I am clad in armour Wrought of all The charming heartbreak That life has battered Then tempered Into a wise cold sheet Waiting to be tested
This shiny layer Is filled with cracks Where the blows seep Deeper than I ever expect Except the surprise Is all pervading Every single time
Beneath the iron Lies the army of brambles They crunch and they snap Blood slits, nicks and traps Into a mess borne of desire Clapping at my solitude Caressing my sorry wounds
I entomb myself here To ensure my repentance For every false movement I dare to make To attain a certain happiness Which herein has no place
Beyond the bush Lies an ocean of water Annoying abundance Leaves me treading On rapid tide movements Relapses and storms Where the odd clear day Lets me swim onto the sand
Dampened and panting Clothes ripped and shrinked I forget every time Then declare myself king Of the island of tranquility Where the ocean reaches not Except when the moon decides She descends with heavy floods
My tears are my next saviour For they are lighter in the water Upon them I can float And keep me breathing Through the salt Now that its seeping Through the cuts I let them float me Through my steely gates
Now left ajar for all the passing There's hinges hanging rusted From the moisture in air I declare my pardon anyway For I daren't enter without warning That's happened once before It took me days toΒ Β swim to shore
The voice of intuition Lets me know to come inside From here I actually feel the things So I can then describe I sit on giant petals To peruse what I've not felt Then shout above the crashing waves To resonate through the pearly gates To negotiate the thorn bush Then become the warrior's bane
Only then can I tell you After the words reach my limbs How nimble I must be Even though I'm rather simple To feel and fetch and crawl Then rule and fight Bleed raw delighted To let you know That I'm not complex