I Human

I will sing praise regardless
To that kindred spirit
To her brilliant eye
I pray for her wings and her joy

May she remain unguarded
Surrounded in friendship
Surrounded by love
Unyielding in ferocity

tel•e•pho•to

Laugh with me
Help me grow old
Ease me with tales of your gold
Tell me the story of each piece of silver 
Their meaning each treasure to you

Laugh with me 
Help me embrace 
The glitter life’s splayed ‘cross my face
Tell me you’ll seek me, need me, keep me
As we walk in our soul’s shoes 

Status

Soaked in and wrung out as the Sun at day’s end

With only the scorched skin to show


Hands up and head back, to laugh is the key 


At best and at worst, I am faced to know 

Amuse 

Me

Faux

I’m a mail-order bride
Don’t get me wrong
But you know dating
Is a too-tragic song
From far away to there
In sixty-seconds flat
White dress, bare feet
Golden Boy, beat that

The Trouble

In benevolent disguise

The mighty workhorse sets out to tarry 

With trouble to cause and pain to promote 

So much static you don’t know the difference 

Between assent or enslavement

Surrender or defeat