You said to holler
if I feel like I’ve been down
the same road
so I come back here to you
years like long sighs
in between
you and me
a dreamlike projection
sweeping into my days

it is sweet to touch
the story of you
for moods paced in minutes
singing your song
like you were singing
to me
specifically
to hang in there
your voice penetrating
my every feels
down and out

I feel I got the best
of you like this
through a mirror
survival is raw
beautifully fierce
opening my obsessions quietly
with such force
so much passion
a tsunami wave
clean swooped me
but I got on top
your shadow swallowed me
in your final chapter
the way lightning caught in a bottle
shines the black in a flash
eyes open
wild I saw the darkest
drawn out
my smile curled around it

The hate and anger toxic
flows like fast-moving sludge
this life is one chance towards
riding right on the crest
letting the wind rush
through your voice
sounding the thundering rage
of a generation of kids
raised on welfare
a growl at suffering change
the chaos of the world
you realized the madness
and how we’re all blindly
surfing this ocean of pain

Do your followers understand
it’s not you who hates anyone
it’s just the force of the wave
hating through you
the world came broken
rampaging through your barriers

And you can’t contain all the madness
that builds up
I don’t know if there’s a way
to escape the sadness
you dress up in the daily mess
that one way or another became a habit
that you can barely tolerate
so it has to go out and beyond
the reach of your hands
and take you to the promised land
because anything worth doing
can be done

And it comes to me
A YouTube flow of a love so deep
your melody slides into my folds
my sensitive nooks hooked
on the crannies into your rhymes
the tidal pool for a study of self
the intensity of your pride
coherent with the ugliness around you
always needing security to just breathe
without that heavy constant noose
around your neck that only your voice frees
so much spilling through lyrically
it’s the time of the season
my leaves fall off and die
and you’re there to cradle my death
from one step to the next
and then I lost the fear
I’m no longer scared
and you never even knew
but that is the gift of fame
the only plus it gives
to plant the seeds of change
for fruits you’ll never eat
and the price is so steep
it never gives as much as it takes
it takes everything you are
all that you love

that’s how you come to be
power cracking thunder all around
black clouds getting ready
for the pounding about to hit
and only you take your stand
plant your feet your
line drawn in the sand
set the lifeline
in this storm of unseen forces
colliding
skill so ripped
for me it’s good enough to know
we are together apart
walking through the fire
going through the ringer
and we’re not afraid twice
of the same pain
and the fierce discipline
to walk alone

our love
for life itself
keeps us together on the same road
and you prove the point
that anything worth doing
can be done