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Regrets

Against smooth flesh, softly brushing its surface.
Yielding at the first signs of "Grace and Glory."
Slammed through and down to the spirit, now holding pride.
Left to wallow and shout to the night sky.

So face it clearly, give us "Honor and Grace."
Lord, of all that holds the bond of man and nature.
Give forth our meanings and poetic mounds of faith.
Kiss the nothing that stands between us.
Held calm and gently as we fade.

Exploding furiously in the eyes of the child's charm.
Held not to mean anything more for us to bear.
As it slides across and makes its way through.
Have we anything to state, other than truth?
Given and received, now growing between our faiths.
We must face the fact, that these are our fates to keep.


UP-Side

Go further than the streams, breaking all your hopes.
Go deeper into the ashes, and below all the notes.
Give forth our reasons, and love us till daybreak.
Left aside at the front, and waiting for you in shame ...

Brought to attention, then it rains down over the child.
Left in the front, waiting for maybe some guidance.
Please give him an outlet, let him breathe again today.
The child wants only to live in the light.
To stand humble with God, "For his soul to be saved."

We've asked nothing more than to drink of the pure.
We've demanded nothing, other than to exist forevermore.
Go now further than the edge of our human natures and dreams.
Go one more step than your shadowed eyes can see ...

Let the wind hold you up, as God whispers the way through.
Let these kisses keep you warm, held both calm and true.
Please allow this child to breathe again today.
Once God answers these questions.
"Our souls can then be saved."


Three Points

Ten thousand years away from ever knowing how.
A million times a day, it pushes and shouts.
Ever through and-round, in the deepest part of our souls.
Binding the lord's honor, taking the soldier home.

Ancient paint, now falling off from the frame.
Trivial words still ringing, through the child's brain.
Mother wants to save us, but we can never allow.
Give us our identities, then set them upon our crowns.

Father now holds the reason, Lord of all that continues the flow.
Still the other waits silent, "in darkness and all alone."
We venture now further, to prove what we already know.
Ever through and-round, in the deepest part of our souls.

Bind and break the temptations, then let mercy ring stiff.
So now it begins to sting us, burning just under the wrist.
So take it slowly and rhyme another sort of logic-break.
Between God and the Devil, humanity and this fate ...


Set Not - Now Gone

Uneven, as it spills over this tongue.
No-reason left in the sink, burning till gone.
Mindless points to be made, when no one's home.
So to bite and gnaw at the phone line, "now all alone."

Justice flowing, in the open line to the Far-Away.
Embracing the moonlight, as the numbing songs pull you away.
Dreamless nights of when honor meant everything.
Now set off to the side, gone and no one can see ...

Drifting down where no human can reach.
Left in the basement, "Set not – Now gone."
Left in a wonder, drifting away with those songs.
So uneven, as it all spills over this tongue.
And so many mindless points to be made.
"When no one's home ..."


Ratchet-Jaw

Twist it to the last point, then let it break.
Turn the handle to the left, but it won't just wait.
Take another Mercy-Shot, then drown the shame in your eyes.
Please hold onto that one remaining thread.
Before we all fade back to the Dark-Side ...

Hold up one hand if you're ready for rejoice.
Hold up your heart if you're ready to rest.
Lift your eyes to the heavens and stars.
Hold your breath, "because dreams can go far ..."

Now push down onto the chain.
Bite-hard, and rip the shadow to the gray.
Lift only to see the face of their distorted Gods.
Now pull it another way, against the grain.
"And take these new points too far ..."

Hold one hand up if you're ready for redemption.
Hold your hands together if you're ready to be judged.
Push not your anger onto the children.
Lift them to the heavens with your hearts.

Twist the wrong word, till it means something more.
Turn the handle to the left, bind-snap and now on the floor.
So be ready to shut the curtains and lock your door.
Forever now and just a little more.
Upon and through, all that meant something back then.
Now in the jaws of anger and remorse.
We took it too far once, now locked behind an open door.


Not Today

Above yet never to know.
Alone in the hollow, drifting with the embers and smoke.
Not meant to mean anything to you.
Still you lay awake, so confused.
I'm not ready to take you there with me.
I believe you're not ready to open your eyes to that dream.
Not ready until the song is done.
Not today – not till I'm gone.


Keep Me Going

Daylight fading, again now the sunlight falls away.
Endless, as all wonder leaves us behind.
"How many more miles must I go?"
Before this all subsides ...

Taken now and reborn when the moon gives reason.
Left far beyond and at the beginning of a new sort of strive.
Was there ever a motive to this thing inside my head?
The voices ringing, still bringing me close to the edge.

Those vows still keep me going.
All of what I held means more now today.
It all keeps me afoot, and gets me out of the rain.
So far on and through so many pains.

It keeps me going ...
Knowing that I'm still, "just at the start."
Please keep me going, take me to the stars ...
Love me again the way you once did.
Please keep me going, far – far passed the end.


Remember?

Below all of the endless piles of paper and ink.
Through all the years of blood, sweat, tears and pain.
There is not much that rings more than this.
There is not much that keeps me alive.
Other than the fading thought of you and I ...

But it takes more than just sweet words.
It means more than you would come to know.
But try as you may, to set it all straight.
And prove that "I" was indeed the monster in the end.

True, yet not ever to ring more than Pride.
Can you remember our first kiss and fight?
True to the end, but then it all fades.
Can you even remember, this hollow man's face?
The awesomeness, of the life that I gave for you.
Will you ever remember, how much I...