Sometimes I listen

Sometimes I listen for the world knows its way
The rush of the willow in a summers breeze
A quiet moon treads lightly in the night sky
Can you hear the whisper piercing through the night
Wishes borne of kisses, magic fairy dust
Wilted leaves weighted in rains of swollen seas
Masked truth and beauty felled by the city sky
Seek what lay broken, beneath my heavy step
Quickened breaths soothe my weary soul when I weep
Sell the golden egg to the highest bidder
Wrath beats the whore within an inch of her life
Quell her fevered brow, fraught is the forsaken
Missed is the mother who lay still in her grave
March forward into darkness, forgive me, pray
Rest tired mind for I know not what I say

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thin hope

thin hope, wanting what I can't have
needing less, pretending I'm free
sad heart, covered in a false salve
my death, while I am still alive

seeming, to be something you're not
playing, fast and loose with my heart
loosened, from the ties, tethered rot
benign, the actor plays his part

something, broken inside of me
freedom, false still I reach for thee
unmasked, the woman from the child be
stolen, this life on a path unseen

careless, with my hands cupped in yours
fragile, tender faith, gentle rose
looking, for what she does not know
beneath, the earth she cries no more

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Empty

Empty my words, thoughts and feelings
Echo this silence as it screams
Abstract distance, feckless disdain
Bury that which keeps me sane

Dark the heart borne of this temptress
Beating wildly inside my breast
Desire claws seeking freedom
Desperate her thirst for my kingdom

Pebbles moist, cast in thin waters
On pressed knees in prayerful bother
For her sins to be forgiven
Escape the madness in her head

Unsettled breaths, still my heartbeat
Weary I, in forever sleep
Rise up my soul, eternal night
Come the angels who give me flight

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What if

What if things were different
If you could love me more
Our hearts made one from two
A window to your soul

Maybe sorry mattered
Trying was something new
Foregiveness a blessing
What if you loved me still

Sun sets the crescent moon
Glistens the midnight star
Forever my heart aches
Wanting you from afar

If nonsense could make sense
Promises be unbroken
If one more day could mean
My poor old heart would mend

The past long forgotten
With sins where roses grow
If only lonely knew
A tiny glimpse of hope

Sunshine warms the haunted
Sets fire to the pain
Plenty penny wishes
To be with you again

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