CLOSE TO THE EDGE

CLOSE TO THE EDGE


I GOT UP
JUST TO KISS THE SUN
AND ALL I FOUND
WAS THE NIGHTMARES
AND THE ONE
WHO THREW AWAY THE KEY
I SAT IN THE DARKNESS
WHILE BLUE SKIES LIKE IVY VINES
CREPT ALONG CRUMBLING WALLS
MY HEART,
THE STUMBLING DRUNK
FELL ASLEEPIN A CAVE
WAITING FOR A HOPE

I GOT HIGH LIKE STARS
WITHOUT A PURPOSE
FROM CUPS OF ENDLESS PAIN,
I HID IN BETWEEN THE TREES OF LIFE
SO DEATH,
COULDN’T FOLLOW ME HOME
BUT,
THEN I REMEMBERED
I’M HOMELESS OH DAMN!
SO QUICKLY CLIMBED
INSIDE THE JAWBONES
OF A WILDERBEAST’S ASS
AMAZED THAT I WASN’T SURPRIZED
LAUGHING AT MY FOLLY
‘CAUSE I ONCE THOUGHT I WAS WISE.

CLOSE TO THE EDGE
I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD SAY
GOOD-BYE TO THE ONE I LOVE
NOR THE FAMILY
I STOLE FROM FAIRYBOOKS GALORE,
SO,
I REMAINED IN THE MUDDY CISTERN
SIGHING, CRYING, AND DYING,
WAITING TO SLAY THE SEASONED WITCH
AND HER RED DRAGON OF MY CONUPEANNCE
MAKING CHANGE FOR MY HALF ASSED
PENNY THOUGHTS,

CLOSE TO THE EDGE
DON’T PITY ME,
PITY YOURSELVES FOR I AM
THE ONE YOU ALL NEED,
THE ONE WHO MAKES YOU GLAD,
YOU CAN REPENT INSIDE THE HARMONY OF
YOUR SPIRITUAL ILLUSIONS
AND
STILL,
YOU KNOW NOT THE MASTER’S NAME
BECAUSE YOU HAVE LOCKED IT UP
IN ORPHANED PYRAMIDS…


I GOT UP
JUST TO KISS THE SUN
AND ALL I FOUND
WAS THE NIGHTMARES
AND THE ONE
WHO THREW AWAY THE KEY
BUT IT DIDN’T MATTER
BECAUSE THERE ARE NO DOORS
JUST WARRIORS OF THE NEW DIMENSIONS
REBUILDING THE HEAVENS
PAINTING THE STARS
REMEMBERING THE MASTER’S NAME
CLOSE TO THE EDGE…

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