Miraquill
Serpentine
He shed his old skin
As the great serpents do when they have out grown the old
And with it her pungent scent
Her kiss was once morphine
A cold burn that set his skin ablaze
Downcast days spent begging for a fix
Her lips
A familiar taste of poison
Constantly clouding his judgment
As the effects of the drug began to dwindle
It left nothing but the bitter taste of stale cigarettes and last night's whiskey
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Definitely not what you would expect
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I came to learn rather quickly
As I worshipped the ground she walked on
That she was in fact a Pagan goddess
Powerful and beautiful
Starved for what had to have felt like lifetimes
Happily
Hungrily
Readily
She accepted every sacrifice that I offered
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With the onset of Winter
Leaves have changed their color and fallen from the trees
I will love you
Spring will come
Life will be born again
Seasons change and years move by
I will love you
Memories made and forgotten with the passage of time
Your hair will turn grey and your skin will wrinkle
I will love you
From the first trip to the last
WE will be OUR greatest adventure
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How do you tame fear
In the heart of one of the WILD THINGS
An angel or a demon that once had wings
All souls love without bounds
Even the most wicked and wild
Of all the hell hounds
Once wild
Lived for adventure
Now tamed and locked in a cage
Rarely honest
Unless self medicated
Then the wild heart
Scratches to break free
To find the WILD THING
That would set her free
It takes a monster
With no fear
Relentless pursuit for many a year
Gnawing and clawing
Its wild heart calling
Reaching
Pleading
For its fellow beast
Come back from this insanity
Be free once more
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My demons aren't the kind you drown
Not those bastards
They don't just swim
They surf
These fellas ride every drop of alcohol
Like adrenaline junkies on a tsunami
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The heavy
Watching day dreams pass in to nightmares
Crazy shit only more coherent
Friends and former lovers
Deteriorate at the seams of their souls
Drifting through a life they'd rather not have
I can watch the light in their eyes fade
Hopeless and bitter
Weghted down like a ten ton iron ball
Going nowhere fast
At the mercy of their own foolish fears
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Paid in Full
........And I will watch you go
Walking quickly toward your own death
Selling your soul
Piece by piece until there is nothing left Spiritual suicide for dollars and dimes
Keep fuckin around
You can't buy time.......
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Take me to the glory days
A time of Pirates
Sea monsters and endless treasures
Freedom is a breeze away
Skull and crossbones fly high overhead
Weigh anchor and make ready the sails
The time is nigh
Adventure awaits
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There are always things we fear
The monster in the dark
The ones we know are there
Looking back now
The thing some of us come to realize is
We were them
We were the wild things
Sharp claws and dagger teeth
Grasping our own throats
When we are afraid to breathe
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No fear of heights
I've always dreamt of being in the stars
Watching them on clear nights
Take the chance
Even if it could be the death of me
Looks like a hell of an adventure
Oh what could it be
Staring straight up the cliff
Heart rate up and breathing faster
Adrenaline
No time to bleed
Gripping each crevice
One wrong move could be disaster
Higher and higher from the ground
Don't look down
Fatigue sets in
And I'm nearly to the end
Now climbing ever higher
Muscles burning like fire
Looking at what's behind me
The stakes could not be higher
Reaching up and the rock breaks loose
Wow that was close
Adrenaline spikes and nostrils flair
A couple more feet I'm almost there
Pull myself up
Standing on the edge of the cliff face
Staring over the horizon in to the cold blue
My soul is at peace.
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