hey stranger. will you wander off with me?

Roaming the streets of by and by,
I tempted fate while high on death.
Jaywalked at every junction,
Visited the seven deadly sins.

Swore at the heartless sun,
For prolonging the eventual end.
Adopted world proclaimed truths,
But failed to nurture them into hope.

Found some torn patches of wisdom,
To pad the glass walls of my heart.
Unclasped the steering wheel of my life,
Stepped on the accelerator just to see
How far I can go.

Arriving at the house of never,
You found me destroyed with hatred within.
But boldly you entered my nightmares,
To search for the missing person inside.

You set the hollow within me aflame,
With a perfect understanding
That imperfection cannot fathom.
Lit it up so you can see me clearly,
I’ll burn it down to let you find me.

I’ll never see past the step before me,
But night is not darkness anymore.
Not when my path is bathed in moonlight,
And when your stars shy not from my skies.
You lit it up so you can see me clearly,
I’ll burn it down so I can find you freely.

*For those who found something familiar, the first line of the 1st and 4th para join up to form a similar whole quote by Miguel de Cervantes. Special thanks to my friend Clarence, for lending inspiration for this piece.

I have a genuine plastic smile,
Kinda looks like the one you own.
Slip it on to talk to me while
Silent tears of glass slip alone.
We just don’t dare to deal,
With anything that’s real.
Why does it cost so much to be careless,
When we’re so far away from flawless?
So just pretend you’re alright,
And I’ll keep my truth in fetters.
The penance for guilt will be light,
If we leave the shards to scatter
Into foreign bits of matter,
To cut us up inside.

I’ll show you how fragile I really am,
Don’t lie to me, you’re no better yourself.
What room is there to fear of falling,
If I’m holding you close enough?
Like driftwood to you I’m clinging,
You keep me floating when tides turn rough.

I made myself some pretty chains,
Like you I fasten them on by day.
Everyone has a key to their bane,
But I had to throw mine away.
I’m nothing left but to be mended,
And your key fits perfect into me.
So don’t you leave me stranded,
Please, come set me free?
And I can fall on my knees begging,
But to you it don’t mean a thing.
When night from the sky is muted,
The chains will return undisputed.
Don’t leave me to my own devises,
My enemy has no lack of vices.

I’ll show you how fragile I really am,
Don’t lie to me, you’re no better yourself.
What room is there to fear of falling,
If I’m holding you close enough?
Like driftwood to you I’m clinging,
You keep me floating when tides turn rough.

*Written awhile back..maybe a month or 2.  Wanted lyrics but somehow kept sinking back to poetry..Decided to just edit, update and get it out of my system. A slight variation and derivation from a prior quote.

Verse 1:
Hello friend, I miss you.
I played the lottery
On the midnight train,
Going from gaze to gaze
Hoping to meet yours somehow.

Chorus:
But you’re not there.
So many faces all around,
But you’re nowhere,
Nowhere to be found.
They ask me questions,
I tell them lies.
What can I say?
There’s nothing left to say,
Except I miss you, again.

Verse 2:
Uninvited thoughts of you
Creep into my head,
But I let them in.
And for a brief second,
I thought I saw some colour.

Bridge:
When the day fades
From grey to black,
I’m at the mercy of my thoughts.
When the crocodile laughter
Ceases to distract,
In that space before nightmares,
I dream of you,
I think of you,
I wish for you.

There’s a gulf
From here to there.
I can see the cliffs
On the other side,
But not beyond.
I say hi,
It echoes and dies,
Down shadows between.
Nothing returns.
There used to be
A beautiful bridge.
I could cross it
Once in awhile.
Now it’s tarnished,
And no one dares
To fix it.

*Temp push fr: Aug 16 2008, 8:55pm