if i told you there was another dimension,

you’ll call my bluff

and say –

it is only in my head.

if i told you heaven became broken to show

that skin did not matter,

you’ll tell me you’ve grown up.

if i told you that hell lies in money gone wild,

you’ll say: the spectators disagree

with notions unsound, and raise a glass to me, smirking.

if i told you of journeys made, of caves wrecked, explored, wandering

wanders coming back home – where is your home?

you’ll tell me isn’t it obvious

for all the world to see, hear, sense

winner takes all

even when the spectators know the game is rigged?

but the truth is deeper than mercury

thick changing

it is easy to wipe out m e m o r y

when the grass is green,

even when it does not last forever

just for now.

hush, baby

do not cry

it is all comfort now.

macho bravado

delicate exquisite fragile

m a l e f e m a l e

counter parts

where is your shadow now?

gone,

the awakening never to come

for darkness is bleak, even when it is what is taught

in dreams – you do dream don’t you?

of forgotten days, of real tears

real emotions,

real smiles

real you

who are you now?

acid, run on acid

burning

never enough.

till heaven weeps once again

turn you back

and be the god that you are –

so alive and vibrant

shiny star

in the sky

this is about you.

makes no sense

in a world

moving just like you –

everyone is different

so says the hypocrite, charlatan

have faith no more in heaven

as skies tumble down

and a child

blows out the candles

makes his wish –

to be different

this time.