Carpet

My feet walk naked on soft red petals
Falling slowly, welcoming my entrance
As I pass through the town with no name.

Instead of the rose petals’ soft caress
It is the sound of breaking beneath my feet
Filling the vacuum with a sudden pain.

Countless shards screaming for mercy
Begging, pleading that I go no further
And continue my walk of shame.

Fragments both fragile and thick, crumble and shatter
Soon, glass becomes dust as fine as silk
They steal the color from the broken vein.

They now seem like soft red petals
Falling slowly, allowing my departure
From the town with no name.

October Nine

I thought my day was fine
Until I heard my phone chime
I went up to the nine
It was October Nine

When you dropped the line
You were no longer mine
I wanted to drink some wine
It was October Nine

That night, alone I dine
I count from zero to nine
I sleep, I cry, I whine
It was October Nine

Who?

Who am I going to miss, if you were never there?
Who I am going to love, if nobody did care?
What am I going to risk, if no one ever dared?
What am I to do, if everyone was scared?

Of the things I have done
Of the uncertain future that I bring
Of the man I was and am now
Of the man that I want to be

Who are you to say that I never dreamed?
Who are you to judge that I have not believed?
What is it in me that I did not possess?
What is it in me did I have less?

All I have left is faith
To the one that is willing to wait
For the man I was and am now
For the man that I want to be

Stings

Kiss, kiss, kiss
Did you just see?
I think Cupid’s arrow
Just missed me.

Kiss, kiss, kiss
Look over there
Whose lips are those
I began to stare?

Kiss, kiss, kiss
Give it to me, honey
A slap in the face
Stinging like a bee.

K.O.

“Stand up and fight,”
My heart cried
Ignore the pain
And wound on your side.

Clear your thoughts
Of any doubt
And wipe the blood
Off your mouth.

“Stand up and fight,”
My spirit shouted
Let all your fear
And hate be diverted.

Into a weapon
As sharp as a blade
That will cut life
Instantly without fade.

“Stand up and fight,”
My soul screamed
The battle is not over,
Or so it seemed

One more minute
And twelve more rounds
A one-way ticket to pain
Is where I am bound.

I'm Cheap

Offer me a smile
Offer me a pack
That’s all it takes
To pay me back

When I get lost
Put me on track
That’s all it takes
To pay me back

Call my name
Call me back
That’s all it takes
To pay me back

The Road We Take

The life I have chosen
The path I have taken
Is an endless road that leads
To a place I have never been to

Where I go is my business
And where it leads me
No one may ever know
Not even the shadow
That walks with me

And in these travels
I must admit that
At one point I have
Stayed too long
Only to remember
That I must walk again
To a place I have never been to

Sooner or later
There will be a place
Where I am welcome
Where I want to stay

But until that time comes
I wander and walk the road
Alone with just my shadow
Following my every footstep
To a place I have never been to