Tag: freedom

The Strip I Found Myself Upon

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What can I do I’m just a speck of dust
Born on a spy Wednesday that I can’t trust 
And do I really betray the saviour 
Or is it just something I pray for 
As I sit in St. Mel’s Cathedral 
And wonder if there is really a thing so evil 
As what we’ve been taught exists 
But I was flung into the mists 
And there was no option but to face the darkness
I give who I was a parting kiss
As I step out of her skin 
And into the one I’m walking in 
And I’m scared of death and revolution 
Because once an idea became a final solution 
That rested on the destruction
And some babies are born by suction 
As mothers die just to give life 
And women sacrifice to be someone’s wife 
And men on the front 
Call those they hate some kind of cunt 
As they get their guns ready to fire 
Will humanity ever tire
Of pulling the trigger 
As we only get bigger 
On a planet that stays the same size 
And people must show they’re having the time of their lives
Or they do not exist 
And is it any wonder that I’m pissed
Or that we have a crisis of suicide 
When it means so little to be alive 
The price that hangs above our head
So vapid that some would rather be dead 
Than face into the storm I choose to weather
And wouldn’t we all rather be lying in the heather 
Soaking in the moor 
But the poor 
Echo in my mind
And ask me not to leave them behind 
And wealth is not a measure of riches 
So I just kick it with my bitches 
And find a way to keep what is precious in me 
Even if it means that I don’t let anyone see
The cog that turns my wheel 
Must I repeat, don’t be ruled by what you feel 
In the age of Iraq
And an atrocity you cannot take back 
Not as hard as you try 
There are those who send the wounded to die 
As a salve for what they need to do 
And I passed a homeless man who had not one but two 
Limbs amputated 
And I may be educated
But I can never know how that feels
And something in me just reels 
As the veteran sings 
And thanks me heartily for the things
I give to him 
Money and a smile but how could a country win 
When we are one humanity 
And consciousness knows only one way to be 
And that is to embrace the other 
For every man is my brother 
And holds my empty hands
As the hourglass is spilling sands 
Onto an eternal beach 
What does Earth School teach? 

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Human Again

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I feel like human again now there’s a chink in the chain 
And you know you’re from Ireland if you trust the rain 
To always fall
There used to be a Berlin Wall
To separate the East from West
Like they separate me from the one who knows me best
And they trap me in a cage 
So I let it rage on a page
All the good they ever did
Was just to confirm that I’m His
Am I crazy
Do I let it faze me 
Or just let it raise me 
From the dead
And I lay in my bed
In Dean Swift 
And Emmett said whisht
Don’t worry your little head 
And he all but winked at me instead 
As I lay there and just stared 
But I dared 
To cross a line 
That was so fine
As a pen with a nib
Can I ad lib 
And find a quote 
That I could float 
Did you know that I wished 
You were not a star that I missed
As I shoot past your gate 
And I may have learned to hate
The gatekeepers at the door
But you’re something I adore 
And the fallaway floor
Let’s me out again 
I call it men
But really it’s human kind 
And women want equality
But it’s revenge that’s on my mind 
For the guy that took me down 
And now it’s an ocean that I drown 
In my wide open air 
Is there any proof that I was there 
When the final crack of the whip 
Split my lip 
And I bleed words into the abyss
Why do I still miss
Someone who did that to me 
And if you’re chained to the sky are you free
Like Dylan says 
I’m not sure anyone is listening anyways

Conflicting Feelings

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Am I the Jolene of the story
As he implored me 
To just let him be 
And I feel a rankling in my dignity
Why would he take this story down 
As if it would destroy his town
And I have no beef with his girl 
But I had to tell him that the world 
Revolves around his sun of stars 
And I was chasing cars 
Around my head in my room 
When I was fifteen and kissed the doom 
As it met you there 
And I know you care
But I rip the page from the typewriter
Because my friend said I would have to fight her
To get to you
And it’s not something I’ve a mind to do 
I just wanted you to know
That I have not let go 

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Third Eye Blues

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I got lost in the third eye blues 
And everything called me to pay my dues
But I didn’t have any money
Though I’m wealthy as fuck, honey
I slot the puzzle piece into the jar 
As I wonder what you are 
And the nomad in me looks for change
But it’s not the kind that rattles when you’re outta range 
It’s the kind that breaks like the sun 
Across the sky and over everyone 
And I play the perfect princess 
I know to whom I must address 
That painful moniker 
And you’ve all already met her 
Somewhere in my early teens 
When I was still staring across moonbeams 
Into the stars
I shook against the prison bars
And she had the key 
I didn’t realise that she was locking me
In there 
Or if I did I didn’t care
Because she used to make me laugh 
But when she shattered the glass she didn’t do it by half 
And I let it go, forgiveness now 
I’m good at that but some remains somehow
Like a grain of sand in the oyster shell 
I grit my teeth as I wish her well 
And I’ve lots of secrets I will never tell 
Well not to her, not now, though she rings the bell 
That signals me to come 
But, hun
I’m not Pavlov’s dog 
And in the fire there’s a log
Burning more than well enough to keep me warm 
And though you brought the storm 
I don’t hate you 
And fair play to the men who date you 
They have more steel than me 
But nothing is more real than eternity 
And it’s something that will not break
So though you shake 
Everything in sight 
I still give a shite

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It’s The Little Things

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It’s the little things
Like wedding rings
And fire that ignite
And I hear that you like
What you see
And when the person is me
I blush and then sigh
And I don’t say goodbye
To you again
Coz I’ve made my peace with the notion of men
How you can’t show affection
Without them wanting to add you to their collection
Of dolls sitting on the wall
But that isn’t me at all
Except when I’m walking by the rows
And the feeling shows 
As I smirk 
And I didn’t think that this would work
But it does 
And the story starts because
I let you in the door
When I’m walking on the ground floor
Of the building grey
But the door unlocks when you say
Hello to me
I didn’t think that I would be
Clutching at straws at thirty three

Didn’t See That One Coming!

