Puppet Afire

Guilt can do the craziest things

to the puppet woodenly stern yet slack

mouth and hands and feet and tries

to be tripped and drawn on string

The puppeteer goes wild and blind

lashing wide and fast

the puppet is pulled from end to end

but the string still won’t snap

The wooden feet continue to dance

upon the coals of heat

lit afire and burning deep

while the guilt continues to keep

To keep on moving and going while falling

is to keep them entertained

to keep on smiling and dancing while bawling

is to continue on their game

Guilt can do the craziest things

lashing wide and fast

lit afire and burning deep

is to continue on their game

Steal My Tears

note: My friend, Emil, saw this and did an arrangement of it and wrote chords and turned it into a song: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=169034873120457&subj=534179660

Steal my tears away

Game’s too hard for me to play

Laying here tonight

Unable to sleep alright

My mind wanders far

Thoughts adrift to where you are

Heart rarely along

Cannot tell where we went wrong

All the pain and tears

Drowning further in my fears

Spinning out of reach

Walls that we can’t ever breach

Took up all my time

Tore apart my heart and mind

Was it false or true?

Unsure of what I should do

But for you I fought

You have never left my thoughts

Twenty-Four-Seven

Being with you was heaven

You – my other half

Together, we cry and laugh

That way we should stay

So don’t let me slip away