week
Mute the meek
Tied my tongue
Kiss the sun
Reticent
Money's spent
No way out
Turn around
Scream aloud
Dying proud
Limitless
Consciousness
Endless pain
Soaking wet
****** rain
Cry alone
But not today
Ever feel that way?
SomaSonata Aug 2020
Knocking on your door
But no one's home today
I brought a cake and iced champagne
It was supposed to be a special occasion
I call and get no answer
I get no explanation
I'm just standing here by myself
But I guess that's how it goes
So, oh well
Songbirds
Lovebirds
What difference does it make?
It's all a dance to be danced
The end result is the same
Everything that happens winds up in the grave
Still wide awake at 2
My palms sweat in a motel room
See you again?
Maybe the next time
Maybe someday soon
SomaSonata Aug 2020
Action is meaningless without meaning
Meaning is meaningless without action
Off you go...
SomaSonata Aug 2020
Life is a flower
I want to pluck its petals
And taste the metal

Heard the trees falling
Glorious impurities
You found your calling

Cooling by degrees
Don't know which viewpoint I see
Yesterday's headlines...

Sickness of the swine
Fever of the fettered mind
Fits me right to size

Lazy summer days
Give way to scorched Earth evenings
Red bloom carriers

Speak the golden words
Catch the boomerang's return
Old dogs never learn

Dance the night away
No refunding second thoughts
Paper spades in play

Terracotta fued
Running low on rocket fuel
Engines slow to cool

Someday sometime soon
Take a dip in glitter dust
Shaking off the rust

Prospective buyer
Beware the hyperbole
Circle back someday
SomaSonata Aug 2020
Where on Earth has all love gone to?/
Spring has melted into summer and I adore you/Maybe tucked away somewhere deep in outer space/Vast are seas of even tides/Hear my cry, oh passengers of wayward vessels/In my eyes visions of Fiji bustle/Reflected by the angel's wings/Peace has died and henceforth the sirens sing/Roundabout my estimation/Parallel and aligned beside our destination/Time is of a perfect essence/Quintessential of the skyward crescent/The air of arrogance is supercharged/Sore spots on her wounded bow enlarged/Desperados down on bended knees/Falling deep into a sleep of purity/To catch a rest that knows not dawn/Slumbering and waiting for the sounds of false alarms/We are like ships passing under starlight/Caught a fleeting glimpse of liberation/Hope will free us from this unholy fight/Flashes of lightning in the evening sky/Shelter with me under naked moonlight/Keep your loco motives out of sight/Hold those feral wolves at bay/Perhaps there is another way/Discard the notion of a feeling foreign/Sever frayed ties in one swift motion/Ionic opposite pulsations/Adversaries once/Now united at the forefront/Bound together as joined companions/A hint of rain is on the wind/And you wake up one morning just to realize that you could do it all again/Where to even begin?/You've bloomed into a vivid dream/Caught between myriad realities/Yet your eyes are innocuous and unassuming/The end is nigh/The future is looming/Farther into an endless abyss/Testimony from a power awesome/You cease to be a fragile blossom

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