Tick
tick
tick
never tock
tick
tick
like Dali’s
clock

Time
is
melting
slowly
sliding
never
gliding
often
grinding

Teeth
on edge
as
tick
tick
tick
the
work day
numbs
dumbs

Tick
tick
tick
goes
my
life
melting
slowly
sliding
never
gliding
numb
dumb
stupefied

Tick
tick
tick
never
tock
like Dali’s
clock
the work
day
drip
drip
drips
by
like
drops
of
blood
on a
clean
white tile
floor

Tick
tick
tick
drip
drip
drip
the day
ebbs
my heart
beats

Tick
tick
tick
as
drip
drip
drip
I am
stupefied
by
crimson
drops
on
white
tile floor.

I’d have sold my soul for a moment like this
For a flash of crystal clear vision
For honesty & trust
For insight into my own tortured heart.

To look into my own abyss and
back away from the chasm unscarred.

Would it hurt less if the actions I took were more base?
Had I cut the flesh that offends
Instead of allowing another to occupy it?

Would the ripping of skin, the sight of my own blood
Give me release from this prison of my own creation?
Would the rending of my flesh awaken me?

The sun is about to set
getting time for me roam
Cover me with the darkness
Bury me in the night
Just light a candle so I can find my way back home

Let me bask in the shadows
Relish in the pain
Let my blood flow from the wounds I inflict
Just hold on strong to the belief that I will come back this way again.

Do not fear for me I am not truly lost
Just misguided by my own desires.

Light a candle
So that I may see the glow
a beacon in this dark world
a reminder that there is still an honest soul.

Let the candle burn
the hot wax pooling like tears
So that I know I do not weep alone

The sun is about to set
getting time for me to roam
Light a candle so that I can find my way back
for you have become my home.

Momentary Sanity
In a flash
Delusion is destroyed
Reality is intercedes

Been Walking a fine line in Dark Circles
Mind burning with voices from within
Wicked Whispers
Caressing, Seductive

Have to break away

Run faster and faster
Out of breath
Out of time
Heart Pounding
Missed a beat

But you started too late
Can’t catch up
Keep Falling
Can’t pull yourself up
No end in sight
Feel lost and confused

You’re in a maze
Knowing deep inside
that there is no way out
no escape
no way home

Smoke and Fog
Darkness surrounds you
Suffocating, Confining
You are not alone

Pray for the sun
Little one
The day is your only Salvation