You made a fool out of me,
Showed me how to dance
And watched me fall

Be brave young parasite

For the war of the worlds strikes at midnight

Grab your claws and retrieve your arrow

There is still something left to fight for

Our women are bruised with the fear of the fall

And the empire washed out the crown

And religious ***** who fold their knees to obey an invisible folly

Falter and sway as their scaffolds crash

So be brave young maggot, it’s only you

You must burn the bridge to divinity

And rope the sinners and free agents

Bound them to their rebellion

For the chalice broke way for a hopeful world of peace

Golf clubs for fists
And hockey sticks for machetes
In this world, anything will print you for the records
And violence can be picked up at your local 99 cent store
And charged to a players club card
As cancer is an entree for your 6 course 5 star meal
And smoke stacks are sold in 20 and 25

Another toothpick lined up for check-up

I run through the city streets

Hold my hand, we ran

Ignoring the neon lights and the tall people

Blurring the nightlife

Changing the surroundings every second

Follow the ocean breeze,

     takes me away

Mountain sounds and yellow lights

Full of monsters and men

We are here, the comfort of home

The sand between our toes and underneath my feet

It all begins; chase the clouds away to yesterday

The seasons change, and so do people

The beginning never lasts and the middle just gets dug up

The end is always

I lay my chest to rest, down

As the gamely few follow the footsteps of window reflections  

The wind chases the leaves; the fire spreads beyond the glass

The bread to feed your bones has burned what you are

This room is filled with people

People that I do not know

This night is full of stars

That I can not see from here

I got on the bus; you got off the train

And these sidewalks are walking me home tonight

Safe from the windy winds on the shore

I knelt down beside the road, watched the forest

Hold me still: take me by the hand

Promise, ghosts the once glorious past

…I have stayed too long