icarus' curse

icarus, icarus
i emphasize you
soaring above the skies
too close you flew

to holy Mother star
bright and life-giving
she captivated you whole
burning and scorching

and when you fell
plummeting to the ground
both love and life lost
so sudden without a sound

icarus, icarus
our fates are alike
for i too have a sun
who gives my heart flight

and like a moth to flames
i am hopelessly drawn to him
and will eagerly throw away life
just to fulfill his whim

fluorescent angels

what can you find
in a world of fluorescent angels
where saints and love
can be found in brothels?

i drink to the ghost of Blake
and i raise my glass to Death
the Devil bought my soul today
for the heat of your breath

don't waste your heart on
sincere prayers for a better day
cause the gods will only laugh
for your sorrow is their play

but you knew this painful truth
you have always did
but i say "nothing can't be fixed
with a glass of honey mead"

i swore that should i dream
i would dream like a god
i judge not sinners nor saints
let karma separate truth from fraud

but know this, all that i've bled and cried
i have only wanted to be
the one who remains through the tide
of time, engraved in your memory

time

i woke up falling into the sky
chasing after the sands of time
always just beyond my grasp
the cruel unjustifiable crime

and i saw the horizon devour the sun
and it dyed the world in an orange glow
and i suddenly knew a heartache
i never thought i would know

and i continued to fall into infinity
and broke this body on cold hard sanity
and all my pieces scattered in the wind
like the vermilion petals of a wilting peony

still i chased the priceless sands of time
though blue flames bound my aching heart
and how i grasped on tightly to the moments
whilst my very soul doth depart

swept up by Zephyrus' sweet breath
and bursting into golden blue fire
i, with a heavy sigh, exhaled my last
and drowned in my own desire

when you fall in love

when you fall, o how you fall
without restraint
without fear or caution
the dream couldn't be taint

and he was your gravity
pulling you down full force
you fell so dizzyingly fast
no time to think or feel remorse

and when you hit the ground
you broke- shattering into pieces
gone are all the dreams with him
gone the hopes and wishes

then tears fell like rain
dissolved each broken shard
till all the pieces became
once again, a whole heart

cause broken hearts will mend
though we fall over and over again
and as much as the next one might hurt
you're willing to brave the pain

delusions

in a world of blinding fluorescent lights
i was drowning in a sea of gray faces
pushed and shoved around without direction
only silence fills the empty spaces

frantically reaching out, i screamed your name
but my voice was drowned out by the storm
and though you're just a beautiful delusion
even the jealous wind snatched away your form

the rain chills me to my bones but still
i embraced it, gladly let it drench my skin
cause it's the only way to hide my tears
and camouflage the breaking heart within

frantically reaching out, i screamed in pain
but my voice was drowned out by the storm
and though love is just a beautiful illusion
the dreamer wakes and the magic is gone

something's are better left unsaid. once again i've been made a fool of by myself. of all ppl...i thought you would get me more...

how could they know?

painted pictures on the wall
hang morbidly down the empty hall
their eyes watched me as i go
forever silent with the secrets they know

their stare could not slow my stride
laments of old ghosts, i do not abide
i stopped at the door with flowers
it stood out so brightly among the others

i could hear her inside, breathing slow
sleeping soundly, she couldn't possibly know
i saw her face, so very young
so full of hopes, her story barely begun

sleeping peacefully without a stir
oblivious to laments of old ghosts getting louder
the morning came as always before
another normal day but with something more

a scream resonates through the hall
hurried feet ran past pictures on the wall
behind the door with painted flowers
around the bed a sad family gathers

so young, they couldn't possibly know
that it was her time to go