Jack and I used to back off
into the dark corners of the roads
at night and slipping down highways
at unknown speeds
we'd watch as the world grew in size
behind us -
it never grew ahead of us
we were always ahead of it
and we always knew what was up -
which way was up and
how to fall back down -
it was for us and jack knew it
and i knew it but i never told jack
how i missed him when he left us
cause i knew he'd be better off
not making the world small again
just to find me somewhere
in the dark corners
he left behind him long ago
The train tracks
cross the
street -
I've always wondered if
a car will get
hit
one of
these days. Sometimes
I can hear the train's
horn
like a
mechanical
beast.
my best friend in the
world was a guy a few inches shorter than
me named dennis. dennis was a
real stand up
guy. he's help you no matter what sounds
cliche
cause it is and that's the kind of
guy he was and people loved
him for it and the girls
oh the girls loved
him too. they practically smothered him except
he wasn't having any of it. he didn't
like them all he only wanted one and could
never find her and he was always
looking
for something but never told us
what until he shot
himself.
now we know he'll never find
it and we'll never get to help.
a pink city -
is it
dawn
or
dusk?
an empty hollow
hole in my room.
are
there people
in there
or am
i the only
person
breathing
on this
earth tonight?
this empty
night,
this artificial
light
does
no good.
in a small corner of my room where
i can write all to myself.
sometimes i tell others what it is
i write but mostly i dont tell anyone
anything. maybe im paranoid
of something i dont know about
what could it be
before i go to
bed i check the
blanket for bugs
just in case.
A hundred raining clouds couldn't lift the dead air off my shoulders.
It's a keeping river running through the hollowed ground of my head.
Shuddering if it's too great a weight, creaking over and over its rusted self.
The sudden flash of a picture bring a calm wind against my face and I can rest for a minute.
Life is so nice when I don't have a sleep here.
Rampaging
through the forests
trees split apart
breaking into thousands
of pieces of
shattered glass
Pinned to stone
our faces cold
the fireworks over our heads
They cried the next day
when they knew
they were on our own.
the forest and fog
mix to one
as the children play
and the oldman reads on his deck
his wife is out back
washing their load
while their dog is out hunting
catching toads
at dinner they sit together
and say their prayers
and do the same
before cleaning their hairs
and going to bed
the oldman and his family
living high on a hill
where the fog and forest
sit perfectly still
Jack and I used to back off
into the dark corners of the roads
at night and slipping down highways
at unknown speeds
we'd watch as the world grew in size
behind us -
it never grew ahead of us
we were always ahead of it
and we always knew what was up -
which way was up and
how to fall back down -
it was for us and jack knew it
and i knew it but i never told jack
how i missed him when he left us
cause i knew he'd be better off
not making the world small again
just to find me somewhere
in the dark corners
he left behind him long ago
The train tracks
cross the
street -
I've always wondered if
a car will get
hit
one of
these days. Sometimes
I can hear the train's
horn
like a
mechanical
beast.
my best friend in the
world was a guy a few inches shorter than
me named dennis. dennis was a
real stand up
guy. he's help you no matter what sounds
cliche
cause it is and that's the kind of
guy he was and people loved
him for it and the girls
oh the girls loved
him too. they practically smothered him except
he wasn't having any of it. he didn't
like them all he only wanted one and could
never find her and he was always
looking
for something but never told us
what until he shot
himself.
now we know he'll never find
it and we'll never get to help.
a pink city -
is it
dawn
or
dusk?
an empty hollow
hole in my room.
are
there people
in there
or am
i the only
person
breathing
on this
earth tonight?
this empty
night,
this artificial
light
does
no good.
in a small corner of my room where
i can write all to myself.
sometimes i tell others what it is
i write but mostly i dont tell anyone
anything. maybe im paranoid
of something i dont know about
what could it be
before i go to
bed i check the
blanket for bugs
just in case.
A hundred raining clouds couldn't lift the dead air off my shoulders.
It's a keeping river running through the hollowed ground of my head.
Shuddering if it's too great a weight, creaking over and over its rusted self.
The sudden flash of a picture bring a calm wind against my face and I can rest for a minute.
Life is so nice when I don't have a sleep here.
Rampaging
through the forests
trees split apart
breaking into thousands
of pieces of
shattered glass
Pinned to stone
our faces cold
the fireworks over our heads
They cried the next day
when they knew
they were on our own.
the forest and fog
mix to one
as the children play
and the oldman reads on his deck
his wife is out back
washing their load
while their dog is out hunting
catching toads
at dinner they sit together
and say their prayers
and do the same
before cleaning their hairs
and going to bed
the oldman and his family
living high on a hill
where the fog and forest
sit perfectly still