The Shadow in the Dark (2012)

Twisted subversion,
an inverse extraversion,
your singularity shines
black among gold.
A grain of sand
falls, falls, turns,
and crawls, an inverse image
to my corneas.
As such I saw your world
through an hourglass, my
private window looking in,
The gravity of your conscious
subconscious ineffectively affecting
the unaffected.
And your eyes catch mine,
unknowingly, inescapable variable,
and you see and you don't,
my friend my friend, dear love
my friend, I am a shadow, the shadow,
a shadow you see not.

Anon, again,
My friend my friend, dear love,
my friend, I am naught but all, of all,
I am naught.

Finis, finis, I am done, I am faded,
A husk, a shell, no more, no more.

Sweet Valentine (2012)

Your sweet sweet valentine
dear dear and dead
on my doorstep,
A beautiful gift in crimson red.
Love love, love me now,
love me dearest
love me cold
kiss me dear, I'm dead
I'm dead.

Never More (2012)

I saw your love through crimson eyes
Your love, your heart,
burned, you died,
Lost a love,
Lost it
You,
Lost inside,
It was all untrue,
Every lie,
It was burned the truth
And now I feel,
Because of you,
And all I see,
is fucked up too,
And every time,
Every tear,
Six feet down,
And I'm way up here.
Goodbye my love,
Goodbye my dear,
You'll never see
Another smile,
Another laugh,
Another tear.

Colors of Love (2011)

Cancer burns red on my lips,
     a ticket black for my train.
   A wisp gray is your kiss,
Midnight fades blue tonight.
   Oh love.
     Oh love,
        Can you remember?
   The snow falls
        early this year.
Oh love, remember,
        Goodbye.

Wait, Rose, Dear, Dear, Rose. (2011)

In the morning dew your petals wilt,
     Plucked by the one you love,
Rose, dear Rose, last one day more,
     The fire will take you away.

Human Disease (2011)

A living race dependent on death,
we burn everything we touch.
Ashes in the land;
Black death on the water..
Skeletal trees,
           We turned oxygen to venom.

And I Stood There... (2011)

Saw the edge of the world
   through my tinted vision.
Thought to myself, "this must be
   what the angels see."
Purity hidden by the storm clouds
   below;
the grasses grow on the teardrops
   of man.

A Dream Twisted

Twisted memories haunt my waking dream,
          a scream so silent,
               vision is grayed.
A touch unfelt the clouds on my soul,
          you've taken me away,
               you've taken me home.

Coming Home (2011)

Mother now you see I'm old,
   my eyes' turned gray,
   my bones gone cold,
and though in life I walked alone,
   you were my guide,
   you paved my road.
You saw my heart and raised me bold,
   showed me strength
   and watched me grow,
and now you see I've grown old
   my hair's turned gray,
   my blood run cold.

Lament of...

Father Father, why have you, why?
Forsaken now I lay, now I lay,
He hangs, he hangs, oh Father,
Why forsaken am I to you?
Angels cry father, cry, cry, cry
Angels die father, I cry, I cry,
Forsaken I lay, I lay, he hangs,
Father, dear Father, Why?

Irony in Dm (2012)

If I wrote a verse to say I'm bored,
hardly bothering to try at all
Still it seems I'd be adored,
"Golly gee, you're on a ball!"

"You write such pure, great works,
Your writing is truly a thrill!"
And while this does have its perks
It really rather makes me ill!

I could rhyme a word with such ease
a phrase or three to make a splash
And if I really aimed to please
I could sell some words make some cash!

So you see to make a hit,
All one need's to write some shit.

Patron Saint (2012)

I never claimed to be a saint
Though the faces still followed
One by one, they fell in line
Waiting for my word,
my gospel.
"I am no saint among you!"
I called,
though none did hear.

And though sinners did abound,
My kind one and all,
They raised me up,
I was a king,
and they begged my doctrine.

"I am no more than you,
and you no less than I."

I spoke of humility,
Of equality among us,
My words fell,
There were only deaf ears,
They saw me as a god.

They cherished my words,
My thoughts became law,
I breathed and they heard,
Sinners one and all.

Mirror Mirror (2012)

Who am I, who am I,
Dear mirror can you tell,
I said today I'd be myself,
Well,
who I am, dear mirror, I've never felt.
Dear mirror, dear mask,
Dear friend on the wall,
Who am I today, who am I at all?
Who am I tomorrow, a fly on the wall,
A shadow behind,
Am I anyone at all?
Dear mirror, dear friend,
Dear mask that I call,
Tomorrow, tomorrow,
I was never here at all.

A World of Children (2012)

Pariah, twisted deception in her eyes
Faded, guilted by her new religion,
Ostracized, she wishes silence of him.

Twisted misdirection her epiphany
Opium for the masses, cells for the questioning
Taken, taken, beaten and broken.

She takes the right and births a gift,
To her dolls, dear faithful, what was unalienable,
To him, problem child, to the corner.

It's all part of the game, play and play,
Her empty smiles and vague promises,
Turn them all against one another.

Unforgivable Kiss (2012)

Absolution my vanishing vanity,
twisting chains that bind, fallen
unbound by the binding ties
unbound, vermillion burns crimson,
a kiss, a kiss.
And nothing is so absolute, the sin that lay
Nothing so pure in imperfection.
Nothing so pure, so pure, so perfect.
Finis.
Blood lay broken,
lay open,
lay still,
Ramification immaculate my
Restitution paid in flesh,
thy debt paid in full.

Summer Rain (2012)

No more tears in this rain,
like heaven's crying, these tears
are happiness falling from my eyes.

There's nothing quite like it,
this pain in my chest has
never felt so good.

She's something else entirely,
words just can't describe
everything I want to say.

She's like the summer rain
falling slowly from the sky,
not a cloud in sight.

Heaven's crying above and
I've never felt so good,
She's like summer rain.

The floodgates to heaven open
and for a moment I see God
I'm drowning in this love,
Heaven above me pouring down.

I'm an old man young again,
Time has passed me by and
I'm trembling in this downpour,
but I've never been so warm.

She's like the summer rain
falling slowly from the sky,
not a cloud in sight.

Heaven's crying above and
I've never felt so good,
She's like summer rain.

No more tears in this rain,
Heaven's crying above and my tears
are happiness, falling from my eyes.

There's nothing quite like it,
this pain in my chest has never
felt this good.

Words just can't describe
everything that I want to say,
I've never hurt so much.

I've never felt this kind of pain
but these tears are happiness
falling from my eyes.

You're the summer rain falling slowly
from my eyes...