Tiger's Dance

 

The ones who hate the world,

at some point loved too much. 

Part of my heart still falls apart

under the weight of your hush. 

I'm not saying I'm lonely,

only that I missed your voice. 

Fortune tends to favor the brave,

But we didn't have a choice. 

To slip the surly bonds of Earth 

and meet among the galaxies,

dance with me the tiger's dance

in our constellation of complexity. 

The Wrath of Laughter

I gather my mind in desolate winds

and throw it all into the air,

slip away like the dust of insects.

light a candle deep down somewhere.

 So share with me the wrath of your laughter,

these sheets are cold

and my excuses old.

We made a go and it was a disaster,

I was right 

I was right,

your black parade inside my heart

I'm alone but at least I'm honest

and I loved you from the start. 

Lightning strikes two, three times.

It's in your plot and surprises me not,

our telltale stares, scars and ink

your words make no sense 

but I know what you think.

Faith

Hello, it's a sparrow in Baltimore
counting shards of light across my floor,
as felonious phantoms swing down to the ground.
I cover my ears but I can still hear,
all of the echoes
all of the sounds.

Your song is sweet and it moves my feet
my sadness is still incomplete.
I no longer fear the reaper.
I no longer wish to compete.
I'm tired worn and blindfolded,
and ready to take that faithful leap.

Blessed

When all the bombs go silent,

the murder of ravens is gone,

hold tight

close your eyes

together we'll go on.

We rise from the twisted aftermath,

stronger than we were before.

We are our own reflections

and we'll break down the door.

You're my constellation 

my muse, my aching, my partner in crime.

When I count my blessings

I thank the angels that you're mine.

Ocean

The city's gears are grinding
talk about my timing,
I'm another poet in a generation lost.
My body keeps climbing
though the unseen binding,
I hope to leave before the first frost.
Love's sweet destruction
is but an interruption,
I want to be electricity racing in the sky,
but my veiled resolve
immediately dissolves
presumed strength becomes my only disguise.
A moment's distraction
can give traction
to events never put into motion.
Papers moved
and pages smoothed,
all intentions roam back to the ocean.

Grande Pretender

The solitary summer breeze
is kissing my pale face.
The world is singing "let it be"
because too soon it will be too late.

September sirens are returning,
I've always loved those grey winged birds,
carrying with them the chill of autumn.
When it's all under control,
out drops the bottom,
and all that's left is broken words.
Destroy me and abuse me
rip a hole and walk right through me,
leave me shaking in the streets,
and don't look back to see me.

I am the grande pretender,
singing with swallows
that are bound for the south.
I look past my window,
and I surrender
to the lyrics of the lake
that escape through my mouth.

Walk My Mile

Ramble me away from here,
past the grieving ghostly scraps
of my soul cemetery.
Oh, devil on my shoulder
sing to me a lullaby,
burn the bridges to the ground,
and say it's all my fault.
Some love's like a murder of crows,
that scatter when you approach too fast.
They don’t make a sound.
Silence is sacred 
in an unholy world.

Dragon

Smash the glass
and pull the lever;
sound the alarm and vanish.
Wake the world
from a shore of feathers,
fight until your heart is banished.
Pointless though the chase may be,
my feet still take to flight.
I surrender to lunar dance
and catch that elusive dragon tonight.

Stolen

Someone stole a smile from me,

under lock and key,

it’s dedicated to the past.

I decisively throw back my head

and let out a great laugh;

live the life you’ve craved,

worldly things in time do pass.

Suddenly,

I can barely hold my breath.

All the lights went out, 
I’m finally scared to death.

It all that’s left,

are these unrequited songs.

Maybe I’ll trip down the melodies

and maybe I’m just wrong.

I’m wrong about the time gone by

wrong about the way,

wrong about desire denied

and things other people say.

I can’t be wrong about everything,

though I act a fool;

for true love I’d do anything

but I must break every the rules.

Dagger

A dagger in Romeo’s quivering hand

summons a conference of birds on land.

I slip below an unholy grip

and my vision free falls.

The tar of the Void reaches for me

caressing my face like a God.

Go lightly.

We don’t need another hero.

We all have hidden halos

and we all have hidden horns.

We get high on borrowed night,

before the veracious dawn is born.

So Romeo go, go

and wash your bloody hands clean;

you speak in leading questions,

 because you never say what you mean...

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Sane

Pampered pretending and predictable endings,
there's a face that sank a thousand ships.
Glass to the flame perfectly blending
memories linger in a bittersweet kiss.

Never complain,
never explain
and don't set your sight on perfection.
There's nothing wrong
with your pain,
life is made in mistakes and corrections.

So riddle me this and riddle me that...
Riddles riddle my obtuse brain.
There are puzzles with too many pieces,
still some of us cling to what's labled sane.

Vices and Virtues

Pull me off like molting feathers,
lift me up and toss me to the wind.
Do whatever it is you want
I won't be passing your way again.
And it's a fine life
to just be walking through.
Lovers change
and night feels strange;
nothing else compares to you.
It's a fine time on that fine line
to be walking these streets home.
The moon wanes,
stars go insane
without vices and virtues we'd all be alone.

