• Candy-Coated Doxy

    Blanketed with confusion
    Let the warmth soothe you
    Feelings connecting
    With the sad, abused view

    Don’t groom old feathers
    With hopes of a restart at life
    Shed those wings, pretty baby
    Begin anew, take flight

    Freefalling, no training wheels
    That lay amongst the morning grass
    Float asunder, away from harms slumber
    Taken from home, no magic time-turner

    Whispers lightly carry in the wind
    Hoping to finally deliver a message and send,
    Someday, a letter – rendered and old
    Surrounded by money, diamonds and gold.

    From this perspective down low
    I’m stifled by the subliminally sweet –
    Castle walls, tortured and defined
    Lit up by the sun, doused with light

    I’ll cut out my eyes, sockets now bare
    These teeth still sting, affecting me here
    In my secret place, hidden to survive
    Patch-quilt woven, my own demise

    So I’ll leave you pondering on where I’ve gone
    Not for the game, for I’ve already won
    I’ve lost my sense, direction obsolete
    I’m blind to my cause, now I can’t see

    Commiserating hurts, we are not alone;
    This nightmare – I’ve sold, truth foregone
    Joined together, by concrete and sand
    Shoulder’s weighted by heavy hands

    Contraband we’re selling, hidden in plain sight
    Strong grip; firm shoulder – we’ll get through the night
    So don’t you ease your smile, you’ll leave my heart aching
    Snarls spinning wildly, feet forever traipsing