Life is full of ups and downs but sometimes it's also full of indifference, numbness. Sometimes it seems like no matter what we do we can't catch a break while other times it feels like life goes on without us making the slightest effort. Sometimes doing nothing works while swinging for the fences ends in utter disaster.
If I had words I'd sing a song
I'd rearrange the stars
Up in smoke
Set off like sparks
Flattened here
Still and barely
Inhaling
Even' stars
Such a moon
Forgotten
Reveling without
Revealing meaning within
Caught up with dry tongue
Desires sit undone
In a web of useless words
I was the only one caught up
Not worth the North wind
And all air out of the room
In space no one really can
Hear a heart breaking
Pushing pieces out to sea
Dashed against the stones
Young thoughts I anchored here like dreams
Worlds I would have made for you
A sour mind that can't create
A tainted gallery of misguided notions
Now nailed up with these failures
And kissed upon the cheek
A loneliness fettered only by delusion
Buying time here at the mirror
With a mannequin in a fresh cloak
Coaxed ahead by all these fears
So even if I had a chance
I'd just waste your time
All the same you know my worth
Spelled out in empty hours
Cast in repetitious phrases
The make and model of a coward
Incantations failed to phase this
Melancholy gridlock stare
Moonshine more a shade of doubt
I lay myself against the ground
And dream of breathing in
Of what the Spring might mean
I feel the storm coming
But know it ain't for me
Covered over in soil
Begging to be free
Sharing an empty cup
Praying for the laying on of hands
Settling for less than
And knowing my own place
Making pacts with apathy
Images to lessen impacts
Nerve endings burnt out
And heart still swimming
Swinging for
So much more
Than goodbye
But now I
Know My Place
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