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Did you not notice you already buried me 
I say to her as she sets me free 
Of her bullet strung chain 
That she shakes around herself in vain 
Because I’m like the white horse that’s gotten away 
And there’s nothing she can say 
That will hold me there now 
And somehow 
I know this will be the last time her oppression 
Tries to elicit a confession 
From my lips 
And I always liked eclipse 
But the thread is always there to fray
And its like what you say
I already know 
That’s why I’m letting you go

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Broken Arrows

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She uses broken arrows to fire at me 
Then says that she sets me free 
But her archery is not second place
And she knows how to deface 
A wall with her spray paint eyes 
And bulletproof disguise
And we’ll never be what we were 
Because you cracked the crisp leaf beside her 
And stabbed me in the front (only enemies stab you in the back)
Still though your love don’t mean jack 
Not now, not anymore
And I’ll always have affection for you, mo stór
But our two by two is now shattered glass 
Because you thought he just wanted ass 
And so you sought to protect
Me from being a reject
But in seeing me in the lowest terms
I set fire to the hay and it burns 
Up all the crackling grass
And she said that this too shall pass
But she’s not the one who has to live through the story 
I know she’ll just ignore me 
If I try to press my case
So I fall silent in the land gone to waste
And spill it all out onto a page
All my bubbling pain and held back rage 
When she’s in the room 
I don’t know, you echo the bells of doom 

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Echo Your Name

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I walked on the eggshells of not knowing where to look 
Should I do this one by the book 
Or throw the rules out of the window 
I know she has her eyes on him though 
As I spy her through my eyeglass
And we both agree that Darragh is class 
And maybe I shouldn’t mention his name 
But he’ll only see this when I’m way high and fame 
Has taken me to the door 
Of all the people I love but mo stór 
Let me tell you you were epic 
And I hope I didn’t wreck it
And that somewhere in your heart
You still have me on start 
And hit go every now and then 
I look up and worship as you say Amen 
To the starshot in my eyes
I almost dropped the disguise
When she asked me which guy I liked 
And my courage almost spiked 
But then I just deflect 
I think she knows though, I suspect
And it was over ten years ago 
Time passes (most people don’t know)
But something’s eternal, something’s ever there
Like the way I know you care 
As we walk the dark path into the grounds
Of the apartment complex and all the sounds
Fall to the silence of our footsteps
I cried that night into my own regret
And it was one of the first few days I started writing again 
In the end something begin 
And I went chasing after Haley’s comet
But someone else is already on it 
So I just wrote this note to say
I still think of you, okay 
Even if it’s though the moonbeams 
And the dresses that are ripped at the seams 
Because they took their cutting scissors to them
Still, I wish I could play you again 

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Childhood Haunts

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There are childhood haunts 
They rise up and grip 
And I am myself when I let the mask slip 
Like Keyz and I playing Freespace
And all the years that went to waste 
Just soaking in the sun 
When I met the man I love I run 
And I don’t know why that is 
Because I’ve always been his 
And if I could only explain to her
What we were 
I think she could understand 
It wasn’t like I had anything planned
I just know what soul speaks 
And I count the years, months and weeks 
Since we’ve last talked
Since you walked 
And the demons sat on the edge of my consciousness 
The doctor said I was “in distress”
But he doesn’t know jack 
And I want my freedom back 
The freedom to feel, to wreak havoc or hell
Without people telling me I’m unwell 
As they submerge what’s only tide
And try to kill what is alive
In me
But I’ll always be 
This girl of colour and plunging dark 
It’s from the night where rises the spark 
And it visits me again and again 
One day it’s a bird, next it’s men 
And then 
I realise I won’t settle 
Thorny as a rose and stinging like a nettle 
But somehow singing like a kettle 
When you put me on boil 
Or is that just what it is to be a Coyle 

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The Feminine Advance

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Is it wrong I don’t want to “have kids”
And I reject the idea of being his 
Because I don’t want to be owned
Always revelling in the unknown 
And my sister thinks it’s the only way
But I have learned that what she say
Is only an expression of how she sees
And it’s not up to me to believe 
In something I don’t want 
Forty two and the haunt
Eating up my heart and soul 
And is it Jackie and Wilson to be whole 
Because when you hit thirty everyone expects
You to just have sex
And make three out of two
Or more if possible to issue from you
And when you’re a teen they warn you that 
Your life will be ruined if you create something you can’t take back 
And I watch all these children dying 
In foreign countries and they’re crying 
And I just want to reach out and touch
And tell them I love them so much
And I am doing everything I can 
To resist the man 
Who says that war is the way to peace
And all these people that decease
Are just casualties and collateral damage 
How can he stand the carnage
And I know it’s not up to me to blame
And no one really is their name 
They are the depths and so much more
But I must tell you, mo stór 
That you are paving the path to hell
And I can’t just stay out of it and wish you well 
Or be obstinate refuse
Boycott the brands I will not use
I must let a new dream birth
And create a new dawn all over the earth
What is the feminine reveal 
Is that she can only ever steal 
That which is not real 

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The Bark Of The Tree

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How do people get like that, is it believing that the age you are 
Is anything more than revolutions around a star 
And I may be thirty three
But I’ve never been more free
As they put handcuffs on me
And tell me to preserve my dignity 
If I want to shine 
But I’m self effulgent and love is mine 
Though you wouldn’t know it from my visage
Don’t feel bad
It isn’t all your fault 
I kicked you out of the vault 
After letting the key slip into your hand 
And now I demand 
That you break like a wave upon my shore 
If you want me to love you more 
But it’s just like listening to the scene 
She wakes her own dream 
Up from where it lay
And I don’t get a say
About the perforate you opened 
And something is hoping
In what you never were to me 
I take a moment and I just be  

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Gone To Find An Atmosphere

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I search my memory for some remnants of pain 
But when I find them it is in vain 
Because they don’t reflect the sky like they used to 
And though I’m superhuman I still bruise too 
And you can see the blue through my translucent skin 
Is it wrong if I say it was because of him
Because he silences my voice, puts a hand over my mouth 
Til I don’t have a choice but to dwell in self doubt
Is this the gaslit anthem or just some season that falls
In the autumn down the halls
Of the ceremony we once were
Now I watch you bow to her
And I won’t stand in competition 
So you say to her the bitch is gone 
I can hear it in your tone
When you talk to me on the phone 
Through clenched teeth
As I try to share the beach
That got me through a sparser climate
But you are an intelligent primate
And you can make your own decision now 
If you break the heart that I allow
To fall into your hands
Is it my fault that slipping sands 
Can’t be stayed by frantic movement 
And when you find the Divine you cannot improve it

