Triage
Callously, I've raised my hand, I demand attention, To strike up the band..
And to strike a match.. a flame that lasts: cauterize, and don't look back..
Forget no-one, leave no memory undone.. don't ask if I cared, if I loved anyone?
If my songs stay unsung, my wars left unwon. If the pictures I burned, are the same ones once hung...
Sleeplessly, each dream is sent. of lovers like candles, bright flames now spent..
So in your heart: REPENT! For every discrepancy, every last resent!
Everything you despise, which tears at your eyes. Carelessly closed, never wet, always dry..
Always placing a bet, never folding, always set. Transactional souls, which can't be reset..
Our lives are refined, carefully shuffled; defined. Moving ever forward, they never rewind.
The past trails behind us, clever shackles to bind us. To continue untethered, we do what we must..
We file our memories, and plant our seeds. Set fire to bridges, level our family trees..
And within ourselves stay sealed, carefully concealed. To remain ever guarded, for old wounds must heal..
And to strike a match.. a flame that lasts: cauterize, and don't look back..
Forget no-one, leave no memory undone.. don't ask if I cared, if I loved anyone?
If my songs stay unsung, my wars left unwon. If the pictures I burned, are the same ones once hung...
Sleeplessly, each dream is sent. of lovers like candles, bright flames now spent..
So in your heart: REPENT! For every discrepancy, every last resent!
Everything you despise, which tears at your eyes. Carelessly closed, never wet, always dry..
Always placing a bet, never folding, always set. Transactional souls, which can't be reset..
Our lives are refined, carefully shuffled; defined. Moving ever forward, they never rewind.
The past trails behind us, clever shackles to bind us. To continue untethered, we do what we must..
We file our memories, and plant our seeds. Set fire to bridges, level our family trees..
And within ourselves stay sealed, carefully concealed. To remain ever guarded, for old wounds must heal..