How far apart
Can two lives grow
And still belong
Together?

Brave, faithful,
Some leaps still kill.

One medicine,
Sweet caress —
All we need is tenderness.

Moments, like furniture,
Dressing up the emptiness —
Just enough to fill the window view,
To please outsiders
Looking in.

Words are not
Who we are —
Hide your tongue,
Show your scars.

Doomed even in allegory —
Dogs of war,
Doves of peace.
We never stood a chance.

Bully bully bully,
You're no stronger than
Your following.

Keep distance from me —
Just love who I portray.

Together apart,
Ass cheek to ass cheek,
Nothing between
But a memory of closeness
And the promise of
Maybe someday.

Who follows,
Who leads?
Fear is anger
On a leash.

Endure life —
Walk the day,
Shun the night
Until deliverance.

Feed the gods —
Burn the living,
Seed destruction,
Raise the dead.

On the market of eternity
We, the goods,
Sell ourselves
For parts.

Scarcity
Of necessities
Breeds animosity.

Underbelly preacher,
Keep your judgement
To yourself —
That dirty underwear of the soul.

Wasted morality —
In reality
All value is perception,
None supreme.

Frail the self
Seeks contradiction —
Justifying being different.

Culture waves cultivated,
Lost in seas of entertainment,
Tuned to channels
Leading nowhere —
We, the surfing dead.

No demons, only gods,
Going through a bad age.
No sinners, merely mortals,
Struggling with their cravings.
No original sin, no intrinsic evil,
Just saints condemning
Misgivings they themselves
Hide well.

How long can one
Carry on,
When each day closes
Many blessings short
Of a smile?