Waltz

inside my brain a dozen doors

swing open before me

as the pain of birth lingers

words waltz across my body

endearingly passionately scarred

disappointments on fingers

words waltz across my body

as the pain of birth lingers

confusion reigns while sounds

with hope bleed happily

as the pain of birth lingers

words waltz across my body

a pattern tapped into my flesh

with the sharp end of a stinger

words waltz across my body

as the pain of birth lingers

Awaiting Rain

"In Texas, it's always hot, dry, sunny, not a cloud in the sky." ~ Piper Perabo

dirt whips itself into fuss
while the sun beats down
tree branches hang low, leaves whither
dogs pant as their keepers frown

at the empty blue sky
on the hot rocks, snakes slither
dogs pant as their keepers frown
tree branches hang low, leaves whither

weeds thrive despite the heat
survival of the fittest, they wear the crown
tree branches hang low, leaves whither
dogs pant as their keepers frown

Continuous Thread

keep yourself above all else, first
when generality has fled
sweet, wonderful you will remain
you are the continuous thread

sew the diseases of your heart
every stitch is in your vein
you are the continuous thread
sweet, wonderful you will remain

exorcise your nightmares so that 
your dreams stick around to be fed
sweet, wonderful you does remain
you are the continuous thread

Falling Star

"Between two worlds life hovers like a star, twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge." ~ Lord Byron

Sometimes I feel that my pursuits in life are misguided by romantic notions and childhood dreams; wondering how I can always continually pursue and believe in silly notions of love and peace, especially when life reminds me on a daily basis that these two things are illusions. I began to think of all the awesome theories and laws man has discovered about the universe; one being that nothing is constant. Laws that were true thousands of years ago were usurped by a star falling on an unsuspecting genius, ready to expand our universe with his enlightenment.

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Why do I store my dreams in make-believe?
Am I waiting for a star to fall on me?
So that my fiction becomes fact?
The impossible comes to be?

Is this what makes the universe expand?
Heaven and nature breaking their pact?
The impossible comes to be?
So that my fiction becomes fact?

What proof, that natural laws break?
Quantum theory and relativity?
So that my fiction becomes fact?
The impossible comes to be?
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