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We Are The Smoke

Ringing in our ears,

wild haymakers throw us off balance.

We are The Smoke.

Eyes jump and jive,

dancing,

to the music of earthquakes.

we stick and move

through terrain so tough,

The Devil himself gets tangled.

Feet pounding on yesterdays dreams.

Thundercats roar towards the sky.

Forgiveness is not given to the weak.

Hammering on,

always look twice before the fall.

Remember what it is like to fall and

forget the taste of strength.

The birds are hungry for their pound of flesh.

Move!

We run.

Left, left, right,

two forward,

three back and

once to the side.

The birds are closing in, watching with red eyes.

Swollen,

we run and

cross

this path,

leading us to the spit soaked floor and

broken chair.

Another round

and round we will go.

Hands cracked with every minute the clock beats down.

Forgetting the taste of victory.

Our lungs are filled with smoke.

We fall.

The wild ones smash through the Heavens,

warriors through and through.

We must forgive ourselves.

For glory,

we will shake The Smoke.

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Published
Mar 18, 2016
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