The Way It Is

I know what it’s like
to have a hole in your face,
living off the moment
and a fall from grace.
My mind is a million piece puzzle
scattered across the dirt.  
Bridges burn at every turn
while every fiber in my body hurts.
I know the strife 
I know the fury
I know what it’s like to be on that bridge.
There’s a sickness where no one sees,
so I keep on the way it is.

Temporary

What will be will be.

There's no way around eventuality.

I'm still hoping like a fool,

against all odds,

that the meeting reflections

is where life is lived

and mistakes are forgiven

because everything is temporary.

Smash a glass in your frustration,

revolt against the constellations.

Love does not leave fingerprints.

She never complains or explains;

love may not be decadent 

she simply engages the imagination.

Hurricane

Sink your ship in hazardous waters,

make your voices sane.

You can crush my heart

like an old tin can.

You are a goddamn hurricane.

Between the devil and the deep blue sea
There's somethings you need to
 see to believe.
You need to kick and scream and rage out loud

Reason,rainbows and hope

are being held ransom by the clouds.

In the razor talons of a raven
you are marked for pain

 your final thoughts 

and forget me nots,

lay wasted and in vain.

Already

I thought I knew enough

and really had a stronger grip.

You shatter my thoughts

whether you mean to or not,

as the fabric of my universe rips.

There's scuffs on my boots

and bait on your breath;

a riddle with no true conclusion.

Why did you have to show up now

with your devilish illusion?

So let's take another ride on the carousel.

Let me see the wind in your hair.

I can hear laughter over the surf

and now we're playing truth or dare.

You dare me to keep my eyes closed

and I have to ask you "why?"

You tell me a dare's a dare

and now is not the time to be shy.

Our connection will not dissolve

No matter how long

no matter how far,

Lifetimes from now we'll be in love

 because we already are.

Never Before

I love you like I never loved before.
Tigers, wolves and dragons in me roar.

My words and actions fail me,
the ground is rumbling like a train.
I’ve got a tin cup of black coffee.
 I’m watching my shoes collect the rain.
I would wait forever
just like any other fool,
I'll stumble in my resolve
but I would stop the world for you.
Good intentions caught in tendrils
get lost among the evening shade.
They go unnoticed and slip through cracks;
as if the travail was never made.

I love you like I never loved before.
The phoenix inside me intrepidly soars.

Garden

All hearts tender
sadly still do break.
I'm a swallow gliding,
my heart's a black parade.

We're all slaves to the experience
until we reclaim our bones.
My reputation's already shot,
being in love's like coming home.
We'll be mockingbirds
kept to a gilded cage,
struggling with our bound wings
as we plan our genius escape.
Let's conspire to spark the fire;
and burn everything but sheet music.
Night will come to replace the sun
the poison's harmless if you refuse it.

An escape and a fire
triggered by desire,
let's pull off the gloves and go.
I crawl to you as roses turn blue,
a prolific garden starts to grow.

Not a Hero

It all started on the page
and my misgivings made you rage.
I guess I should have saved the day,
but I'm only human.

Now I'm just a satellite 
orbiting the debris of gods.
I look up to the Heavens
and pray I see a spaceship 
so I know I'm not alone.

Drama queens and suicide kings
showed me how to carry on
with slight of hand
and a little smoke,
something's sure to finally go wrong.

And it's something unintentional 
but it matters all the same,
Under a thick fog of medicine
I accidentally caused you pain.
I hope you know I was grasping.
I love you with all my might,
I'm not a hero or a martyr
but with you I'd share the night. 

Icarus

I'd sail back to reality,

if I only had the wings.

I don't regret a single moment,

but I'd change a thousand things.

I'd repair my mind

and turn back time,

I'd move beyond ghosts I remember.

I'd sail to you 

and make you swoon,

with lyrics to my song of September.

I would sail back into your heart,

if I only knew the way.

My wings melt and I refuse help,

I only wish my love to stay.

The Poet

Apologies unknown and broken bones,

grieving ghosts giving up on their own,

and my mind is a skeleton,

of ivory and puzzles.

Cream spilling into hot black coffee,

swirling like curls of dragon smoke.

Some say let go softly.

 I say never, never, let go of hope.

I try to lose the heavy hanging thoughts

in my banged and stained coffee cup,

diving deep into that fathomless void 

until I'm gasping and come up.

So I'm here in the bitter end.

I've got a smoke and a grin.

 I'm pacing like a tiger,

but at least I can say that I'm writing again.

Ghost Ship

Ghost ship sailing

in the middle of the night.

Sailing like the devil 

before high tide

surrenders to the light.

I try not to wonder,

a derelict.

There comes a time 

to pack it all in.

Everything’s more temporary

than the tattoos on my skin.

Leave no trace.

We’re all destined for dust,

train station love and carousel rides

we can never feel too much.