Jacob Dexter Coffey

Jacob Dexter Coffey Dec 2013

My rendition of Blake's "Tyger Tyger":
-JDC

Tyger Tygre, burning bright,
Beast of darkness in the night;
Pure immortal skin and sight,
How to define thine fatal might...

Where in far lows or distant highs,
Scorched the burning in thine eyes?
Whereby oh how doth he aspire?
Who dare challenge the power of his fire!

And what shoulder and swift art,
Could trash the fibres of thy heart?
And when thy blood began to beat,
What deadly hand and frightened feet?

What new steel? And rusted chain,
In what hearth, thy rotting brain?
What the molten? And what hold,
Dare spark a soldier oh so bold,

When the Lights denounce their fears,
And drench the hallows with corrupt tears:
Did he grin his soul to see?
Did maker of the made make thee?

Tyger Tygre, burning bright,
In dark depths of deepest night:
What infinite curse or dye,
Dare fault thy monstrous symmetri?

Jacob Dexter Coffey Nov 2013

"Shifting Life's Light"

Light leaked through the aperture,
Little to no exposure,
Bide of color and light within,
Containing it longer will define a sin,
Release the spectrum of flow,
Break all barriers and let it show,
The spin and the swirl,
Compose a whimsical whirl,
The colorful confection,
A pleasant infection,
Watch the wonderous waves,
Sounds of clicking claves,
Incredible creativity,
Peaceful serenity,
Meditating mind,
Shifting to find,
Running to discover,
Suddenly uncover,
Live life and never regret,
Wasting time to self-pity and you’ll never forget.

--JacobDexterCoffey--

Jacob Dexter Coffey Nov 2013

MUSIC

Music is a sound for all to hear,

Something that pulls and draws you near,

The flows of tone-

All make sound their own,

Incomparable feeling and emotion,

Noise and chords tides in the ocean,

Not like anything I have experienced before,

I must listen, please, give me more,

The sound of music comes to comfort me,

Can you not see,

It makes me happy let me be,

Oh gee,

I cannot believe that you won’t take it in,

Turn it up now, Make a din,

I stood there while around me it whirled,

Stand for what fuels you, Music runs the world.

--JacobDexterCoffey--

Jacob Dexter Coffey Nov 2013

TOMORROW

The new day is tomorrow,

Today is now just hollow,

So goodbye to the friends we lost today,

Nobody wanted to stay,

Rest away from my line of sight,

I walk away out of fright,

Insult me and I just might-

Do what I know is RIGHT,

Stay away from me right now,

BEND RIGHT OVER AND GIVE ME A BOW,

Just shut up and get down,

I’m making my tour out of town,

Get so low you go to the ground,

If you don’t I’ll give you a pound,

Get out of this place,

I don’t even want to see your stupid face!

--JacobDexterCoffey--

Jacob Dexter Coffey Nov 2013

Listen.

listen.

i can’t tell you how to live,
how to care and/ or give,
or say its fair,
that you don’t share
time on anyone but yourself
you live life on a shelf,
i’m bound to break
trusting you was a mistake
from every time you fake
you put it all at stake
you cannot compensate
your actions deviate
beyond the paved road
making otbers carry the load
your huge ego
you push them below
won’t let them go
you think you put on a show
you mock the cleaning crew
they claim that you’ll rue
the day you wreck them
reject them
neglect them
they bide their hate
to condemn your fate
you will be sent underground
to not be found
not a sound
even a choice of your own accord
not one word
can appologize
or synthesize
forgiveness
from carelessness
you’re destined to a volatile state
i have spoken your fate

--JacobDexterCoffey--

Jacob Dexter Coffey Nov 2013

"That girl"

that girl.

regret every second i lost
the debt a great cost
the eyes of brown gold
fell for each word she sold
outstanding girl
whimsical whirl
i’ve lost control
missing heart and soul
when you know that they don’t care
you only think that it is not fair
i am still waiting for a day
when she might come back to stay
I am a fool to state
the longer i wait
is love reality
or a missing morality
i miss the world i lack
the stress will stack
up on my back
and i will carry it all
until i fall
vague face of beauty and wonder
I love her, my heart has sundered

--JacobDexterCoffey--

Jacob Dexter Coffey Nov 2013

"Façade"

Facade.

hide the face that shows the state
don’t let it humiliate,
everyday put on the hidden facade
and pray to god,
that they don’t shout
and let it get all out,
i never forget the words they said
let my mind erupt until someones dead
i wonder if that’s their goal
to crush every soul
and the victims they seek
seem happy never leak
a cent of depression
warning viewer discretion
is advised
events resized
forget the scripts i read
follow me, i’ll lead
but if you agree to follow
you just drop down below
clear your own path
don’t sit and suffer their wrath
devastation
annililation
inundation
continuation
repitition
intermission
lost nation
misinterpretation
to conclude; i’m dead inside
from everytime they lied
selfdestruction
internal eruption…

- JacobDexterCoffey--