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	Barely Even Offended Bring me to the hungry dust Drop me in the end of all Step upon my foolish trust Freeze the always spinning ball Bite the feather in my hat Rip the tombstone etching now Sleep on needles shame begat Make a new redundant vow Squeeze my neck until I bleed Then with salty razors slice Deep into my deepest need Make my suffering your vice Prophesy my rise and fall Learn to make my image fade Listen to a spirit's call Color hearts a darker shade Release...
Beast of Burdens Torn assunder little heart Blinking--missing information Living without life I am the contradiction Weeping--bored--distracted Ashamed--proud of pity Damaged and pristine I am the pain I feel Looming overhead in the shadowy sky is the double reality Tears grow cold so quickly resting on my cheek The fire within steadily grows into a raging animal All that try to understand are burned away into oblivion All who try to care are welcomed into hell by a hospitable spider Do not get too close Do not feed the beast of burdens through the bars of his cage Inside is dark but there is no evil here Inside is lonely but there can be no other way Inside is an unforgiven place I am the contradiction
	Chosen Fate Reach toward a supernova Burn away in happy fire Listen to the hissing sound Of the fate you so admire Touch the edge of resting skies Faster now than times before Running toward a razor blade To the fate you so adore Borrowing another breath As you reach the mountain's peak Peering off the highest cliff Dreaming of the fate you seek Futures fall into your hand Throw them to the clouds above Meet them in the falling rain With the fate you've come to love Blissfully you laugh and jest Acting out your chosen part Still you cling to memories Keep your fate safe in your heart Too late now to change your mind Can't erase the line you've crossed Nothing left but memories And the fate that you've now lost
Vitally Unimportant Did you notice the beautiful today? Did you hear the whispers that it spoke? It told me a fairy tale. Did you notice the trembling in its voice? I think it knows I'm catching on. Did you notice that it tried not to laugh? It seemed to mock me. Did you notice that it had claws? They grabbed my arm but crumbled into dust. Did you hear it scream when my heart grew wise? Did you see it shrink when my strength swelled within? Did you see it fall when I would not? Did you feel it die when I began to live? Did you notice the beautiful today? It told me a fairy tale. I told it good-bye.
	A Thousand Tales Steadily he follows cause fast upright against the gale Justice riding at his side in a sheath of dragon's scale. On the wing of bleeding dove--on the beat of dreaming cry Shod in suit of spider's bones--legend scribed on paper sky. Onto soil oppressed by fear--split the dell with warm suprise Every hope he carries with needful stares from desperate eyes. "Banish please our tyrant king," say the faces without sounds. Heart within the hero swells. Rage within his soul compounds. Evil days have plagued the world in the days of evil men 'Till the valiant takes his blade deep into the lion's den. Bold before his angered foe--deliverance in human state. Lightning fires from its sheath bringing tyrrant to his fate . Venom burns in adder's heart. On his belly, serpent fell Gasping for a vengful curse--reaper comes too quick for spell. Safe the free ones now rejoice--off'ring as reward a crown. Face alight with wisdom's smile, hero turns the offer down. Behind him must this triumph fall. Other souls in torture cry For a sword so blessed sure to bring light to darkened eye. Bones rest on the plates of dogs--licking blood and marrow dry Eating children's fantasies--making roses fade and die. There again he will emerge--stop the mouth of adder's curse. Strike of lightning will restore and the story gain a verse.
Mortal Pondering A name is chisled into a thousand-edged stone--a mammoth stone--a stone of grief. It calls out to me, "Where is the wheel to grind?" I answer, "Leave me be. The dust of bones is upon your tongue." I rehearse Fate's melody in my mind. It calls again, "When is the day of burning wings?" I answer, "Away! Be gone from me. You drink from the sea where eagles drown." Cold and vicious granite consolation staring up into the depth. It reaches out to steal away protected things. I fight and kick against the pull but feel the song tear into my chest. Weeping--wailing--I turn and run--then fall face down before the stone. Upon its face I spit and I assign it names of loathing. It calls to me once more, "How do the ashes fall?" I resign the struggle and acknowledge the revelation that has forced its way through my fortresses of denial. I bow my head and solemnley answer, "As snowflakes fall--gentle in their pale beauty--soft as rose petals on my lips." The name upon the stone smiles up at me and takes me in warm embrace. I sleep now--as an innocent child sleeps--in the shadow of a thousand-edged stone.
	Discourse Between Life and Death On the brightest of days In the darkest of nights Where Love and Hate together dwell Conflict stirred--the silence spoke Of a near yet distant tale In between Within--without Sun and Moon strode hand in hand Life and Death began debate On alone which force shall stand "I'm supreme," Boasted Death, "All in time must bow to me-- Man and beast and Heaven's lights, Earth, the Wind, the Flame, the Sea." "Blindness takes you," Life rebukes, "All things perish--I concede But observe the things that live Growing with increasing speed "Losing ground You're in retreat Birth's more frequent than demise Though the vultures never starve Two replace each one that dies." Morbid grin Death then spoke, "Trapped are you, dear naive friend Growth unchecked will all life choke Life will work for its own end." "Just not so," Argues Life, "Room to grow is always found Riding on the Phoenix back Life is free--by will unbound." "This debate Is without end," Death admits with failing pride, "Judgement from an outside voice Would best help us to decide." Enter Darkness Enter Light Both their service now to give Mediation in this case Life to Die or Death to Live? "Darkness is Like unto Death," Spoke the Light with surest breath, "I'll prove Darkness bows to Light And by this prove Life rules Death "At its greatest Darkest bold," Light continues full of pride, "Darkness breaks at dimmest light-- Easily it's cast aside." "That I dare Not deny," Darkness rose to quiet Light, "But light fades then what is left? Just the deepest blind of Night." In despair Life admits, "Still we face a cold divide Lest we move to open war One of us must change his side." Then when battle Seemed the course From the void of Where and Why Summoned by a sadness great Balance heard their helpless cry In agreement All allowed Balance there to mediate List'ning with attentive ear She could end their long debate Balance wise Could verdict give, "All that live must someday die Death depends on Life to be-- Fates entwined you can't untie. "As for Darkness And the Light Age past time has Darkness been But 'fore Light--what was Dark? As one did your fates begin. "None of you Have a place High above your counter side Balance is the queen of all-- Alone worthy of such pride."