I want to fall asleep to the sound of rain
and wake up to birdsong
feel the chill of morning
the warmth of the day's sun
fill my lungs with the smoke of dusk
then do it all again

you will be corrupted
by your first taste of flesh
(her's and the lamb's)
bequeathed craven hungers
of conquest and slaughter
indulged for millennia

you will discover hate
the heft of steel
weight of coin
fuel of greed
A BURNING FIRE
and an unquenchable thirst

you will scrabble at the walls
you will leave bodies in your wake
you will curse your own
you will give this to your kin

we will do this again
and again
and again
and again

there is both not enough time
and far too much
to suit my tastes

I want to do a million things
read every book
and experience the bounty of the world

I want to do nothing
stare at trivialities
and while the day away

I want to live a thousand years
be awed by the greatness we achieve
or by the machinations of our destruction

I want today to be my last day
to find the peace I never could in waking
yet I persist

faith and death walk hand in hand
you have faith the end is the end
or have faith it isn't
stalking behind those lovers
is the fear
that your faith
and the truth
aren't the same

there are so many rabbit holes
that I want to explore
twists and turns
leading to gems and demons
hidden deep beneath the earth

which should I choose?
I ought to hurry
as my clock ticks down
there isn't time for them all
oh well.

I always think of you
during a storm
we shared a love for them
as we did for each other
for a while

and it's too easy
to compare what we had
to a storm
so instead I'll sit
watch the rain fall
and remember your sunny smile

I had something to say
for but a moment
it must have been brilliant!
for me to miss it so
but alas, now it's gone
slipped away
and despite how hard I reach
I'm left with this instead
oh well.