Bitter Sea

Bitter sea,
please silence these emotions
and let me taste that salty sleep
drowning into ocean deep
My heavy heart will be the weight
That carries me to earthly fate

Down, far down, I'll sink unbound
Yet won't float back for one more sound
Instead, I'll hear a seahorse neigh
And hear the jokes the clown fish say
Laughing, while the water moves
down my throat, the salty blue
gently filling up my lungs
to wash the air right off my tongue

And then I'll know it's time to pray
a goodbye song to all this pain
Goodnight to stars that shine like day
with shimm'ring light upon the waves

Goodnight, dear sea, a deathly sigh
Goodnight, soft ocean, my heart now dies.

Wilted Rose

Broken Fingers
Broken Toys
A Broken girl with shattered joy
She hid away as secrets flew
She hid beneath a darkened truth
I see her pass the hallways, scared
Those big blue eyes, that long blonde hair
Her lashes blink, her soul does stare
Into space while gossip flares
When night creeps in, then whispers fly
She's looked at where the pills do lie
And now as sin is breaking through
Ripping at her skin, unglued
She feels as though a war's been lost
She's emptied and denied her cost
Wilted Rose, your mask is frail
But so much lies beyond your wail
He is here, He'll watch you die
And then He'll bring you forth to Life

So sometimes when myself, I see
A trace of me within her grief
I start to muster prayers of aid
That maybe I will one day change
I'm sorry, mask, I've used you so
But please don't let me see you go
To where I'm not yet free to be
Within His arms, beyond my Grief.