Awol In the Ixnayed Days


"AWOL in The Ixnayed Days"


Pieces of me 
were stolen 
long before 
the war 
cluster f****d 
its way
into the 
world today

The peace of me
swallowed
in the coma 
that had settled
where the buried 
mines and bombs
in the silent streets
of your mind lay

Triggers 
for 
The Others -

treason is a gift 
never to be 
considered

PSYOP 
sleep walkers 
trip wired sleepless 
grenades shot 
from a mouth 
Spitfired Hornet 
burns the well-oiled 
Molotov hurt away

wired the triggers 
to trip away in tune
tap dancing fingers
express 
the internal glitch
a torn soul, split apart
morse code signals
over keys, notes attache 

attempting 
soft diplomacy,
Kalashnikov all the way

awol’d in the ixnayed days
with the poetic legion
and their gorgon demons
dreaming of a time 
long before the poison
spoon fed from that monster, 
Betrayal, 
had its way

a note pinned
over the heart 

X

target
for a clean mark

painting pictures 
in numbers -

give it your best shot

(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)



“I Appear Missing” / Queens of the Stone Age
https://youtu.be/C9OfBcjyxKY




"Shock me awake Tear me apart Pinned like a note in a hospital gown Deeper I sleep Further down A rabbit hole never to be found"
LYRICS/ "I Appear Missing", Queens of the Stone Age https://genius.com/Queens-of-the-stone-age-i-appear-missing-lyrics
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