soul lyrics

world closing in
dark and dinning

yesterday feels like today
except for different
disappointments
tomorrow looms
with much the same

i have no need of angels
or demons
grand trumpets
lofty cathedrals
and/or pretty glass

i just need
a little.. something
to remind me

i am more than
fingers on keys
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outside the office window
thunder rumbles
rain slashes
worlds change

but somewhere
deep in the nether

hope springs
from soul lyrics

one life stand

the moment after

the magic’s spent

laying, languid

ill-content

cooling skin

resettling bone

world’s too close

doubts too loud

just before the urge

to run away strikes

exhale

slow

know the fear

choose the brave

and

rest

Note: My mom asked me to explain this a bit. I got the idea last night of people spending their lives like a one-night stand. They're just there to be entertained, sated (ideally), and then find something else to do. There's no lingering, considering, no sleeping in the bed made. And there should be, because otherwise it's not life. It's just a selfish series of moments before something else happens.

january

rain mists
my window
and i want to cry
instead
i go to church
mask firmly in place

i want to be
something other than i am
less greedy
more kind
brave
maskless

as i step through the door
down the stairs
i am
quietly
curiously
touched by rain

messy, drippy
coming clean