Something New
*Tragedy*
Such a shame
He wasted his life
On drugs and sex
Wasted away
Until he became what you see now
Homeless, faceless, lying in the gutter
Listen to his rambles - you can hear him mutter
Money's gone
And Grey clouds have flooded in
But this man has lived his life of sin
Ask him his name
"I had one once but its gone now"
"Left behind like my decency"
"Like yesterdays trash"
"Thrown Away my past"
The past he must have enjoyed once
But its left him here
Rancid and cold among the hard concrete jungle of the streets
Pollution
And yet he is ignored
Such a man needs help
To get out of this state
And yet he is ignored
Like so much trash
Like he is part of the background
Cold suits
No souls
Passing all day
Ask him about his life
"I have never had one"
"Shunted as a child"
"Hated during school"
"No-one has ever loved me"
"And no-one has ever cared"
So sad
To see him lying there
Unclean, Unwashed, Unloved
Uncared for
Ask him where he's going
"Beyond the sun"
"Over the next hill"
"Where the people smile"
"Where the people care"
"Where the people love without wanting something"
Maybe
Things would have been
Different
For Him
If only
Someone had smiled at him
Just once
Cared that he existed
So I smile
And he looks at me
Smiles
Ands turns away
I never saw him again
*Soft Night, Move On*
Lights out
The moon is silent
But the tread of feet
Upon the Earth
Never still.
Shadows play a silent game
Of hide and seek
Across shuttered windows
And darkened pavement.
Through velvet alleys
Under stars
The walk goes on
The tread of feet
Upon the Earth
Never Still.
Lights in houses
Cast reflections upon the lawns.
Happy people.
Sad people.
People joined in love.
People driven apart by anger.
But the tread of feet
Upon the Earth
Never Still.
Remember music
That drifts past your mind,
Intoxicating for the
Brief instant it touches.
More.
Must have more.
But it is gone.
So keep walking
Your tread of feet
Upon the Earth
Never Still.
*School*
Day in
Day out
The mirthless roar of endless voices
Silhouettes of sound against the walls of shame
Sit in desks uncomfortable
Beside people so lost in themselves
They are lost to reason forever
Whatever
Move away
Recess
Another word for bitch bitch bitch
Cloths, hair, shoes, concerts
Bell
More pointless classes
Teachers trying, trying
Failing, failing to teach us something
Anything
Useful in later life
The bitter tang of words lost upon the ignorant
Poetry sublime ridiculed
Books dismembered by criticism
Magazines deviod of life procured in wealth unassailable by human means
Bell
Again the dreary trod of endless feeet
Upon the concrete poured over naked land
Over the barren soil
Made lifeless
By eons
Eons
School
*Get Away*
On your belly
You came crawling back
Slithering
Like a Serpent
Across the rocks
Which didn't hurt you
Only gave you
Pleasure
Pain is Pleasure
For you
Sick creature
Spill your blood on ground unstable
And lap it up
Like a kitten
Drinking Milk
Like something surreal
That I can never hold
But that can strangle me
Let me go
I don't need you anymore
You hold me back
Choking me
Drowning me
In misery and sickness
In death and suffering
In life we shall part
That I may be free
Not held to the Earth
By you
Sick creature
I know you not
Get Away
*Farewell, Smashing Pumpkins*
I say a goodbye
Farewell, Smashing Pumpkins
You inspired and fired us
Made us believe in you
Turned us from the beaten path
And led us to so much more
I play a nocturne
Goodnight, Smashing Pumpkins
For in modern music
What have you become?
Nothing but a distant memory
A brief patch of light among the darkness
I see a darkness all enveloping
God Bless, Smashing Pumpkins
You gave us something that
Westlife and Creed can never fill
They can buy their way into peoples hearts
But you started alone
And ended surrounded
A beacon for others to follow
Though none ever did
I predict a lyrical backwater
Miss you, Smashing Pumpkins
How you managed to churn out songs
All with meaning
All with something
That meant more to us
Than rehashed songs
Once more I say
Farewell, Smashing Pumpkins
The world is poorer without you.....
*Crying*
When the taunting ends
When the violence is over
When your soul has been wrenched from your innocent heart by empty thugs
The you will come back to me
Crying
Crying your little eyes out
So beautiful when you smile
So haunting when tears fall from drooped eyelids
When the world becomes a scary place
And people become the pointless animals they are
I am here
I have seen you
Crying
Crying your little heart out
Like a lost girl
But instead of an empty crowd
Its the whole world
Just as empty
Just as hollow
Just as likely to make you shed silver drops
From your eyes
Crying
Its okay
I won't judge you
Like they do
I'll love you
Hold you and love you
Until the night has closed around us
And we are free
Cry with me
And we shall never be affected
By that world out there
Just keep
Crying
