permafrost


lay my body on the permafrost
and behold me for forever...

lay my head upon the permafrost
and watch me age eternally...

the altar’s empty
the riverbeds at rest
run thru desert paltry
and ill without regret

tonguestuck to this frozen pole of an angel
how was i to know?
a face behind glass
like mannequin beauty queen
a purity so delinquent
for who am i to believe?

in my promenade across the great divide i walk so sudden out of lethargy leaving
behind only a stretched path of vacant footprints in the deep freeze
in my serenade to the great divide i slumber in the treachery of all the world forsaken to
me in a lengthy wandering of vacant footprints backlit by the sea
in my tirade i speak the greatest truths of all cause who’ll know i’ve been lying all along
to myself it’s only wrong if my words get caught in the permafrost

lay my soul upon the permafrost
and nurture me forever...

lay my dreams upon the permafrost
and wake me when eternity
comes rushing in a blissful wind
a kiss of death and an angel’s brush with
immortal decadence; the eminence at heart
with life i part...




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