Loose Shingles Flight
THAN WHY MUST WE SING
AND BELEIVE AS YOU WISH ME TOO
THAT YOU SPEAK OF SALVATION
BUT SUCH IS SPOKEN ONLY THROUGH YOU
THAT YOUR VANITY IS SEEN
AND YOUR WORDS ARE SAID
IT HELPS ME NEITHER
IT'S ONLY STORIES READ
THAT YOU IN YOUR NEWNESS
IS BETTER AND LESS BELEIVED
BECAUSE THOSE I PRAY TO BE WITH
YOU DISTORT AND CAUSES TEASE
THAT IT IS EASIER TO DIVIDE
AND SUBTRACT THOSE WHO LIKE THEIR WAY
TO SING AND DANCE IN THE NAME OF
THE DIFFERANCE
TO A NEW GOD YOU WISH US TO PRAY
THE GOD OF LONELINESS
WHO WISHES OUR NUMBERS LESS
THAT WE ARE STRONG IN COUPLING
AND ONCE COUPLES WE ARE BETTER AND BLESSED
YET TO STRANGE TO DIVIDE
AND HAVE US TO BELEIVE YOUR WAY
YOU TEACH US HOW TO LISTEN
AND TELL US WHAT TO SAY
THEN THOSE WHO ANWSER
SPEAK ME AS ILL AND GROSS
A PRODUCT OF UNRAVELING
TO BE TREATED AS SUCH
I SPEAK HIM AS GOD
AND YOU SAY I BROTHER YOU
YET SUCH IS UNBROTHERED
THAT THE GOD I PRAY RENEW'S
Copyright © Allan Terry | Year Posted 2018
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