Walk On The Beach

Blow out the candles and turn off the lights.

Try to let the memories die this time,

No reason left to fight.

Take one last walk on the beach.

Retracing footsteps of the past,

Pondering failed attempts at peace.

Hear the whispers calling on the wind.

Stories echo hollow in my chest,

Laments the death of a once dear friend.

The things I was so thankful for,

Tenets of a forgotten faith.

Lost to the tides forevermore.

Darkness holds a cold embrace.

Though I tried as I thought best,

The fate I have made cannot be escaped.

The totality of choices left drifting on the sea.

Pay the ferryman his coin,

I was always just a memory.

You’ve Got Red On You

All the pretentious accolades,

Of your falsified reality.

Bought into the chaos,

And the lies that you told me.

Cut my eyes out,

Forced myself to never see.

Sat on your throne,

Watched a soul slowly bleed.

Flames smothered in silence,

Relive the past as something new.

Never questioned the poison,

Played my part right on cue.

Broken reflections,

Kept doing what you do.

Can’t escape who you are,

You’ve got red on you.

Background

Fade into the background,

Like mist in the night.

Take my place in silence,

Though I know it’s not right.

Only seen when things fall into place.

Accessory to the well spun lie.

Time takes years away,

Each day a little more of me dies.

No Tomorrow

What if there is no tomorrow,

No someday on the horizon?

Can you feel alive again,

Even if there is no time left to borrow?

If you could live like you’re dying,

What would that be like?

Lay down in the same ditch as before,

Or stand up and go out trying?

Nothing is ever a guarantee,

No promises of another day.

Take the chance and see what happens,

Believe and see what might be.

Devil On My Shoulder

I’m done with perceived sins,

Devil on my shoulder’s my only friend.

The only one left, who stuck around.

Not all who wander want to be found.

Patience was the name of the game.

Till I understood it would just be more of the same.

Playing by my own rules now.

Nothing will ever again, chain me down.

Life’s a dirty looking glass.

Can’t tell the reflection staring back.

Keep putting one foot in front of another.

Trust broken , you don’t need to bother.

Pick myself up once again,

Tonight a new story will begin.

I won’t be lost in the river of time.

Reclaim myself and all that’s mine.

Fading Away

Maybe it’s time to fade away.

Let go of all the sorrow and pain.

Drift into long wanted slumber,

No reason left to stay.

Release all the weight I’ve been under.

No nerves left to fray,

Nothing more to endlessly ponder.

Through the stars to eternally wander.

After Knowing

After knowing what I now know

After all the promises of feelings and gold

After the ease with flames turned cold

After affection was simple to withhold 

After all this, it should be easier to let go.

Dance in the Light

Those that cannot embrace your darkness;

Don’t deserve to feel your light.

If You Want

If you want to feel,

Just how deep love can be.

Come take my hand,

Sit in my darkness with me.

Wasteland Within

Looking out the window .

Stare at the wasteland within.

Hear the thunder in the distance:

Feel the winds of change blowing again.

Strangers sharing time and space.

Too done to let the other in.

Chasm where two hearts once lived.

Etched in blood, shedding dead skin.

Too tired to fight anymore,

Easier to turn blind eye and stay.

Keep it all locked behind walls.

Fate far worse than any grave.

Charred remains of another life.

Finding myself in the dark,

Loosing what has been outgrown.

Let the ending go so the beginning can start.

Here For Now

I’m here for now,

But won’t always be.

Time turns the wheel,

Outpacing destiny.

Turning into dust,

Scattered through eternity.

Alone

Alone isn’t lonely

It’s just knowing we’re apart

Days spent in absence 

Slowly breaking my heart

Unknown in the solitude 

As the seasons change again

Failing to find a reason

Memories of the past, my only friend

Hold onto hope for one more day

Wrapped in winters frigid spell

 Wishing time would move a little faster

Get us out of this frozen helL

Warm ourselves with love and laughter

Thats present when we’re together

Being away might not break the world

But by your side is so much better.

Dancing in Dreams

Dancing in dreams again.

Not knowing where reality begins.

Cradling hearts till the music ends.

Eternal symphony for lovers, and friends.

Waiting For The End

Been waiting for the end to begin,

While learning to trust me again.

For so long I have been completely numb,

Longing to simply be done.

You have taken so much of my life,

To the point, I didn’t want to survive.

My fault was believing you would change,

So I only have myself to blame.

Though I never deserved to be treated this way,

It was always my choice to stay.

Somewhere deep inside I still have faith,

That myself I will save.

I can see behind your fragile mask,

Nothing more of you I will ask.

Over the years I learned, I grew.

The answer this time, it’s me I choose.

Martyr

Trying to martyr yourself

On the lies that you've bought 

Found buried in the ashes 

Of the destruction you've wrought 

Think you look untarnished 

Living in the facade you display

Knowing deep in your soul

The reality you can't bring yourself to say

A lifetime of following 

Someone else's version of a dream

One day it may be  too late

In yourself, to finally believe

Dancing

Demons dancing in my dreams tonight.

Forbears of tortuous delights.

Teasing with promises I can’t describe.

Finding me where I believed I could hide. 

Witches gather around the flame.

Each one different but all the same.

Weaving their spell to seal my fate.

Heart lost in the depths of hate.

Hearing on the wind, a banshees call.

Succumbing to darkness, willingly fall.

Replaying each night inside my head.

Soullessly existing, living dead.

Samhain

The veil thins once again

Time when believed fallacy

Becomes our reality

Hold close, the dark embrace

Faith fails, and hearts race

Drink deep from the vein

Blurred lines of pleasure and pain

New deities bow to the gods of old

Ancient slumber ends, the stories told

Make way for the spirits of Samhain