Nightmares


Walking down the street, I turn
My mind racing in confusion
My eyes blurred by tears, I run


There has to be a way out, I turn
My heart breaking every step
Your face in my mind, I run


Dead end after dead end, I turn
Always running, always hoping
To find the escape I long for, I run


Always a brick wall, a blockade, I scream
Slowly turning to face my fears
And out of the darkness he comes, I die




Sorrow

A day of night, a day of dark
A ray of light that shines no more
A sky as black as pitch
A knife, illuminescent as a star
A heart that beats out of time
A mind clouded by hate
A lost, lonely soul
A hand held poised, ready
A face of pain, sorrow, regret
The tears fall, burning acid
The hand drops, the knife falls
A heart wrenching sob fills the air
Life carries on





Night Life

The dark sky filled with stars
Flashing, gleaming
And yet so vast and foreboding
Teenagers, scores of them
Litter the night streets
Thinking they're immortal
Looking for thrills, love
Never seeing the poison
Eating them alive
Families crammed in their
Shoebox houses
Trying to escape their fate
With pot roast and potatoes
Lights barely cutting through
Night's void
Never knowing what's waiting
Around the corner
They're dying slowly
All of them
They don't see it or choose
Not to see it
Pretending the world in which
They live is a happy place
Never acknowledging their
Murderer




Revenge

A woman stands inside a circle
Pain smeared over her face
People surround her, taunting
She wants to escape this place


They shout, they yell, they snarl
They pour gasoline over her head
Her expression never changes
She knows she'll soon be dead


What they cannot know is
What keeps her from screaming
And as they talk about her fate
She is standing, daydreaming


For in one hand is the match
The other one holds a cord
Strike one, pull the other
And ALL will meet their Lord


Slowly a smile crawls upon her face
They stop yelling and begin to stare
" I'll not die alone " is all she says
And she pulls and strikes without care