Idolater

this cold illusion stands before her waiting in the hall
uncalled believers moving in throes
to hold her closer to the fall

and then a voice behind the door
speaks in circles as the daylight grows
no one knows
who pulls the feathers from her twilight wings

the stones are breathing slower now, closer now it moves
the quickening pulse pulls her down in the mouth of the man in her bed
opening chasm filled with the cries
of the chambermaids in her head
moving in silence
hands drawing out the empty sighs of the dead

and then a voice breathes in her ears
breathes in rhythm
as the torture grows no one knows
who will cry when the love turns into fear

sadistic demon signs with delight
as her head beats against the frame
hopelessly writhing in sheets of crimson
as she screams a familiar name
alone and waiting in whirling cinders
I'm going to make you bleed
the sins of the father live ever after
in the swirling cries of the seed

and then a voice behind the wall speaks in riddles
with demands of silence unrelenting
pouring down his sleeves
and a voice behind his eyes is giving in again
to one more taste of her broken grace
for all his world to see
and he pulls her silent face up above the water line
and holds her still just long enough
to see if she still breathes

and as the burning needle flows
he prays to fire and cold
to take it all away
"Not this time", they say...


Missing

We lay in your room
The closing sun breathes upon our skin
And we arrive to burn it down again
The rain outside is coming down
It moves in waves against the ground
And drives away all the way found
And we are gone (we are gone)

We are missing
we are gone
in our memory we are wrong
no remainders left behind
what you need you’ll never find
 we forgive but we forget
what keeps us here is just regret
we are moment left undone
we are missing
we are done

So brightly now it burns so quickly it will fade
A gaze across the room feeling how our faces turn away
This island moon eclipsed your words
the ones you spoke are never heard
Leaving only moments
Fractured motions pieces of this world

We are missing
we are gone
in our memory we are wrong
no remainders left behind
what you need you’ll never find
 we forgive but we forget
what keeps us here is just regret
we are moment left undone
we are missing
we are done

a solitary voice breathing in your ears
Comes in to destroy what we have built for years
What have we become?
What can I believe?
How can we be one knowing you will leave?

We are missing
we are gone
in our memory we are wrong
no remainders left behind
what you need you’ll never find
 we forgive but we forget
what keeps us here is just regret
we are moment left undone
we are missing...

We are missing
we are gone
in our memory we are wrong
no remainders left behind
what you need you’ll never find
 we forgive but we forget
what keeps us here is just regret
we are moment left undone
we are missing
we are done