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He sung all the day, all the night of the fourth, Endlessly, relentlessly, angrily and passionately Deafening my ears in the wet sugar of his words In an eternity of hours, Slowly and dopily, darkness billowed away Sifting along to another dark day… I listened, his hold on me firm, Tunes, words, and beat slamming in my brain My heart ached for the coolness of relief Back curved toward me, Like a stem bending toward the sun, His yellow teeth revealed their razor petals on my soul “Day five… day five….” He ranted on in a droning tone, The tempo dragging on with mighty strength of misery “Day 5, Do I dare cease for your voice, Captured deep in the crevices of your frustrations, Shall you answer all my drivels with severe serenity, Will you blow out the fire on my ever burning wick? For a moment, even one, your mind drifts for comeback, Yet still I continue on, Your face, mortified, tired, ever-blinking, Wishing to close for comfort, Listening, always listening… For a new day to shine upon my terrible stalks… Despicable girl…so lost… so sad… Silently waiting for a time to shine, My mark made, you take on the blade As words slide and slit across this drooling mouth, Restless, painless, shameless…. You will become like the immortal insomniacs… Cursing the words we ever cry, envying the maniac… I cross your threshold before the door even opens There is no reply….you just hide But I always find you in the same spot, Stuck in your peace, caught in my pride-” Death shredded the bass with power extraordinary, The demons cried in delight, They stared, glared and lounged on Day Five “Cursing, crushing, your mind in disarray, Nowhere to look but in the eyes that make you pray, What a word or two can do to drive all joy way Into the first, the second, third, fourth and fifth day… And a sixth soon to come...like a distant cloud.. Waiting to flood your little world…destroy it, and congest…enshroud…” Demons closing in and Hades circling like a vulture, I remained still in the clutch of their Leader’s tongue My blood running cold as his hands seared me, Through every word, the hold more intense I listened….and I listened… His mouth never tiring “You let me hold you so close, You allow me in, You permit my voice to rattle your skin, Every root of your body burning in my grip My wings pressing you down into the ground Turning all your days to ash and darkness Do you mean to win in your silence, Do you refuse to break your balance, Waiting for a breath, for a swift breeze… Never to come..?” Squeezing my face in his hands, I felt the heaviness surround me His grin turning into a grimace… “I invade, child, and I consume… This is simply what I do… You chose to sing with me, Like you did long, long ago… And if your God means to punish you through me, Please don’t let me know Just don’t let me go..” Death was against my back, His breathing heavy, His bass enshrouding my every being I sang so softly through the screaming of the demons, I could not hear myself, The tune ever dark, amongst my gentlest words… “God blesses me through all of you…” I began, and he hushed me harshly, I removed his hand from my face with my gaze His mouth closed shut…his jaw tightened “Day five…and you attack me Prince, With lust, anger, and resistance, I have come back into your presence, Not to close your mouth so you may hear mine… But to open your ears to the divine harmony of love” I turned toward the grim guitarist, and Death backed off, My gaze offending his dominant ways “This is endurance, patience, poise, I grew up in your darkness, in the violence of your voice, Learning to scream away my fears, From the thrusting of ever-impending nightmares, I remember in days past, you laughed as I gave in, And cried in the corners when my strength returned, I let go of your hand, just as you let go of my face, For I was called into another place, Years without you I never forgot you Praying someday the latter would lead downward to my friend, So that your hand would find me again And I knew you would burn me, curse me, hate me… I wanted you to hear heartfelt words…though rough like the seas, Drifting on the beat of my enemies, Sucking out the breath of my fiendish friends… I will always speak when I listen… With an open mind and a free heart And you will hear every word even as you invade… Wondering if the words even exist, Words that you may forget, Yet still…words that you will miss… Gripe, for your heart bleeds for my end… Scorn, for in the closing of our chapter You will find yourself alone again Laugh, because laughing blinds your sorrows Sing, and your future changes for today and tomorrow…”
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