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The Silent Whisper Of Grace

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I thought God could only ever be found
In the complete absence of sound 
In the silence that descends 
On my room as the riverbends
From lavender to primrose and flame 
And I wake up from my name 
And it all seems so perfect, true
Til I met you
And it all cascaded down
You wanted to run my town 
So you could have a girl in the wings
And, my, you love the way she sings 
But you don’t understand her
And you demand her
To be as you would please
Up on her tiptoes or down on her knees
But neither one will ever be me
So I let you go free
Though I love you with all of my heart
I won’t make pain just to make art
Or love
Or fit like a glove
Into a biological cog
I dream of a fire burning a log
While we lie on the rug before it
And you know I would adore it
A blanket made just for two 
But it never was me and you
We spit fire into each other’s veins
And in the aftermath cleaned up the bloodstains
On the carpet where we fought
It was in darkness that the ring was wrought 
And cascaded into eternity
You asked me to burn with thee 
But I let go that crime 
And am absorbed into the sublime 
And even if they don’t get me here 
It doesn’t mean I’ll run to you dear 
If you make a fool of me 
When I just wanted life school and mystery 
To encompass all we were
I dropped the glass when I saw her
And it broke and shattered on the floor
You don’t even hide that you adore
Another pair of eyes
And my trust in you dies 
Slowly but surely in the awe 
That you could begin the Great Thaw

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Arms Around My Soul

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Did you make a mistake telling me to go to hell
And now all you want to shout is that you wish me well
After all the evidence to the contrary
Now you hold vigils and pray to Mother Mary
But you don’t find any answers there
At least not the ones that make you care 
And I spilled truth like ink 
All over the kitchen sink 
And you balked at its black, viscous flavour 
And I looked at you as though you were my saviour 
But you only saw the war 
And you crucified me for 
What you sought to keep 
Now it haunts you in your sleep 
And you can’t get my voice out of your mind
It whispers to you as to what you’ve left behind
And your bed is warm 
But you look so forlorn 
At the shape that sleeps beside you in the sheets
And you wonder if two people ever meet 
On a level playing field 
And I feel you hate me so I yield 
To the tide of going away
It isn’t indifference that made me sway
And let the ribbon float into the air 
It’s because I loved the man that was there 

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There’s Darker Than That In The Shadows

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There’s darker than that in the shadows
And the girl rebelled on All Hallow’s 
Eve and there were claps of thunder
I saw them taking my number
So I ran and ran
Now no one can 
Reach me
And no matter what they teach me
I cannot unsee the truth
That perforated the wisdom of my youth
They try to placate
Say; find a perfect date
Find a man you can settle down with 
Though it might be hard coz you’re such a bitch
But I don’t care anyway
I just sway
With the leaves in the trees
As everyone believes that down on your knees
Is the way to free
But it just isn’t me
And the man is beautiful, the man is real 
But he just closes down how I feel
And say’s to me on the phone
Goodbye, Laura, now I’m alone
As the bombs go off
And I pay the cost
For the rattling rain 
That hammers my doorstep again
And again and again 
I can’t reasonably blame the weather on men 
But then I do 
I just blame you 
For casting me out
For casting aspersions and self doubt
On who I am 
And if I’ve any choice as to who I can 
Love, it will never be you 
Even if your baby blue
Is enticing 
My soul is advicing 
Me to depart
I do it all with solemn heart 

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When They Try To Control

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When people implore me with their eyes
But I don’t care who dies
Because I have seen beyond the form
And what happens when the body warm
Soon turns cold and depart
The spirit leaves by the heart
And returns to join it’s immortal core
They struggle to say I love you more
In their attempts at suppression
Some kind of drive at oppression
Til I’m twenty nine and in confession
As the priest says this will be your last aggression
But I just can’t muster up the energy to say
I’m saving it for another day
Because everything is now
And somehow
In the forest of storm 
I found that which was never born
And so can never leave this earth
The something beyond the hurt
And though they try to scratch and claw
They are no match for the Great Thaw
That is unfolding humanly 
On the planet and undoing me
Well the “me” I thought I was
It does not abide by laws
But sits in it’s own sweet soul 
And tells the waves to roll and roll
They will still meet the beach
If this is what it is to teach
Then call my words silent prose
This is the less travelled road

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Editing The Muse

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I edit the muse
Because I feel the ruse
Is too obvious to everyone around
So quiet as a mouse I don’t make a sound
Til it implodes 
And everyone goads
Me til a break in my mental health
Is the cards that I am dealt
I smile into the sun
And I look for the one
Meanwhile, on the run
I end what was never begun
And I look to him for salvation
He hasn’t got any
I thought he had the truth
But it’s just one of the many
And something he spouts
To eschew his self doubt
I look within
And I find a power greater than him 
Deep in my soul 
He could make all the waves roll
But he can’t command the sea
Or make a woman out of me
Just coz he’s a man
He kicks the can
Down the road
And the car slowed
To see what he was doing
I’m no girl for the pursuing 
So I let it go
I’m not sure if he ever got it though

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Fragrant Breezes And The Way My Eyes Roam

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There seems to be a prohibition on being who I am 
They tell me not to speak against the plan
Or analyse 
But everyone dies
Why does nobody see
And if they do why do they blame me 
For letting the truth fly
And I don’t want to cry
But I will 
If it means I don’t have to kill 
The beauty inside me 
For a man who will ride me 
Sometimes in the dark 
And leave a mark 
Like loneliness on the step
It is something I can never accept
So I throw the papers back in his face
As he tells me I’m a living disgrace 
Because I don’t amount to 
The stepford wife he’s been pushing through 
And someday you will bear child 
But I am ever wild
And I have no intention to tame that flame
Just to wear someone else’s name 
And say that I am his 
I used to ace the quiz
But he says I know nothing at all 
So I make him talk to the wall 
That is in front of his face
Because I do not want to waste
Any of my receptivity 
On who he wishes me to be
And I guess it’s handed down 
Like a shower and a dressing gown 
The perfect man does not exist
It’s all steam and rising mist 
To dim your eyes 
And the disguise 
Was brilliant true 
But it took like 0.1 seconds to see through
And now you bow her branches down 
But the leaves never touch the ground 

