By: Ezekiel Gonzales
Standing naked above the stage Staring at wounds of hurt They know Voicing things no one else dare do A Viking in the making
It’s an endless destiny set it sto… Skipping those stones I’ll choose for myself—I will cho… I don’t want to shy away but the spotlight burns my face
As the crystal sky descends and th… The homes we divide to—only but me… The red line of Fate twists, Dwindles in to a thin strip Tug,
As the collide halts our motion As the beating heart skips a beat We let the crash echo and we run f… I know where hands hold Grasping the broken glass
Let me pop from the grave Again, the sword pierced through But the light in my eyes never die… I pretend the blood and dirt doesn… Dressed in Sunday’s Best
Hearing your voice is like a timel… a sound so pure and untainted by t… The road you took has led you to g… A place I have yet to reach There is no one here to fill that…
As the curtains close and the crow… We see one another through the clo… You wave, I shy away I sang a song, a melodious tune en… The sound we made is one to listen…
Cough and choke, gagging like a joke there’s something lodged, deep in… I’ll try to take this, make this Straight from my brain
The cool prick of the stick, Little puddles of blood for other… An axe-murderer? No, a simple village man He is no such dainty puddle; the l…
The trenches are alive– the soldie… Ones of hope, others of despair Lifting spirits through the sounds… Among hushed crowds, Children play,
There, hidden under the bleachers, buried under the bridges, scattere… bound against the shoreline, float… while strapped to a red balloon There, if you pay attention
I don’t want you to know—not all o… the good, the bad, the dirty No, there’s no such thing when I… Just for a moment, let me hold you… it’s you, not him
Crawling, crawling, crawling Falling, falling, falling It’s a little game we like to play something to laugh about, something to cry about
Are you so cruel as to leave me ha… Reaching my hand out to the sky, a… Running before I could walk Stumbling, tumbling, falling, falling,
Well damn, Here I am again; Back to the door, a locked room– s… What does the man think A beautiful verse of failure