He has devoted his life
To laying walls
Brick by brick
Big walls and fancy ways
Ornamented with oriental designs
Opulence is a must
It protects a sacred being
Well, sacred to me
But the wall comes tumbling down
Every night when I think of you
Everything crumbles down
A flood of tears wash away the bricks
That once protected my heart
By sunrise,
He's laying the same bricks again and again

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The television stains my eyes
I can barely see myself in the mirror
While steady reporters shed not one tear
Don't you see the dead behind you?
Don't you feel the pain of their families
While you just "tell the story"?

27 dead, most of which young children, in a school shooting

The sickness creeps into my bones
Its impact rattles my spine
Debilitating me, confining me to a stupor
Why? Why?
Why end such bright futures and presents?
Do you not see the damage that you've done?
Do you not feel the blood pouring from
Your own body? Do you?

back to you, overpaid talking man*

A three minute blurb
That's it
Hundreds of people have been forever changed
Millions more afraid
And all you can do is harass them
Beg for interviews
While they still are in disbelief?
But beyond that
You show it over and over and over
All with the political lean
Of your respective stations
Could you not stop for once
And let mourners mourn?

Feed the parasites in my brain
Eating the bindings that hold me together
And watch as I fall
Deep
Deep
Deep
Deep
Into an insane abyss
Deeper
Where the only light there is
There isn't
Where the only logic allowed
Is illogical
Where the moon sings sweet lullabies
That I cannot hear or see
Does it really then?
Am I deaf/blind
Or is there nothing to see/hear?
Is this hole empty
Or is there so much that it implodes
Sending micro particles outward
Into the space that doesn't exist?

Slinking about step by step
With perfectly fluid motion
Seeing the world through eyes
Devoted to feline curiosity
The petty masters stand in awe
While I fall from three stories up
And land on all fours, unscathed
I am a cat, and I love my life
Sleeping through the hours of the day
To awake at night to scavenge
The little tailed furry critter
That you may be afraid of
But this is my dinner
Oh I love my life

Mark the ground beneath my feet with stars
And follow me to my destiny
Take a trip through my galaxy
See what I see feel what I feel
Judge me from the outside
And I'll mock you from the inside
The waters are warm here
But I cool those around me
You see a steady face
Slowly becoming apathetic to your pettiness
You beggards! Trying to steal my flame
I will torch your empty body
And smoke it for the high
And feel the empty happiness
That plagues your hearts
But wouldn't emptiness be better
Than feeling so much it stings?

Watch scars fall from my eyes
Pierce the earth
And grow into deformed plants

The seeds of pain and anger
Slowly sinking deeper and deeper
Advocating the growth of demons

Nurture my growth with the remains
Of my heart
That is perishing too soon

Feed the gay birds in my tree
With the fruits of my labor
The only accomplishment to my name

But what is it?
Am I leaving a legacy?
Or just a whisper in the wind?

When I leave for good
I will make not one sound
Not even a whimper

Trees don't speak
We are steady and resilient
And silent, within ourselves

The lack of noise blares in my ears
Scorching my waiting flesh
Eager to here the sound of your voice
The sweet melody
But falling victim
To the desolation of the silence