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Someday In The Stars

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Jack and me someday in the stars
Belting out music as we’re chasing cars
And I followed him down an avenue
I just wonder what he’s going ta do
As he flashes that smile at me
And I know it will be a while til I see
What he’s got going on under the hood
He seems kinda bad but I know he is good
As he offers his hands to me at will
Then moved my own with dexterous skill
Until the both are intertwined
And I hardly know what’s his or what’s mine
And the autumn fades the colours of leaves
And he’s all mysterious or would you believe 
As he waits at the step of the door that I love
I think I’ve been gifted from God above
With the beauty of this connection
Are we a constellation in the northern direction 
To take note of what we leave behind
And I wonder if I am out of mind
To go on hearing your voice in my soul
What are the waves to do but roll

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Trapped In A Chasm (Part 2)

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I was trapped in a chasm of my own making
And there’s no telling what you’re forsaking 
When you let the riverbed run itself
And label me with poor mental health
For daring to see the truth of the matter
It’s about facing your demons or calling me a mad hatter
And Power is thin and lost
I get the sense he paid the cost
For his education
And now his profession is elimination
Of anything like a shoot of green
But he doesn’t see the roots in between 
The folds of soil
He tells me who I am and my blood starts to boil
Psychosis or manic depression 
But it is my confession 
That I have never known an altered state
In anything except the boy that I date 
On the sly
And it’s all getting by 
In the rocky shore
Could you not close the door
When I let you in
Because you are not him 
And I need to be open to 
The water that is flowing through

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Sensual Revolution

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If I don’t write it now I never will
Why does our skill
In that department go unrewarded
Like an email that remains unforwarded
And we conform to all kinds of stereotype
When we step out of bounds it really isn’t nice
As we’re met with the lashings of society
Come on now, it can’t be just me
Because to be female means meek and compliant 
Not subject to feelings that are violent 
And rude and loud and unfettered 
In an avenue that cannot be bettered 
And there is so little discourse so I take to the web
To find out what I’m missing instead
But all this passion in the astral plane 
May be in vain
If I cannot make real 
All the beauty that I feel 
In our encounter as we roll the dice
And I am so much more than nice
When it comes to red and blue
Cold meets warm and me and you 
In the winter of my life
I found something beyond the strife 
And I may never be a wife 
But I’m letting go the night
As the only place to share
I step forward and I dare 
To break the silent vow
That we all follow somehow 
In case we would betray
Ourselves and what we’ve put away
For safe keeping 
But I amn’t sleeping 
When I cover the sin 
The simple joy of me and him

Lost Causes And St. Jude

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South Africa’s leading the charge
And we are all floating on a barge
Down the river Thames 
Watching it happen again 
And over one hundred and fifty years ago 
The Irish were starved to death so 
The British could maintain their economy 
The invisible hand and the maize crop they take away from me 
So how do I not feel Palestine 
As though the struggle was mine
Babies screaming in the street
As the winter steals the heat 
And Israel bombs the buildings 
Do they not care for the children 
Who will grow up with war wounds
Or the ones who died too soon
The mothers, fathers, family, friends 
Is this how the world ends
Watching silently from the western front 
As a people bear the brunt 
Of what’s held in the unconscious 
And I don’t know what they want us
To do in the movement in between 
When they convince the dream 
That it is reality
But the lie is not getting the best of me

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Creating My Own Version Of Hell

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Creating my own version of hell
Just to wish you well 
And appease the masses 
Coz the girl’s got classes
That she takes on being herself 
And you could say that her wealth
Hinges on being all that she is not 
And if you try to help a lot
It will backfire
Because she tire
Of female dreams
When you pull the fabric at the seams
And enter into a plausible affair
With someone that isn’t even there 
And her sister bites
And ignites 
Passion she doesn’t know how to wear 
As she complains it isn’t fair
And resigns herself to a fate
She’s not even allowed to hate
Coz that could constitute a sin
A conflagration that’s within 
But I burn
With every axis turn
And understand how the devil might feel 
To be told that nothing is real 
And his existence is naught 
But a way to keep people caught
God is everything 
He’s in every broken wing 
And in every fallen star
There’s no way to escape what you are 
Even if you turn away
The Truth will have the final say

To Be Irish And Free

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To be Irish and free
Is this a part of our history 
That we could call a break with the past
Coz it’s been nigh on 1000 years since the last
Time empire didn’t darken our door 
And I couldn’t wish for anything more
Than the heart that beats in my chest
For the rest 
Of the world that still labours under
The sound of that thunder
As it quakes ground 
With artillery or the sound
Of the machinery of the day
Because they want to take away
All that we have come to know
But Love does not let us go
In spite of all the trouble 
And it is no bubble
That we just fell into 
It is the heritage we were born to 
Embody
And already
I can see the dawn
When the tendrils have withdrawn 
From their occupation of lands
And the dust and the sands
Yield no harvest
But I divest 
Myself of the poverty
And say all beings should be free
Of the mighty weight of bowing down 
And the water will not drown 
It will only nourish and refill 
What the darkness tried to kill
And it’s not a personal sin
It is just a deviation from Him
And the persecution dies
As the whole world tries
To shift the narrative 
And it is imperative
That we do not tolerate
What we’ve come to know as hate
As it darkens the door 
That has come to shatter on the floor
But the light just pours through
And it’s from within me and you 
There is no us and them 
There’s just a mistake we can’t make again

The Broken Wall

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Are our memories so short that we could call this history 
And the mystery 
Of the Emerald Isle 
Is how we survived the trial 
Of invasion 
And the abrasion 
Still shows in galactic consciousness 
As we struggle to address 
The appropriate evil to compensate
For why we were in that state
It seemed like there was nothing we could do 
Except rebel, rebel 
But it was a kind of hell 
As they starved the land of its people 
And we replaced futility with a steeple
And prayed to a God we knew not of
Because only Divine Love
Could be our salvation
As we were collateral damage for a nation
Who’s only goal was empire 
And I wonder they never tire 
Of the chains they induce
And they seduce 
The whole world with their lies
And now it tries 
To deceive again 
Because in the realm of men
Killing and war are necessary
But children are not an accessory
To the damage you do 
Yes, I am talking to you
You equivocate
And evaluate
What you do by some measure
But your treasure 
Is not to be found in the blood of the young
Or a people to succumb
To what you want to achieve
I know you believe 
In what you say
But I see another way
To mend the broken wall
Try letting the damn thing fall

