To live inside a box
Gilded in gold chains
With doors made of rocks
With all four limbs restrained
You’ll truly know true terror
If you step outside that door
But if you stay inside for ever
Your heart will always crave for more.
To live inside a box
Gilded in gold chains
With doors made of rocks
With all four limbs restrained
You’ll truly know true terror
If you step outside that door
But if you stay inside for ever
Your heart will always crave for more.
Gone again into the wind
Gone again into melody
Gone again into the shimmer
Gone again into the tapestry.
The muse of death slumbers not
The sentry of life rests not
Then why must we falter?
Why must we stumble?
Stand with eternity
Run with infinity
Despair shall we never speak
Lest we be reminded of the dirges peak
Now soar into the storms iris
never to fear life nor death.
As I lay within my silent cocoon my wounds slowly heal
The memories of the past flutter between fake and real;
And like every other shattered soul broken after war
Even after this metamorphoses my heart will have a scar;
But while inside the sea of hope and despair
I hear the voices of my dreams whisper in my ear;
Dismay is not your purpose and pain is not your throne
Know that your past has passed and nothing is set in stone
Blood sweat and pain dragged us into this world,
Hope, fear, love and hate fight for our souls,
Defenseless into the savage fray we are hurled,
We are taught to bend our knees before the bold.
We are denied the sacred seal of our birthright,
Usurped from seat of our forefathers legacy,
Trained to hold our tongues and hide our might,
Raised in a world where it’s wrong to be free.
Soon we will remember our purpose.
Scorched beneath the darkened sun left cracked and dry
Beaten by the starved sands tortured from the tearless sky
Buried by the shattered hopes of an army of broken souls
Bound by chains forged from countless tattered goals
Till a single speck of mist landed on the parched bones
And life was beckoned from the grim and dreary stones
Within the heart of the dusty corpse a grand oasis grew
And now the dreams old have meshed with hopes of new
Broken on the inside with pieces stuck to the bone
This shell is eternal, stubborn and hard like stone
The rays of light seek the path hidden within the scars
But the trek is futile for I am chained within mental bars
I seek the warden who hid the keys from my sullen eyes
As my shepherd rains crimson rain from the golden skies
I hear the drops fall upon this retched and bloody cage
But only pain and confusion oozes from my unjust rage
As the cleansing drops seep into this fragile cocoon
I feel the light of grace raise my soul with the moon
And as this scarred cocoon is slowly soaked and lit
Now fed by grace I have the strength to make it split
You’ve been rising for hours drinking in bliss
Every scar is a piece of your soul you shall miss
Every bee sting is a blissful mark that you hide
A bitter sweet thing, this sadistic muse, your pride
Every track a new path for your masochistic train
Every tear shed for you adds to the torrential rain
But you don’t care about the flood because your flying
And while you soar you bloody clan is bruised and dying
But then the wind finally is gone and gravity brings its heavy hand
And as you try to grasp your singed wings you rapidly fall to the land
You look into the crimson tapestry of the sky and fall into an endless hole
You sadly wonder why there are bloody strokes on the canvas of your soul.
With many flights behind me fate called its guard
Its face was as empty as its ageless soul was scarred
In its hand were my insecurities as sharp as death
And I could feel death and despair from his breath
I drew my blade made from my endless faith and will
And reality tensed as we both stood deathly still
The ground shook as he began to walk with empty pride
And prepared myself for I knew there was no where to hide
This battle might be long and it might be impossible to win
But for me surrender hopelessness is the single greatest sin.
Standing proud in his shining armor of black
I tense as he prepares to go on the attack
This great Knight of pure justice and law
Seeks to trap me in his hidden hungry maw
But he has yet to witness the power of will
The power to win without the urge to kill
I will not be sealed into this old false order
For its crimes are worst than bloody murder
My will is too strong to have my soul stashed
So with my passion his shining armor is smashed.
My hand grips this fate stained blade dripping with glee
And my shadow laughs as all my fearsome enemies flee
I stand within this starlit dune and breath in my power
And I prepare my self for the climb of the deadly tower
For upon its lofty and shining crest is a bridge to heaven
But guarding its mighty gates are the deadly vices seven
As I trod upon the seemingly endless dry sands of time
I know the vicious sins could not touch one free of crime
They snarled as they watched me open the gates sublime
I could not relax for what came was the treacherous climb.
Poetry, Fiction and Art
A Life's Worth of Observations from a Songwriter and Sound Engineer
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