Brick houses

These streets have been quiet for some years now

Even the dust that blows here is hesitant

The brick houses have inspired many a dream

In times not too long ago, when we tasted the whims of childhood

The traveler that treaded here in years past

Had an earnest heart, an amenable soul

The lights were bright, the hues shining

Political messages scribbled on the walls,

An overlooked facet of a sparkling life

Outshined by the vendor parked in front of the wall

I remember well the hasty meals, the excited talk

A spring in our footsteps, a charming taste upon our tongues

I walk these streets again today

The vendor who treated us to many a meal

Lives like a hermit somewhere far away

The dreadful writings on the wall crawled under his feet

And swept away the tranquility and joy

I leave now with a heavy footstep,

A foul taste in my mouth

Ode to solitude

You comforted me when I was cold

Wrapping your forlorn arms around my heart

On days when I needed company,

You haunted me with a sinister smile

I fail to understand, whether you are a friend or foe

We grew together, surrounded by people

Their lives marked by collaboration and bustle

Ours governed by a silent discourse

There are days I walk along these paths

Observing people living their lives

They dance around the young, help the old

They also steal, kill, plunder and rape

Meanwhile you and I relish a dense camaraderie

An unpolluted adoration, barren of dissipation

Haunt me again tonight, my dear friend

For your despondent beauty grows in grandeur

Plea to Nightfall

Pass me by Eros, let the fog take me
I am torn, between the two worlds
The winds blow out to the deep blue sea
My dreams turn in blinding curls
Take me home, to my love and life
Awaiting me, in serene beauty and calm
Time can show me if it was worth the strife
My confusion fights the healing balm

Nightfall, abandon me and bid me farewell
The anguish has risen again today, my love

Stand by me, the morality of my being
I stand to lose the dominion of affection
Banished by the light, looking back and fleeing
Befriended by none but retrospective reflection
Restore my glory, the walled goodness of my heart
Hand me a few more bricks, as I raise the wall again
It is a continuation, my love and not a new start
From the fleeting sensations I don't promise to refrain

Nightfall, abandon me and bid me farewell
The anguish has risen again today, my love

When work becomes secondary and distraction the norm
It is these moments that I discourse with myself
Analyzing, dissecting this trial's details and form
Placing these emotions on a pretend shelf
Oh, I fool none, not even the man who stares back
He admonishes not but questions my fountain
The buoyant emotions that ebb and  then crack
Leaving the scene empty, pure of ink or bloodstain

Nightfall, abandon me and bid me farewell
The anguish has risen again today, my love 

The faith that healed

The faith that healed and dispelled your fears

Today slithers around, singes and sears
Unable to heal, calm, pacify or appease
Your emotions falter, halt and freeze

 

He walks the road with his head hanging low

Kicking gravel, thinking where his life’s headed
A whisper from the dark deals his soul a fatal blow
His senses are shaken and morality shredded

 

The faith that healed and dispelled your fears

Today slithers around, singes and sears
Unable to heal, calm, pacify or appease
Your emotions falter, halt and freeze

 

Venomous words corrupt his core

Shaken to folly, he acts like an obedient machine
They pushed him across the bush, to find a glistening door
To do their bid and spell destruction, he is so keen

 

The faith that healed and dispelled your fears

Today slithers around, singes and sears
Unable to heal, calm, pacify or appease
Your emotions falter, halt and freeze

Cold sunset

I came to the horizon alone

She said don’t look back, gaze ahead

For in the past lies nothing but chill in your bones

I faltered for a second but then took a stride

The tears dried on my face, caked with sand

Pleasure melted away, washed by dying pride

 

Here’s to a new life, a morning awash with virgin dew

I am cold, starting my simple story anew

 

She said just let go of these ties that bind you in vain

The soul is not designed to be fettered

I thought it was too late to break free, so intense the pain

My emotional sea grounded to a halt, a shadow of its past

The links were deceptive, etched in a mirage of weakness

Foolish me, to think they were here to forever last

 

Here’s to a new life, a morning awash with virgin dew

I am cold, starting my simple story anew

Here’s to a new life, a morning awash with virgin dew

I am cold, starting my simple story anew

 

Call me now, for the inner voices echo like thunder against these walls

The sorrow leapt out of my being but clings to the enshrouding façade

CHORUS x 2