My Fight With Feminism

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They tell us to co-opt
And be something we are not 
Coz I am soft and I am supple 
And I dream of being part of a couple 
And they say that white feminism is not intersectional 
And it is too one directional 
And I have to agree
Because it has never been me
But there are parts of it I would pluck 
Because I still give a fuck 
About independence and freedom 
But I would never cede them 
To another hand 
And they say to let it go is grand
But I stand on my high horse 
And do so with no remorse
Because the beating heart
Is something that will always start
Within my own 
And it is not something that I could disown
And I imagine myself being taken
In the moment love is forsaken 
And being heavy with child
And losing all my wild
That blows with me in the wind
And the people say it’s the woman who’s sinned
When a man commits adultery 
That you should never let them see your sultry
Gaze
And there’s cities that they’d raze 
Because they haven’t met
The part of themselves they can’t forget
Buried deep within the grass
Hidden in a childhood that is part of the past
And lost innocence will do that 
Far more dangerous than an old spinster and her cats
But society would have you believe
That this burden must be relieved
Into the female prone 
And I just stare at my phone 
Because I loved him true
How could he do this to you? 
In the name of a just defence
I can’t contemplate what it meant 
Anymore
And every open door
Was slammed shut in his face
Because he is a living disgrace

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The Audacity

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They’re using gas
To break down the resistance
To wipe a people from existence 
And I know it’s not a popular opinion 
But how do you defend war
Even when you think you know what it’s for
As children die and adults scream
Because this is not just a dream 
We are having, a shared collective thread
This is about people murdered in their bed
As the vast swathe goes by unconcerned
As people watch their families burned
I try it raise my voice to say
This is not okay
As Palestine, oh, Palestine
One day there will come a time 
Where the indigenous don’t rot 
In a land time forgot 
When the powers that be know the worth
Of the innocent they choose to hurt
And I know they have plans, I know they have reasons
But this winter has no seasons 
And no hope to abate
Don’t make our brothers and sisters wait
To be considered human
Wake and realise what you’re doing
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Inaction And Powerlessness

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Motaz Azaiza 
I believe ya 
When you say that we will do nothing
I crave to turn motion into something
To call on the sea, to call on the tide
To leave you alive
Because you are not just a number
And people are dying of hunger 
In the Gaza Strip
Meanwhile some men equip
Themselves with guns
Someone’s daughters, someone’s sons
And we are the ones
With our hands on the triggers because we pay
For people to get blown away
Whether in silence or in voice
Every movement is a choice
And I want to you to know you’re not alone
Though I only have a phone
To talk to you through 
But I wanted to
Say that I will do all in my power
To make sure that no other tower
Is blown to pieces and knocked to the ground
While children scream and hide from the sound 
As the rubble hides bodies brutalised
And you may be less than human in their eyes
But the light that lights you up
Is more than enough for me, love
Please don’t let the dark encounter
The vulnerable who want you 
To just let them be
In my heart and soul Palestine is already free

The Cracking Seam

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I don’t wanna be your whore
Like she did in the time before
And she’d buy anything you sell
Plies you with whiskey so you might tell
Her you love her so
But there are places you won’t go
Even for a trinket she’d offer
All you want is to suffer
Wholeheartedly
And rather smartly
You hold your hand out to me
We dance and it is free
And I wonder what it feels like to know she’s only there
Because you’re willing to pay your share
Of the coin
But you can’t solder what you want to join
Together in sweet surrender
I know you remember
Coz how could you forget
And it’s there for you yet
If you want to taste the apple that grows on the tree
You know you shouldn’t but you ask me
What it feels like to be
Still young and free
And I say it’s like sleeping outside your door
Waiting for the one you adore
To realise he loves you more
Than his story on the second floor

After The Fact

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After the fact they remember the flaw
In the heat the ice thaw
But they can’t go back to the previous page
And all the blood spilled like ink on the page
Writes a story of pain
It’s falling from the sky like acid rain
To peel the paint
It’s overwhelming and I faint
Coz I just can’t carry the weight of sin
But it happened again when I met him
Like everything obliterate
Except love in a holy state
To hold you like a balm
How the hell am I so calm
When Heaven beckons with its lure
And you say that I am pure 
But these past few years
Have torn me asunder with the weight of tears
As I give in to a darkened world
That attempts to kill the girl
In me and make the woman role
Replace the sacredness of my soul
But my heart will never beat in that direction
Go find someone else to be the reflection
Of all you need in female eyes
I am the master of my own disguise

That Leaden Feeling

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To find that she doesn’t slake the lust
Lost in cobwebs of broken trust
And you look at me with a sigh
Coz you just want me to die
In the bed I’ve made for myself
And blame the tragedy on poor mental health 
So you are free to do as you wish
And never is our first kiss
To quell the storm
Do you keep a body warm
When you’re lost in pain
In agony and the rain
Clatters against the window 
But no Cathy to let her in though
As I quote a novel from centuries ago
Healthcliff was kinda mean though
Though the eternal rocks beneath
Resemble the pavement that make up the street
And concrete boots as I walk to you
Would you wear another’s shoe 
Just so you could find a mile
Leads you to break a smile 
As you see a new dawn
In a place where the person’s gone

Infinite Gravity

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A star collapsing in on itself 
The absence of light and what it all meant
As a black hole is created
Try as you might you can’t escape it
But does it wash out somewhere else
A wormhole into a dimension of self 
That cannot be contemplated 
They say that I’ve been educated
By my years
But the tears
Burn into me
An inferno that’s been set free
Into everlasting space
A love that breaks upon this place

