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An elders time

Age cuts like a knife
Wrinkled hands can't work forever
The young need space soon

I walk out of sight
As a blizzard closes in 
My memory stays warm

The night feels so cold 
Stars cannot pierce this storm
Waves hold no favor

The fish were hungry
All that will take must give back 
I smile, winter feast

Fat fish make good food
No one goes hungry tonight
In the sky I dance

Laughter from small ones 
A ballroom so far above
Hearts know no distance

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Creek in the sheets

My heart begins to sink
As my skin begins to quiver
I've been swept to the brink
By regrets flowing like a river 
So what am I to think 
As the cold world let's me shiver
Stains mark like ink
Where pain became a fissure
There's no one else to blame 
As my blood begins to simmer
And against this waking shame 
No nightmare could be so bitter
So I fold up the remains 
Of a story I can't consider 

My hallowed soul can't bare 
What can't be washed away 
Because even in deepest prayer 
There's words I just can't say
So if I'll never clear the air 
Then I know I just can't stay stay

The bed is wet
My heart's aflame
I cannot forget
What time erased
Memories are set
And the feelings won't drain
So I'll make a bet 
Against the rain 
One last cigarette 
And I'll be unchained

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Questions of Schrodinger

What if I dreamt of a cat?
Would it be alive?
It now exists in the past
With all the memories in my mind
And with brain it did act
Does it matter if it was mine?
But then could I say for a fact
If it was one of a kind?
Or if I followed the tracks
Would myself be all I find?

What if I never woke up?
And all I knew were dreams?
Would I be less alive?
Than I was in your reality?
If I keep my eyes shut
Could I stay in my own scenes?
Or if given enough time
Would they start tearing at the seams?

I wish I had a cat
To hold in my own hands
And to pet it as I sat
Knowing just where I am
Maybe then at last
I'd be rescued from the damned
The poor souls still attached
To what they can't understand

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Controllers without control

The turn of a thumb 
And the flash of a screen
Another year passes by 
With the hum of a machine
Numbers and titles 
And words I don't mean
It's hard to ask why
And it's even harder to see

Why am I still here? 
Who are these people?
And could they ever be friends?
Why do I cheer?
For all that is evil?
And just how the hell
Could I ever make amends?

As the world keeps on turning 
Like the wheels on a train
They teach me that it's burning 
And it's my turn to pay
But their words aren't for learning
And the numbers only add more pain
I'd like to think for myself
And to make my own journey
But I've got no truths to tell
And all their lies have been burned in my brain

So why do my hands
Keep these circuits so near
When deep down I know 
My smile isn't here
I look across the land
And see a sky that's so clear
It almost let's the light
Between the space of my ears

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The boxer brownie bandit 2

I fear I've lost the light
In this storm of chocolate rain
Muddy waters cloud my sight 
Within this foul smelling haze 
But I know I'll make things right
I'll escape this hell someday
And my tights will finally stay white
Off this soiled path I'll find my way

They say the devils in the details 
Well I sure hope he likes corn
They say in the end good prevails
But I've had this demon since I was born
In my wake I leave a trail
There's stains on all I've worn 
My life's going off the rails
And I feel chaos in my core 

Still as I waddle towards the future 
I've only known one truth 
It always goes smoother 
When you let the pain pass through 
So when my gut gets sutured 
I'll fill the hole in my heart too
I only wish I'd done it sooner
Change your pants before they change you

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Basic pains

I'm stuck in survival 
Feeling so primal 
All I do is eat and sleep

My life's in a spiral
Cause my chemistry is tidal
And it's pulling me into the deep

All my days are so idle 
Like someone turned down the dial
All I hear is the floorboards creak

Will our souls be recycled
After we finish life's trails?
I guess that's a secret we're cursed to keep

What's an inch to a mile?
Or a story without a title?
A beautiful view never looked so steep

All I hear's my racing vitals
Will this breath be my final?
I almost forgot about my appointment next week

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Goodbye my first mate

I spend my days in slumber 
But no dream could ever match
The smiles and the wonder 
That had kept our love latched 
Even in storms you were my summer 
You were the calm as waves crashed 
And your smile gave me colors 
Even when the blue was vast
But no matter what I plunder 
I can never take back the past
So your shantys what I mutter 
When the cannon balls fly past 
Why should my tale make me suffer
The longer that it lasts 
Why should I bother taking cover
If I could see you in a flash?

We once shared a bond 
That no one could ever measure 
But now that you're gone 
No more ink will fill my ledger
I've reached the end of my song
And you're still all that I treasure 
So I promise it won't be long
Until we sing it together
The crew might say it's wrong
To leave this ship forever 
But I know that I belong
Wherever we can be together

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The boxer brownie bandit

Who pooped my pants?
I ask in vain                                                                                     what sinful man could leave this stain?                                 There's just no way I could cause such pain                                                                and I feel it in my gut no log's been laid                                      but no matter how I try to wash it all away 
no shower in the world could cleanse my shame                                                                                                                                        
Who pooped my pants?
Will I ever get a name?
A most foul expanse                                                                    that's yet to be claimed                                                                  I've got mud on my hands                                                              but no one to blame                                                                         On this soiled path
I fear I've lost my way
                                                                                                            So head my warning 
As my trousers lay bare
To save from mourning
And for your washers care
Keep an ear out for colons storming
He could be anywhere

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Black curtains

With curtains drawn last night
I hid beneath the sheets
Sleeping was always a fright
So I kept awake with screens
Sometimes I'd wonder why
Nothing had come for me
Sure there's no monsters in sight
But alone feels worse to be
And if all those shooting stars were lies
What's the point of hopes and dreams?

I covered up my windows today
Because I already know what's there                                        Why would I ever want to stray
If I know it won't compare 
To the places I have made
And the fantasy I've prepared
I've lost control of fate
And this world is never fair
So In the chaos of all the change
I find refuge in despair

Tomorrow's just a date
And I have nowhere else to be
So I'll let another song play
As I drift back into sleep
I'll forget about all I hate 
In a world that was never meant for me

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Split spark

What's one little spark 
In a mountain of dirt
What's a sky full of stars
if no wish is heard
When you can't hide from the scars 
No matter the pretty words 
And the memories depart
But the feelings stay burnt
They say that time heals the heart
But loss means more than hurt
Cause no matter how bright the start 
The dark is always worse
Another trial to lose
Just to say that I care
Another mile in these shoes
I never wanted to wear
But if I had to choose 
It's not a journey I'd share
Cause if my thoughts were let loose
I'd turn them all to despair
The smiles through the blues
As I face this burden I bear 
Are the only trace of glue
That slows down the tears
So I hold back the truth
And keep my grip with a prayer
Cause if I split in two
What's inside would be bare