I may be blind in the darkness
but while I'm wrapped in that
gauze of black I can see the
mysterious network of cells
inside my beating heart

It makes me wonder how long
I've been deadened from indulging
dazzling firework displays, giving up
pieces of my livelihood, my true vision
of what I am without the rudeness of words
leaving their shallow prints on my skin

Respect me in full in the darkness
as a synergy in session, holding
encrypted notes from my creator
*whoever that may be

We work as if to vanquish sin, delight
In pay day, reign the ego boosting bills
The hours nine to five grow tired and gripe,
Our sense of worth built firm in green and thrills

A victory deserves a toast, so raise
Your glass and cheer! But don't you dare talk ill
Of men who seek the outside bench, no place
To sleep, ignored by wealthy launderers who'll

Deny the beggar hundred cents yet blow
One hundred bucks to keep their hair due kempt
If love were space then that's how far I'd go
Myself, to mourn the late compassion's sense

It's true: they may be rich upon retire
But who will hold them when their time expires?

Love radiated from every word she'd say
And I'd be stricken with a saccharine urge
My heart would lurch and I could only obey

The swelling romance because c'est
la vie with its unrelenting scourge
Love radiated from every word she'd say

The trials and misfortune of day
In such a plastic mind converged
My heart would lurch, and then I'd obey

Expressing myself kept regret at bay
I held faith, let my submarine submerge
Love radiated from every word she'd say

We'd talk about coauthoring - "we may"
And maybe the chance will some day emerge
My heart would lurch, and then I'd obey

"If we don't work, we can always play
Until you and I are on the verge..."
Love radiated from every word she'd say
My heart would lurch, and then I'd obey

Your elders gave you the word
To ignore would be folly
Look fearsome and undeterred

With drunken rants, the wisdom slurred
that made your skin all crawly
Your elders gave you the word

Quiet, you would have preferred
It was burned down by hurled mollies
Look fearsome and undeterred

With disobedience absurd
Nod twice and wear your Jolly
Your elder gave you the word

The whispers stop at the flightless bird
Chased down by a Border Collie
Look fearsome and undeterred

Automatic the scatter of the herd
Upon an unannounced volley
Your elders gave you the word
Look fearsome and undeterred

i brush the dust off my cheek from
nine hours of star gazing with my
face on the window sill, i thought
maybe there's a better me out there

if i could just send a search squad
i'd have a chance but i don't
i'm stuck with me, only me
i'm the person i could only ever be

i thought maybe i should sell myself
out, think only what others think
march onward with my robotic legs
in exchange for some sleep