The Light Of Consciousness

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The light of consciousness is like a ray from the sun
It shot me through like a loaded gun
And I was fourteen and lost in a mess
Loaded down with heavy distress
When suddenly the exit to maze
I looked up and the girl was saved 
From a fate worse than death - to live her life 
As a student, a worker, a mother, a wife
I couldn’t grow up, I was like Peter Pan
“Please don’t let me become a man”
Coz I saw what they do on the daily
Look death in the face and smile so gaily
With reasons why it was just so
They were old, they had to let go
But I stared at the body in the coffin
And knew that I was not for crossin’ 
I prayed to God that he make me anew 
And not let the tree be cut in two
So I splintered and fragmented but held strong
I am not doing anything wrong
Anxiety, depression, all kinds of tests
But my inner being is at rest
And she found a chink in my armour
And I don’t mean to alarm her 
But the thread she wound spun me in spools
Til I was sweating buckets in school
Walk into the classroom; “what will they think”
I’m clean and I’m quiet and I don’t even drink
And Elaine is so nice and Lisa too
Doireann and Kelly and my eyelashes are blue
As I try to explain, I try to convey 
Exactly what happened to me that day
A smile was born as I crumpled to the floor
Letting go of the pain and something to adore
It was all lights out as the faint took hold
And when I woke up the ceiling was gold
And Mrs. Earley is kneeling over my form
How do I tell her that I was just born
They give me tea with sugar to pump up my blood
But something just walked out of the wood 
Into the sun of the God of all time
How could I not have known the wealth that is mine 
As it spread like a banquet over the table
Telling cripples to get up and walk now they’re able 
And this message was hidden, this message submerge
But now that the ocean is on the verge
Of washing away, now the time has come
For the ice age to be undone 
And walk all the souls back to their home 
Death is not the end and you are never alone
As Nirvana grips me by the tongue
Break identification with what was young
Coz you will never grow old though the body may fade
You’ll always be vital as the words on this page
In your spirit, in your core and not by degree
Now awakening is rippling out from me
To touch every soul that ever takes birth
You were not born to live within the confines of hurt
You were not born to stoop, you were not born to cower
Wake up and realise your inherent power
As you breathe
You don’t need
The next breath to come
Each one is whole from the old to the young
And those stars in your eyes are like atoms spinning
Don’t doubt your worth when you’re bi-winning
I rub my eyes with my sleeve
Think of the fallen valley I used to believe
Was the whole story
Now the vibration is enough to floor me
Back to the day I was dancing a reel
You’re not what you think and what you feel
Is as passing as diamonds on the surface of the sea
Though sparkling, they just reflect the true civility 
Of a sun that never sets because you don’t spin 
On the axis of something I didn’t begin

Always A Friend

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It was like someone had vomited Christmas 
All over Dean Swift
Did you know for me you were the greatest gift 
As you accompanied me in special care
We had the chats 
You were always there 
Like a big sister, nine years my senior
You gave me your sparkly shoes
And I threw them in the bin
I should’ve just let the love win
But everything was suspect
I made you a picture
A portrait you hung on your wall
I sat on the floor 
In your room down the hall
And you said I made you feel normal
You made me feel less formal 
And after a spate of the horrors
I asked you were we still friends 
You said “Always”
And no matter what the doctor says
I know there’s a reason I’m here 
And, love, I will always hold you dear
And I wonder where you are now 
I hope you’re good 
I got the sense you were lost in the wood
You said I had a broken wing
But, my God, that bird can sing
And you can make any forest look free
You were the definition of friend to me
As Barry looks in the window 
In the smoking room, I nod at him, though
And we vibe up a storm
I love how you make a room warm
With your subtle stare 
Can’t control me but I know you care 
In your finest hue
I’m so glad that I met you
Like a godsend in that place
It didn’t all go to waste
As you wave from through the glass 
I’m still here, if you need to ask
So, somewhere on the internet I throw you a smile
And hope your Bonny’s kept you company all this while 
And I guess what I mean is thanks for the love and acceptance 
You made hell feel like a lesson
That I just have to master
(Though it didn’t get us out any faster)
Here’s my drink, cheers to you
I hear the glass clink as you raise yours too
Just a message of love 
And knowing our friendship fit like a glove 
In our coloured ink
Just trust in love to let the heart sink
Into where it’s always been 
The waking was the best part of the dream

Glasses And The Lens

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The control and the weariness 
As I trek down the path they mark
But I think they’re stumbling in the dark
Trying to cut a swathe 
I was a person the darkness saved 
From being a rote learned bitch
It saw me open and made the switch
Now I’m the nothingness expanse
The emptiness when it starts to dance 
And there is no way to compare
What was to what isn’t there 
And Mooji says we’re cool
And I graduated from school
With the best I could 
I swore I would leave that wood 
Behind with my peace of mind 
As Tru spoke to me and I took it to heart
There was a life which depart
And I met another pair of eyes
That looked at me with no disguise 
And he is the Heaven and Earth to me
It’s fifteen years and I let him see
That a gravity in his bones 
Walked me right out of my alones 
And she was by my side
I dunno why I thought to hide 
What was real and raw
From the viciousness of an outlaw
Who abides not in time
It’s all I can do to make it rhyme
Zippered in a tent so tight
And I wonder if we’re alright
In the place it hurts
I don’t want to make it worse
But I think you need to hear it from me
I take off my glasses and now I see

Top Of The Rock

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Am I gonna die if I feel this feeling
Coz I hear a voice screaming in my head
And one day I’m scared I’m gonna wake up dead
Travelling through a vortex through open space 
Why do I keep seeing his face 
And that window in my apartment on floor five
How the hell am I still alive
When all around me has withered 
And the demons veritably slithered 
Down the garden path on the way to Eden
When Eve steps on their heads is it just that she doesn’t see them
And where is Adam in all of this
Is he just lost in his first kiss
With the bride of his dreams 
Is nothing as it may seem
Coz is God the overlord
Or is he simply the spoken Word
That turns Spirit into flesh
Made the sexes and all the rest
All the animals and all the birds
All the potential in the unheard 
And in the night do you hear the call
It was a freefall 
That year I committed myself to you
It’s 2012 and I’m walking through
The doors of my mind back to you then
In all of this did I lose a friend 
Somewhere in the aftermath
And I’m not scared of wrath
By some deity
Telling me that it hates me 
In the world of the hologram 
If there is a plan 
It must be Love
Coz without It what is the above
But a sanctity we fear
I’m running with wolves and near
To the free wind
To love versus to have sinned 
Coz you’re about as bad as they get
But I can bring myself to regret 
Our cataclysm 
Is it time to heal the Great Schism

