Friday, December 23, 2016

Just for a Little While

I don't believe in God
I just want to sleep for a little while
Just for a little while

sleep forget the pain
closed eyes block out light
hope shuddering from truth

I don't believe in Hell
I just want to get drunk tonight
Just for one night to breathe

drink poison to feel alive
cough throat and live a little
dreams staggering from truth

I don't believe in love
I have just felt its burn in my skin
My skin pulled tight against the chill

feel sting of love in bones
lips against skin soft warm
bones broken by truth

I don't believe in the Devil
Yet I have seen his face close to mine
His eyes bright and dark like mine

feel his breath on neck
fallen on ground lost balance
teeth smashed because of truth

And just for a little while,
I don't exist, no spark in me
And just for a little while
I am gone, shadow with no form
And just for a little while
I don't matter, so don't cry


Monday, December 19, 2016

Little Long Life

Little long life
Death spit poison
Little long life
Sun-grey smokey

Eyes dry, tired of seeing
Black hole jaw fat from eating
Our lives' riverbed dried out
Like eyes asleep in dead skull
Bleaching rainbow from sky

Eye wet, tears raining hope
Lost for a time, found in words
Lost for a time, found in face
Lost for a time, found in self
Found strong in the grave,
no death now.

Little long life
Insects in sections
Little long life
Broken smile slimy

Hands weakened by heart
Break all the glass freedom
Come slow, comes never now
Forgot to laugh and live for a day
That never comes when you sleep

Hands strengthened by heart
Weak once, strong now in spirit
Weak once, strong now in rumor
Weak once, strong now in dream
Found strong in the grave,
no death now.

Little long life
For dreams to come
Alive now to take my
Little long life
In my weak hands