Mosaic

Talk through all the
Thoughts in my head
Pick through whatever
Comes to mind
No whole pieces
Just fragments instead
Just tornadic winds
Strangling wind chimes
Let’s make a mosaic
Of what’s been found
Just keep it prosaic
No accoutrements allowed
But whatever image
We assembled
Made our souls tremble
Darkness beneath the shroud
Whirlwind reaping limbs lost
Blood stained reign bodies tossed
Impaled inhaled crown of thorns hailed–
Then the vision was gone
Our surroundings not the same
Room where we played
No doors no windows
Charnel house it became
Us transported via ritual
This unholy vault
Now our tomb

Defender

Disrespect my boundaries
Because this is what you want
Just to get a peek at
Who I really am
Instead of staying away
Stay a while and say
What you want to say
And I will listen
Neither make any excuses for me
Nor make me feel comfortable
Let me fight my own battles
And get my own hands dirty
Let me speak when spoken to
Offer my opinions though they be few
Provide praise and criticism when due
And I will stand my ground
Disappoint yourself and
Let me know your weakness
Invade my space and share yours
So I understand your fears and tears
Let me rescue you
Though that is not who you are
And I will be yours forever

Data broker

Whenever you’re around
Trying to decode everything
You say and do
To know who you may be into
You giggle loudly talking to someone
I’ve never heard you laugh like that before–
Note to self
Is there something more?
My client needs data
No ring on your finger
Always alone you don’t linger
More work charge client pro rata–
You’re playful with others
But tight-lipped about associates
Does it mean you have one or more lovers?
Check the socials as appropriate–
Package for client now done
But no smoking gun
Whether you’re available
That is strictly debatable–
Checking for the next job
Got another one

Resurrected

Losing patience
With everything
I don’t want you
To save me
Let me drown
In this life
Choking on air
You so easily breathe

Burn my dreams
Let their ashes cloud the skies
The world as it seems
Defies denies I despise

Words exchanged
Promises made
To see hear share
Let me indulge
My fear and despair
Oh why do I
Find you alluring?
Your ambiguity reassuring?

Dreamless
Return me to the depths
Unshackle my heart all for the best
Time reverse so we never met
Me erased your timeline reset
Break the ritual
Let me finally rest

Objectified

Humans are
People
Not things
But I want to feel
Sought after longed for
I want to be something
Chased then caught
Dreamt about
A dream come true
A blessing in disguise
An unexpected gift
I want
To catch someone
Looking at me
(Not looking away)
I want
To be told I have
Nice eyes
(Not that they like my shirt)
That I have
A beautiful mind
(Not that I’m smart)
That I am wanted
(Not that I’m needed)

Twinkle

Dear neighbor
I imagine a distant future
That when we gaze
Into the night sky
Looking for celestial reminders
Of each other’s existence
The billion points of light
Radiating from the firmament
Will have disappeared
That the twinkle has stopped
Because there are
No more stars
The accelerated
Inflationary expansion
Of space will have
Finally moved you
So far away from me
That not even the starlight
Of our home galaxies
Can reach each other
It will be as if
We never knew
Each other existed
So before that happens
Let us memorialize
The night sky together
Continue to study the stars
If only as reminders
That we were
Never alone

Mystery

Lyrics sharp
Molecular bonds
They shear apart
Lyrics dull
Blunt force trauma
Applied to numbskulls
Lyrics abstract
Confound lesser souls
Meanings unable to extract
Lyrics concise
Shall never waste
Because exactness always suffice
Of faith this is the mystery
How mind heart lyrics interrelate