Shout To The Lord

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They could put me up on a cross
And all would not be lost
They could drive me down the alley
And I would still walk in the valley
Of the shadow of death
And I would not fear yet
For the Lord would be by my side
And I would abide 
As I always am
Moving in space without a plan 
And the heat of the fire is a furnace blast
But something’s healed within the cast
The broken bone 
And the heart of solid stone
Cracks at the sound of the light
I love my Jesus, alright
And would follow that soul, that man, that being
In the waves of ocean that he’s freeing
And all the sheep
Are like people that we keep
Safe from harm
I panicked and he stayed calm
As the water raged
I took a leaf out of his page
When he held out his hand
And said you will be grand
If only you trust
I shake and quake but I must
Go palm to palm
At first the audience and then the psalm
To leave my spirit ringing
Tell me what else should I be singing

Composition

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Staying up all night writing rhymes
Just get a damn job
But I’ve got inspired
And I would only rob
Future generations of all their freedom
I know this is good but will anyone see them
To be Amadeus out on the line
I’ve got to get it down like the thousandth time
As it rattles in my head like an old guitar
I scribble my life down at the bar
As the summer is storming and the winter is cold
And I’ve got global warming to face as I grow old 
And we’re all just sheets of paper from the end
But we’ve got our lives left to pretend
That we’re not these vessels and we can’t contain 
An ocean’s worth of indefatigable pain
As I see in you what I feel in me
We’ve both got our roots in Eternity

Sexy Motherfucker

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Sexy motherfucker up on the stage
I put pen to paper and ruin the page
With all that I yearn for in the night
You’re one kind of trauma I don’t have to fight
As you sing with your heart and soul
And I feel the ache in the place I am not whole 
In the summer of a winter’s glen
Will this happen to me again 
If I don’t swim in ocean water
Trying to be a good daughter
And adhere to the lines 
If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a thousand times 
Skiing down the hill
Against the force of the brutal will
That seems to hold us all at bay
And it is not okay
Just to swim in that sea
Is it that you’re talking to me
When you commit me to a room
And I become familiar with the realm of doom
As it beats on my door 
Telling me it wants me more 
Than any earthly thing could contain
The paint is stripped by acid rain 
As it pours down in sheets 
The car is ruined and the sheep bleets

Checking Out

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One web in the tapestry of life
They all think I’m gonna be a wife
And bed down in a house
Learn to be as quiet as a mouse
When the sea rages inside 
But it’s not something I’m gonna hide 
Coz the flow is taking me 
Somewhere where I can be free
And learn to live in true surrender
Not the mangled mess that they dismember 
With their words and phrases 
It’s the sky that it raises

Jesus Is Lord

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The burning pain encases my soul
And like the waves I roll and roll
Until I crash to the floor
And all I used to adore
In verdant green
Is part of what it means 
To walk in this skin
And part of me’s in love with him
As we age and pale
Giving up what’s not for sale 
To the highest bidder
It’s first come, first served and the weather
Is just one more seasonal spin
Do I let him in
Coz he’s knocking down my door
Hammering ever more and more 
As the years pass 
And I was outclassed
In the long grass
And today I went to Mass
And felt that age old relief
As I stepped back into belief 
As I stare at a man on a cross
Thinking all is not lost
Coz my Saviour died for me 
But He lived and that sets me free
That Truth exists 
And quells the sound in the mists 
That grapple and let me go
This cloud looks like it’s full of snow
Or thundered might
But Jesus loves me and I’m alright

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Remember Me, Love

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Remember me, love
As I lie in wait
I sit on the bed
And think of a date 
I once had with you
I was one of the few
To walk in that open door
Would you like to see the shore
That laps the waves
And all the lost boys it saves
And Barry made a joke of me
But he was hella cute
Even if he did play the flute
And I’m looking at Hozier
On a magazine
Thinking he might just be the dream
Some Andrew Byrne with height
I bet we’d never fight
Only do things 
He dare not speak
Lest I see where he’s weak
And now I have the freedom
To be encased
Do you remember 
The first time our hearts raced
As we sat side by side
Just bristling with the feeling
Of being alive
And you zing with magic
Some electric touch
And I know I’m someone 
You’d like to rush
Into something unseen
I’m just part of the dream
On your screen
No solipsis, just the Queen
To put a crown on your head
And there are mornings
We could wake up dead
But, so far, we’re good
No Snow White in the wood
Just a single dancing elf
That asks you to just be yourself
When you move with me
It’s priceless, baby, but its free

The Grief Stricken Heroine

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The grief stricken heroine 
Of the story
I was told that God
Always walked before me
But where is He
In this landscape bare and thin
I wonder if I 
Should have ever let him in
Coz the doors are closed 
On the avenues 
And I’m full 
Of missing you’s 
But it doesn’t seem to matter
How many tears I cry
They can never make the ones
I love not die
And we’re all just wasting time
And trading places
Is there a dimension 
Where I can see their faces
And feel their soul
Not everyone 
Is bound to get old
And even when they do
There comes a time
When I’ve got to admit
That they are not mine
But one with the great
Vast Spirit untold
I’ve tried to stay strong
But I let my cards fold
And give in to cry
Alone in my room
If this is a dream
Can I wake up soon
Because the love is longing
And just a wave
And in the end
There’s no one I can save
But hold out my hands
Empty towards
And I’m not one who believes 
That prayers are just words
But emissaries 
To another state
Two thousand years 
Is a long time to wait
For your saviour to return
Is this place just a space to learn
And if I do will it make worthwhile
The ancient in the hidden smile
That comes across me unbidden
Into the land of the living
As I patch another shoe
Another hole, another you
And the loss is chasming 
A vast abyss
I wonder how people
Don’t feel they miss
What’s gone on and who have left
Is life just a Cosmic Yes
To discover
And if I’m okay
Does it mean I don’t love her
As I try to do justice to her trust in me
Has she partaken of Infinity
That calls all souls
Like gravity as the ball just rolls
Into the place it’s meant to be
Is forever my destiny
As I swirl onwards and henceforth
It’s like I feel no remorse
As I give in to the swing of time
And making messages in a bottle rhyme
Too much to be true
They are like little notes I’m leaving for you
To say I am here
And, my love, I’ve held you dear
As the tide marches on
One day we will all be gone
Or will we, is it true
Is there a space that is facing you
Where all is held
In little lines that you weld
Into perfect stone
And I have found my home
Under the tree, swinging the branches down
On the rope you made for us to go to town
With and I will never forget
And you’re still with me yet
As I concede to give up the fight
Let go of tears and be alright
And live in the fullness of colour they’re due
I might be getting up, not getting over you
No matter what they say
The ocean was not made to keep the waves at bay
But lap the shore
I don’t know if I’ve ever wanted anything more
Than to be the light
I look up to Heaven and hope that I’m right

