By: Ezekiel Gonzales
When you chose to lay your weapon… I was baffled; we had fought for what’s felt like… Killing our brothers—like savages rabid with a contagious disease
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
A ball slapping on the court, spur… The kids dance and play across the… Never one to say what they should… What one should look like What one plays in society and how…
I see me, far in to the past running with the wind A child with no scars to tell, no… no eyes that bear burdens too heav… recognizing me now is difficult
With something gone, with somethin… an empty hole with an empty mind— There’s nothing to fill who wants it? With something here, with somethin…
At this time, at this moment When the rollercoaster has reached… As you hold my hand, we watch with… Being that the world below us mold… From the people to the ants
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
Use me to your advantage I’ll play the part, just for you What is it your heart desires? Kneeling by your feet, I’ll beg—j… Snap and crack my back,
Once my words have been translated… The beauty found within, the thing… Hail to the one’s that uncover and… I have chosen to bury what I wish… Loving and living for the one’s I…
The trenches are alive– the soldie… Ones of hope, others of despair Lifting spirits through the sounds… Among hushed crowds, Children play,
Letting the rain fall Dripping Fingers Soaking shirts Finding clarity through the storm What does the monster think;
Come back to me, the empty space you’ve made is sen… The life that vanished created a s… Let the heartstrings tug you back… Let your soul dive head-first
The rows and pews, the uproar of p… Saint’s can’t tame Hold your hands, pray for the one… The symbol of beauty– of grace and… Let the veil lift from damaged eye…
Roaming with thoughts of Daffodil… The common sense I lack drips fro… of my scraped knee Tears of fears One’s that hold close, ready to ta…