Cry.
   (but shed no tears)
Laugh.
   (but do not smile)
Hurt.
   (but feel no pain)
Love.
   (but have no heart)
Live.
   (but do not dream)
Die.
   (but do not decay)
Emotions
   .**** and steal and open.
Emotions
   .cause tears and hurt and Life.
Emotions
                 >FLY<
(you dream, you die -)
             YOU LIVE

Hello, Goodbye. Farewell Yesterday.
          Today is Tomorrow -
                     Today no longer exists.

     Tears cried are folly;
              Held in, they poison the soul.

Which way to turn in a dead-end street?
                         (No way out.)

   ...But will a way (and one appears).

Hello, Goodbye. Farewell Yesterday.
          Today is Tomorrow -
                     Today no longer exists.

.    Father, I have seen you
haunting my footsteps,
     judging harshly my own
actions, and I fear that
     I will follow the way
you have chosen for me.
     But that path, however
narrow, is not where my
     heart lies, and so on
I go, my own way. Will
     you forgive me? Or,
perhaps, when all is said
     and done, the question
to be answered is,
     can I forgive you?

One eye staring at me,
       The other eye staring into space.
Half a mind on my words,
       The other half on groceries,
                                 life,
                          bills.
And I'm dying on the inside,
         Because I forgot why I should care
That his attention
                                  is Elsewhere.

.  Smashing and crashing and angry noises
Name themselves as Mommy's toyses
   And only when the last enemy's killed
Can Mommy's tears cease being spilled.

   So **** and slash and mutilate:
Spill out your rage - and all your hate.
  Cause when you're done and they're all dead,
We know you'll tuck us in to bed.

   With our goodnight kiss, we'll say our prayers;
You'll ask our dreams to ease our cares.
   And when we wake up, fresh and bright,
You'll be happy, and hold us tight.

When you close your eyes,
                                          Eternal Midnight
                 Catches up to you, and with her
                                          Dark Night voice,
                         She sings,
                 Come away with me, and I
                 Will grant you Eternal Dreams,
     Magic things,
                            She sings;
                                           She sings,
                 Come away with me, and remember.

     She forgets, being immortal, the terrors
     That lurked in the shadows of your childhood.

                 Come away with me,
                                       She sings,
                           Come away with me, and forget.
     Resolute, you square your shoulders.

Sweet tea! Porch swings...

                    (she sings, she sings)

                                            ...and other bits of
                    memories from the daylight.

Still, memories and fears are stronger than fragile trust-  
And by the time she sings again, you will have turned to dust.