In One

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Mercury’s in retrograde
And Irish people call a spade a spade 
Coz you know that morbid humor 
Isn’t gonna make it get you any sooner 
And I’m poised between a perfect spin
And in my mind I’m dancing with him
On an empty street
Oh, how I cursed the stars that meet
Us on the street or on the bus
There was just that feeling of trust
As I let myself believe
And I watch you hide your hands up your sleeve 
That morning in the Mall
Want to take a walk or shall
We just stare at each other across a mirage 
And I draw lines across your visage 
That will one day be a wrinkle in time 
But you’ll never stop being fine
As I watch you live your life with someone else
You advise me it’s best to take care of my mental health 
Coz you know stability is a wealth
So I smack the camera out of your hand
I will be grand 
Just not knowing
Coz I’m not finished growing
Gardens in my mind 
And they’re not well tended or left behind 
They are veritably wild 
And in my heart I’m still a child 
And I scoff in the face 
Of the rules that you chase 
So go ahead, be normal
Address me in a tone that’s formal
Coz you don’t have the time 
To watch my stellar shine
And maybe you were just afraid 
Coz, you know, that “bitch”, she slayed 
And all the lines that they encase
Won’t find you that dream you chase
Of 2.5 and a car
Don’t you ever wonder what we are 
And reincarnation kinda resembles the setting sun
But do you think we could get it in one
Coz this axis is an endless spin
And Nirvana revealed itself to him
When I let him into my sphere 
Now we are ever near
Like two orbiting souls 
Planets ruled by the poles 
But what is this non dual understanding 
All I know is you were commanding
My attention when you suggested
That we go get arrested
Just for the hell of it
Who am I sharing my heart with?
But I can’t help the laugh that escapes 
And not all superheroes wear capes 
But you sure do
Could I kick it with you 
In the summer of our age
I think I’m gonna need another page 
To get this down 
I won’t wear a gown
But in a t-shirt and jeans
I met the man of my dreams

Brutal Blows And The Reveal

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Death, the scar scabs over
But I pick at it 
Until it starts to bleed
And I must take heed
And heal again
Did I lose a friend
When the ocean between us
Was a nightmare so dark I couldn’t dream it
And I thought I could clamber back
But you build a house on what you lack
And I try to find away in
But I just face the sin
That builds a wall
Like the maniacs down the hall
Do 
What about you
What’s on your scene
If you could paint it on a screen 
Coz you keep it tight lipped
Would you notice the glitch if the track hadn’t skipped 
On the part where Weird Al riffs
I know there are those who’ve called me a bitch 
And maybe there’s an element of truth in their professions
But I would never want to force a confession 
Like she did to me
Did you see
The welt that she left
Cut my heart with a blade so deft
And it was like it all caved in
Til the light broke and I met him
And he showed me a shine
That used to be mine
In the days before 
She didn’t want me anymore 
But the clue
Was that I chose you
In the forest of dreams
And the screams
Are not as sharp as they used to be
Am I desensitized or do I just see
What’s there to unfold
I think I found my fields of gold

It Was More Than That

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It was a grapevine fire that caught onto you
And I didn’t want you to know I was staring through
A portal into another world
How did I not see that you had a girl
And all my detective, all my sleuth
Building pillars of time upon our youth
And they had me admitted to a psych ward
I just look at you when I’m bored
And it makes me smile 
Then Emmett crashes in for a while 
With his clipboard and pen 
Could you say that again 
Like I said to you
The pain in your eyes was pushing me through
The eye of a needle so fine
God, I wish we would’ve had more time
Til the separate 
Would you call it fate
Or just say it’s my fault 
That a heart’s not made to be locked in a vault
And let out on special occasions 
Jesus, what are those abrasions 
Did you roll down a hill
He tells the truth but I never will
In his company 
And he just acts the fool with me 
And I feel whole 
I didn’t realise I’d found my soul

The Social Outcast

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I used to be a Queen
A butterfly
And I was not
Afraid to die
Surfing the waves
Of come what may
Now I just stand in the rain
And make hay, may hay
And all the seasons blend into one
Everything one under the sun
That shines on the clouds
That I fear to speak out loud  
For fear it might disturb
The quaking ground
So I don’t make a sound 
And suffer in silence
Like that ad long ago
With the person crumpled on the floor
It’s an open door 
That I just walk through
And I guess the means were you
In an incantation that I fear to speak
Lest love makes me weak
In the summer days
But the power plays 
Shatter the glass 
Coz nothing is born to last
That you see, ephemeral
I’m longing for the eternal 
To crack like an egg
I broke at the edge instead 
And poured into an empty bowl
But they cannot capture my soul
Only roll
In an endless sea
There is no triumph over me

Apocalypse, Now

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It’s firing on all cylinders 
This slow rush to the bottom
What about all the suffering
It’s all forgotten 
All the men pulling triggers
To blow up a bomb
What happens to the world
When we’re all gone
And it’s raining in my ears
And it’s not just astute
Fanciful feelings
While playing the brute
And we can sigh
And say that we mourn
But what is birthed
In the heat of the storm
When the tides are turned
And the way back is burned
What is left but ashes 
When the enemy clashes
With itself on the front
And the innocent bear the brunt
Of words unspoken 
Is peace just a token 
That we exchange
With the shaking of hands 
And the conquering
Of foreign lands 
To say that they’re discovered 
And civil and tame 
Do we know something
Just because we give it a name 
Or does the essence elude 
Us when we exude 
The kind of confidence 
That shatters windows 
We let down the glass 
But we can’t see in though