So here I am, I’ve found that slice of time
When I said what I said; I freeze it dry
And step toward its body laced with crime
To analyze the what, how, when and why.
It looks quite innocent from where I am,
A figure cloaked in camphor-scented lies,
So I get closer till the fog of glamor
Lifts, revealing all my tongue devised.
Its face glows bright, a blinding flaring red,
Its hands are raised, upturned without a care,
I look for smile but find a smirk instead,
And cringe to see the maggots in its hair.
I let time roll to crush its nasty head
And plan apologies for what I said.
Drive Safely, America
The roads are icy and the wind is chilling
The fog of information thick and clear
You aren’t free till your heart is into willing
To cut the bonds of ignorance and fear.
Drive carefully, America.
America
Wiped down my cabinets, murphy oil came to the rescue
Unpresidented is trending about
So I cleared up the fallen snow before it turned to ice
And I logged off to look for America
The snow is coming
Now they say the snow is coming
Out this way, so we’re becoming
All excited for the work that lies ahead.
There’ll be driveways needing clearing
Icy patches interfering
With the plans of children rushing off to sled.
If you must bear a burden
If you must bear a burden,
Bear it like a tree.
If you must hide a secret,
Hide it like the sea.
Aleppo
All of the children
You kill and you maim,
All those you turn into orphans,
They’ll be in your head
At the end of the game
To burn your supply
of endorphins.
Build me a cabin
Build me a cabin
Somewhere in the forests of sanity
Between the mountains
Of absence and familiarity.
Slow down
Floating flakes of snow
remind us: time to slow
down a bit.
There’s always something to find
There’s always something to find: when
you lose your way you come to find
a chance to find your way again,
a chance to leave your past behind.
Listen
Sit down and listen:
Hear the muted songs of lives
Extinguished by the reign of guns and tongues.
Sit down and listen.