I am nothing

Insignificance itself

Spiralling rapidly

flailing in stillness

Words etched upon skin

black ink staining alabaster

bring judgement

upon my weary brow

unforgiving frowns weigh heavy

upon my already laden being

Lies paint my face in colour

while inside

only black remains.

The girl she stood upon the stage
amongst the rainbow glow
and sang with power raw and wild
a passion all her own.
She sang of youth and politics
and of the poor man's plight
but as she sang the crowd talked on
ignoring her, despite
the fact they'd paid good money
to hear music here tonight.
They waffled on ' bout nothing much
the weather and such like
while all the while she sang her heart out through her lonely mic.

Guitar strings thrashed, her voice it soared
as though her life depended
on bleeding out her heart and soul before the night had ended
with the crowd engaged in other things
their selfies, blogs and texts
she left the stage with happy thanks
and introduced the next.

Words are just broken meanings
Just constantly taking beatings.
Slowly they begin to die
More and more with every lie.
Always said and always misused
Till soon enough their souls are skewed
And they now mean nothing to you.

Let's say black because they say white
Let's stay awake because we should sleep at night
Let's smile because we should cry
Let's never forget to question why.
Let's walk because they said run,
Let's not talk because silence cannot be undone.
Let's go left because they said right
Let's stay awake because we should sleep at night.

Spark a whisper in the dark
There’s so much left to say
All these things we've tried to hide
Have given us away
All our spoken glances
Leaving smiles upon our hearts
But every drop of silence
Swiftly tears our world apart

Broken hearts now beat
In perfect rhythm, out of touch
Yet we keep retreating
Gaining nothing, losing much
Maybe our dark demons
Are but angels in disguise
Desperately screaming out
The truths that never die

I want you to reach out and touch me
With much more than just your mind
For all that you've exposed me to
Has touched me for some time
I want to reach out and hold you
With much more than just my heart
For you've long been held captive
By the hearts that won’t impart

I want you to lay here beside me
As your smile lays on my heart
For laying here without you
Only tears my world apart
Let’s fight this darkness together
And silence the voices that scream
Let’s see if we have found the love
We've only shared in dreams