1. TRANSFORM & SCATHE

Tailored, straight and neat he breathes it in
Wrapped firmly in his silken abhorrence
Face of fortune, status of high
Behind those eyes the decay compounds.

Frightened, cold and alone, she waits.
Knowing the turn of time brings nothing but defeat
The salvation of daylight halts,
Leaving soulless the hours in blight.

Drink from this sullied repository,
Transform and scathe
Swallow it down
Taste the agony.
Relish the chaos
Mount the display
Throw up the curtain of blindness
Transform and scathe

Thoughts fermented past better judgement
Veiled in competence and prestige
Beast arise, imprisoned by fear
Lacking intimacy for the observer

With a peck and a wink, reset.
Tailored once anew.
No doubt, it will be different by morning

With a fuck and a drink, forget.
Crimson stains anew.
No doubt she will be hidden by morning.

Drink from this sullied repository,
Transform and scathe
Swallow it down
Taste the agony.
Relish the chaos
Mount the display
Throw up the curtain of blindness
Transform and scathe


2. THE ECHOES

Here nor there, the echoes proceed
Guided by the turning, burning, intense
Unequivocally yours,
Undeniably yours.

Fountains of space, crackles of dawn.
Just a nest to raise the dead
But you won’t know, will you?
It isn’t until your passage
That you will believe

Anchors, foundations,
Regards for the comatose.
Steel or valor,
Pen and parchment.
This is false hope,
And your withering
Will bring you shame.
Here nor there,
The echoes proceed.

I’ve seen it all before. The way it eats you,
How it sleeps, and where it shits on your dreams.
Your might is your understanding,
A drive for truth and a faithless doubt

Don’t be aghast of the ending.
From Storm or light,
This abashed realm of creation may bring the
Answers after all.


3. MY OWN UNDOING

Longing for your every movement
I spin out of control
I wish to find what this life should hold
Struggling with the openness
Which birthed our strength as one
It’s like the only fortune I can’t resist

Will I then be at the jaws of my creations?
Will I lie in the fields which I have planted?
Will I succumb to the poison that I cast?
Only to find that it swallows my being?

I have victoriously pulled myself from the chasm
To breathe the fresh air of love anew
But to my own dismay I’ve belayed myself to the rocks
For fear that I may never find my foothold again

We’ll never see this.
I know I want you
I know I need you.
Come and take it.
We’ll never see this through

I do not doubt thee, it’s the sick chaos
Outside of all control that’s feeding me
It’s all that I fear
I wish not to portray your unmistakable beauty
As a masquerade of terror.
But I did it again.

My own distress will be my own undoing.


4. WINDSWEPT CLOSURE

A moment, a prayer for the lost
Regrets and last words through the haze
Far from here the poisoned winds
We had no chance, not time to end

Lost love, torn asunder
By tides of reverberation
No closure, no final gifts
Last moments slip away

I want to feel your touch,
I need your inspiration.
Through all this bitter pain,
You brought me clarity

Far beyond the veil
I call out to you.
Summoning ethereal lines
My aches and agonies, dissolve

One of thousands,
Left standing defiant and bold
This land, remains a path
Enables Repentance and amends

Embarked and swept away
Like feathers of sorrow and shame
Left unsaid, awaiting the threshold
Another time, another day

Take these hymns, saved for nothing
Absolution, discharged from decay
Your visage, faded from the light
Silenced

I feel your words. Seeping in
Forgiving me, soothing my soul.
This is not for you

Alas I may live again

Wronged, righted
Salvation through windswept closure
You sheathe around my being
Alas I may live again