Muse
...musing since January 18, 2004
Crowns
3.20.04
The child you tried to kill
Is living for tomorrow
Smiling out the window
Pressing out through the dead limbs-
Of that old and withered tree
Right outside the child’s fogged window
Although abandoned, never alone
Although lost, never thrown away
Like that broken doll
Sitting on the shelf
Collecting dust-
A remembrance of such innocence of the days before
The days when that child made those laces of flowers
And set them upon your head, crowning you ruler of the open plains
The child you smothered-
While your illusion held their hand
This dream of a child is breathing for yesterday
Smiling through the cobwebs-
Of each heartbeat missed at lost words’ expense
Right outside humanity’s reach
The crowns of humanity beat until their fists bleed
The crowns of humanity scream until they’re blue and so far gone
Humanity suffocates within its glimmering gold
Remember the days when that child made those laces of flowers
And set them upon your head, crowning you ruler of the open plains
I remember as I watch you repeatedly forget...
<--- fall into my patterened tears... [return]
<---<--- catch me as i fall? [AA]