Moonless Sky (poem)
If I lose my path
and cannot remember the way that I came
If I forget the sound of your laugh
or the way you speak my name
and if all of nature's mysteries
allude me throughout my life
will the blood on my breath
and the slowing of my heart
bring us closer together
or only tear us apart?
why is the world so cold? So cold?
drapped in silence, dressed in allure
the best and the brightest
that sing from outside my front door
walking on razor sharp wire
stretched far too thin upon a moonless shore
drumbeats echo flesh and bone
to trick the eye with slight of hand
Here I stand at the tide alone
A mockery of their reprimand
there is truth in tragedy
while silence holds still
the world keeps turning
the sun keeps burning
despite my fears I still am learning
hear my war song battle cry
these battle scars begin to heal
beneath the tears that never stop flowing
long enough for my face to dry
and at the end of a day
that stretches on and on
I remain a hapless pawn
locked cold in terror
stark with remorse
see this is not a system error
it's far too late to change my course
Fires bright enough to dry an ocean
only after cities drown
greed that set this havok in motion
straight lipped liars become faceless clowns
As I watch the night devour the daylight
basking in the pain I feel
embracing the tragedy of the moment
to forget the promise, deny the deal
but truth is a whisper so hard to ignore
I can't pretend, I won't deny
the fading shadows keeping score
beneath an empty, moonless sky
Chronicles of wasted time
shadows eat the silhouettes
thoughtless birth in careful ryhme
for despite my apathy my faults are not but one
that I seek to harnass moonlight
but let the lovers own the sun