Look at Us

Look at me

Existing here

Waiting 

Silently watching people pass by

Look at you

Lying there 

Carefree

Without a disquiet of any kind

Look at her

Running away

Sobbing

Hoping someone might stop her

Look at him

Sitting near

Grinning

Chuckling at the world and its follies

Look at us

Living on

Unalike 

Heading onward amongst each other

Like a Tower

There are towers inside of fortresses

Their windows are shattered

Shards are everywhere

Only a few are unscathed

Doorknobs lie in pieces on the sooty ground

Papers and pens

Thoughts and memories

Are all scattered before these eyes

Wandering in and out of towers

One grows jaded

One grows worn

Ascending to the top in rugged conditions

Dust and debris adhere to togs

It is impossible to evade these fallen obstacles

Once the top of a tower is reached

All of the fortress can be observed

All disaster

All misfortune

All that is broken

Yet in the midst of the turmoil and wreckage

There is a lake

There is a lake that lies serene and motionless

It is untouched by any hindrance

It is a precious gift of relief and peace

The water is the only sliver life in this fortress

It lies in perfection

Amongst the broken towers

Ins and Outs

The snakes you spat,

They wrapped and wrapped

Around me

But what was that?

Oh, what was that,

To tell me all about me?

From the time I was born

That time until now

You told me what I was

My ins and my outs

The thoughts you gave

I bathed and bathed

Inside them

But why is that?

Why'd I do that?

I skipped the wind in the trees.

Shameful was I

Well you ought to know

And each time I lied

My body did so

Father, Please

I originally wrote this as a song. The lyrics mean so much to me.

Father Your name was lost

When You left our house

Three years ago

Father we begged You to come home

But You didn't show

When we called You

Father please come home

Can't You see we're done

Father please return

This house has lost its worth

Daughter you think I left you here

But I never did, My dear

I have been around

Daughter your house is cold inside

From all the tears you've cried

What have you done?

Daughter I am home

I had never gone

Daughter dry your eyes

And look up at the skies

Father, please

Daughter, believe

Who We Are

I see wicked eyes

I try to let it go

I throw it to the wind

And watch it blow

I cannot change or shape your eyes

You cannot see through this disguise

I can watch the sun arise

And carry on

With the burden

Of your watch

We will carry on as who we are

You will not push us to the dark

Be Silent

Don't be sore as you were and take part in these contingencies 

Take pride in yourself 

Not in humility

Do not ever bruise your heart because it does not help

You bent petals and stomped them

But they did not break

Savor this blessed place and hold dear my heart to your's

Accept this lenity and artistry

Run, as I run 

You are mine, love

Worry adds no hours

Lie in bed

Be silent

Soothe

We hear the crashing coming from our neighbors’ house

As we rest on chairs and look up at the stars

Though we cannot identify the din we hear

The moon and its men are making themselves clear

Tis so dear to see

When breathing soothes me

We hear the train wheels screeching as we go

But peering out the window there is untrodden snow

I watch the mountain fracture as I walk on it

But my feet love the scree, every single bit

Tis so precious to see 

When existence soothes me