Anthony Mayfield

Anthony Mayfield Jun 2018

Lay down your arms
As the gathering starts.
It's futile, my friend,
Don't you see?
And pray to your gods
As the Bird of Death comes.
We're living in prophecy.
Brother
O Brother
Dear Brother
Sweet Brother,
I'll save you.
I'll fight you.
I will **** you.
At the gathering revelation.

#revelation #war #brother #death #fear

Anthony Mayfield Jun 2018

Restless

The ceiling's so appealing
On this winter night
I'm too scared to dream
The creaks in the house
Are a nightmare's song
Dear demons,
Please let me sleep tonight

This room seeps my doom
As the night wears on
I am in so deep
If I wake I'll apologize
But if while I sleep I die

Then I'll be free tonight

Dear demons,
Please let me sleep tonight

Well then...

I should be falling asleep
I shouldn't dwell on what tomorrow brings
Too tired to fall asleep
Too awake to think
Yet I should be falling asleep
A dream is a dream no matter what it seems
I should be falling asleep
But I'm too afraid to sleep
As I drift into the deep
Oh no
I'm asleep
Caught in another dream...

Dear Demons, let me sleep tonight

#restless #demons #insomnia #dreams

Anthony Mayfield Jun 2018

Night of the Sun

Come
Come one
Come all
Gather 'round and gather here
Listen close and settle near
For on this day
Authority is interrupted

I've come as close as any man
Can get
To stealing his own shadow
What?
Divine throwback
A crime so small
It's never shed

Come
Come far
Come wide
Sit on grounds of moss and stone
Observe sinful musings to atone
For on this night
I disrupt authority

I've gone as far as any man
Can go
To shatter down my broken soul
What?
Opaque treasure
A ruse so slick
it's never seen

Come
Go
Be broken
Be whole

Come

#come #night #of #the #sun #gather #sit

Anthony Mayfield Jun 2018

I Wish You Well

Maybe you'll stumble and fall off the road
Maybe you'll lose what with tight hands you hold
Maybe you'll drop it all
Only then you will see

That you don't really need me

Withstand the pain
You'd better say
I wish you well
Maybe you'll sail
Maybe you'll fly
Maybe you'll fail
But first you must try
For life is a flight
My angel so bright
Withstand the pain
I hope you say
I wish you well

Maybe we'll see each other again someday
I wish you well
We'll meet again through this pain
I wish you well

Dreams aren't always what they seem
Dreams aren't always gone when we wake from sleep
Dreams reveal to us who we truly are
And your dream has made you a star

Withstand the pain
If you can, please say

I wish you well

I'll meet you in the sky
I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well...

Never say goodbye until it's the right time. But the right time never comes...

#i #wish #you #well #goodbye #farewell #so #long #sadness #sorrow

Anthony Mayfield Jun 2018

Shackles Part 3

Who died and made me king?
Who burns my Icarus wings?
I can't afford such dreams.
They take,
They steal,
They seek.
Well, I'm no king.
Specifically, not your king.
But I dare to dream.
And I strive to sing.
Through wingless flight
I gain my stride
At altitudes high,
As the shackles start to sink.
I'm no king.
I'm no king.
But still, I dare to dream.
I need those things

I will always need those things

#shackles #im #no #king #bu #i #can #dream

Anthony Mayfield Jun 2018

Shackles Part 2

But shackles under my feet
Pull me into the sea.
The world's most genuine kick-starter.
Unfathomable dreams,
I don't know what they mean.
Perhaps this sea's just shallow water to conquer.

stand and conquer

#shackles #sea #feet #stand #and #conquer

Anthony Mayfield Jun 2018

Shackles Part I

The sun begins to rise,
Shining regret on a grown man's cries.
He knows he's irresponsible.
He wraps around the pole of knowledge-all.
There's a child who says
"I tried".
Regret on one shoulder,
Regret on the other.
A new day to bear new lies.
The ledge looks ever so tempting...

too tempting

#shackles #sunrise #child #i #tried #depression